More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening

The Costs of Instant Translation AI might soon rob us of the thrill and challenge of cross-cultural conversation www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

based | adjective | unconcerned with what others think The slang use of ‘based’ is widely credited to Berkeley, California rapper Lil B, whose 2007 album with hip-hop group The Pack was titled “Based Boys,” and who counts “The BasedGod” among his aliases.

I just staumbled across ELDP, Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, "creating a repository of resources for linguistics, the social science, and language communities." Lots to read here! www.eldp.net #endangered #languages #project #langsky

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🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040. 🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage. ✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fr...

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From grassroots to states, let women lead. Stability, hope and innovation will follow | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Sahle-Work Zewde

New from my blog: A Troubling Tale of Interpreter Abuse in the Freelance Market. | The Professional Interpreter ow.ly/9fPH50WUIVU

-cease and desist -null and void -aid and abet -free and clear -ways and means Why is law stuff like this always two words? These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans. 🧵⬇️

Debate: Public Services Committee report: 'Lost in translation? Interpreting services in the courts' @bbvt-uptij.bsky.social @ortv.bsky.social @nrpsinterpreter.bsky.social parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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Thousands of families remain in Gaza City as Israeli army advances

This government promised us 'the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation' 🌊 Have you seen it?! We definitely haven't. 🧐 BUT now that the government are planning changes to the Procurement Act, we've got a chance to put the pressure on. 💪 Take action now. 👇

Disconnect – the state of court language services | COUNSEL | The Magazine of the Bar of England and Wales www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/dis...

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Thinking of becoming an EU-accredited #Conference Interpreter? europa.eu/interpretati...

I've just signed this petition from We Own It. Angela Rayner - hands off our allotments! No more sell-offs of our precious green spaces. Take 1 minute to sign the petition today. #HandsOffOurAllotments weownit.org.uk/act-now/hand...

Deaf Mongolian immigrant held by ICE in California for 4 months with no access to interpreter #Deaf #ICE #FuckICE #ICEWatch #Nazi #ConcentrationCamp #Interpreter #ASL #Mongolia #DictatorTrump #Disabled #CrimesAgainstHumanity #TheHague #ICC #UN #Breaking #Congress calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Deaf Mongolian immigrant held by ICE in California for 4 months with no access to interpreter - CalMatters

Private Parking Code of Practice Consultation consult.communities.gov.uk/off-road-par...

Always remember!

📈Today, 4 July 2025, 105 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 20% of them. #courtstats #CS04072025 courtstats.co.uk

📈Today, 24 June 2025, 74 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 14% of them. #courtstats #CS24062025 courtstats.co.uk

Magistrates are being touted as part of the solution to the crown court crisis. But what if their courts are in the throes of a crisis of their own? I spent a week in Swindon Magistrates' Court to find out for this week's Sunday Times Magazine. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

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If I were to make a film about translators... www.talkrussian.com/post/films-a...

Public Service Interpreting and Translation News : Disconnect – the state of court language services professionalinterpretersalliance.blogspot.com/2025/04/disc...

UK Confirms Trial of AI Transcription in Courts and Doctors Surgeries with Custom App slator.com/uk-confirms-...

EU Postpones Spain Language Decision Again "Almost two years after the first formal petition, Spain once again pushed for its three co-official languages, Catalan, Basque, and Galician, to be added as official languages within the European Union (EU). slator.com/eu-again-pos... #LanguagePolicy

Greek Court Interpreters Protest AI Rollout in Justice System www.tovima.com/society/gree...

Artificial Intelligence: Languages To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are holding with foreign language professionals and their representative bodies about regulation of machine translation in the context of developing AI policy questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

From my blog: The (almost) forgotten consequences of artificial intelligence. | The Professional Interpreter ow.ly/fEST50VLiWM

What a waste of money Brexit was and still is..... "The Guardian revealed on Wednesday that a separate £25m post-Brexit border control post in Portsmouth may have to be demolished as a result of the government’s deal with the EU." All this money could have been spent on our schools and NHS....

On Thursday, the coroner – who had to adjourn the inquest at West Sussex Coroner's Court for two months because there were no #BSL interpreters www.irvinetimes.com/news/nationa...

My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen

💪"You know, name any water company in England. They're failing." Lois says what we all know - private water in England isn't working for anyone except the water companies. 82% of the public want water in public hands. ⚠️Steve Reed - are you paying attention? #LoisvSteve

APTIS25 Online Conference at the UCL Centre for Translation Studies (3–4 November 2025) “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?” Call for Contributions is now open until 16 June. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl @centras-ucl.bsky.social

An eight-week course on interpreting and AI presented by the Centre for Translation Studies of the University of Surrey: www.iti.org.uk/training/eve... #1nt #AI

The interpreters at immigration bail hearings are provided via a Ministry of Justice contract (with agency TheBigWord) – and NOT by the Home Office. The media’s “Home Office translators” headline is misleading. www.linkedin.com/pulse/really...

🚨🚨This simple graph illustrates in principle all you need to know about the implications of #brexit for UK trade, the economy and the opportunities for British biz to succeed in the Global economy. #brexitshambles #brexitbrokebritain

To: Charlie Maynard Stop Thames Water & Ofwat putting our water bills up by 31% in the next year! This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...