It’s that time of year again: the OED has announced some of its new words. You’ll have seen gigil in the news: an intense feeling caused by anger, eagerness, or the pleasure of seeing someone or something cute or adorable. There is usually a photo of a kitten doing its gigil-inspiring best. Though IMHO it …
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Springtime
We’ve been spring-cleaning NEaT’s website recently. It’s work in progress, but the plan is to make it easier to find information about events and things like the agenda for the AGM. Talking of which, see you at the AGM in Helsinki or online on 10 April. We’ll also be sending out reminders about membership fees. …
In the news – LibGen
Library Genesis: no one can do everything, but everyone can do something. And you’d like to do something, then(1) Search LibGen for your pirated work.(2) Write to Meta telling them they don’t have the right to use it. ⌘ LibGen is an illegal pirate site used by Meta (Facebook, Insta) and other companies to train …
In the news – Interested in working for the European Commission?
2024 Annual virtual visit to DG Translation Are you a professional linguist or MA student? Are you interested in working for the European Commission? Then there is a virtual visit to DG Translation on 24 November which might interest you. The Directorate-General for Translation aka DG Translation translates texts for the European Commission into and …
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