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To celebrate International Plain Language Week, we have put together a digital booklet to reflect on PLAIN has attracted and helped new and long-standing members.

It’s October 13 which has become known as International Plain Language Day. Since October 13 falls on a Sunday this year, we’ve decided to extend the celebration and make it Plain Language Week (October 13–18). This way, we can reach those (smart) people who don’t check their social media on the weekend.

We are thrilled to announce that PLAIN International has reached a significant milestone: 50% of our members now come from non-English speaking countries! This remarkable diversity makes...

Lodewijk van Noort (“Ludo” in plain language) will keep you updated with developments and what to watch out for at PLAIN2023.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the official website for #PLAIN2023!

From the Netherlands and Argentina last year to Aotearoa New Zealand in April … let’s start our first webinar of the year on a high note on the eve that the Plain Language Act is introduced. We’ll hear from our dear friend Lynda Harris, visionary founder of Write Limited, the largest plain language consultancy in the world, and award-winners Kate Thompson and Tatiana Mes.

In June 2023 the ISO standard for plain language was launched. A year later, we are at an important ‘tipping point’ for plain language, according to Dr Neil James.

With profound sadness and heavy hearts we share the news of the passing on September 29, during PLAIN2023, of our esteemed colleague Mario Tascón.

PLAIN has presented three awards that will be celebrated at the PLAIN2023 Conference in Argentina this September.We offer our congratulations and express our gratitude to the organizations and individuals recognized for the valuable and inspiring work we celebrate with these awards.

Interpreting is the process of orally translating a spoken or signed language into another language in real-time.