Analysis and Comment

Interpreters: The invisible force behind the negotiation

Ioanna Fotiadi   /   Analysis and Comment   /   25 August 2015

If it weren't for these professionals diligently searching for the right words among such a host of languages being used, how else could the politicians from 19 different countries communicate with one another?

Why you can never rely on Google Translate

Nick Cowen, Gizmodo UK   /   Analysis and Comment   /   27 May 2015

While online translation apps are good for getting a sense of what's been typed out in a foreign language, it turns out that they're rather useless if you want to use them to hold a conversation with anyone

Private Eye: Sign of the times

Private Eye   /   Analysis and Comment   /   13 May 2015

Deaf people and sign language interpreters are on tenterhooks over plans for a new "framework agreement"

BBC Radio 4: This is me totally sausage

A Terrier production for BBC Radio 4.   /   Analysis and Comment   /   06 April 2015

German comedian and broadcaster Henning Wehn explores the fast-growing use of ELF - English as a lingua franca


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