specialised vocabulary
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Offences of Dishonesty: English Legal Terminology
I recently had the pleasure of attending a presentation hosted by the Chartered Institute of Linguists, the professional organisation I am a member of, on the topic of “Offences of dishonesty.” Sue Leschen, a French-English translator, a UK solicitor (one of the UK’s foremost Lawyer-Linguists), and the director of Avocate Legal and Business French Interpreting…
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Doublets (and Triplets) in English
Have you ever heard of doublets before? No, I don’t mean a type of old-fashioned men’s shirt used until the 17th century, I mean doublets in the linguistic sense. A doublet in linguistics is two words that have something in common. Usually, this ‘thing in common’ has to do with where the words originally come…
