Despina Amanatidou reviews the Domestic Violence Symposium held at RMIT University in December 2018. Topics included the need for specialisation and training for interpreters working with clients in crisis, burnout & vicarious trauma.

Dr Yavar Dehghani teaches language at the Defence Force School of Language in Melbourne. He discusses the differences between interpreting skills and bilingualism and methods of delivering interpreting skills to students.

Mentoring can reinforce study and professional practice in your chosen career. It can help support new practitioner and and help to increase confidence and strategies, clarify professional goals and expand your network. Michelle Ashley writes about a program that ASLIA has developed in Victoria.

Voula Messimeri, writes about the first year of NAATI certification, and looks to the future as NAATI seeks to build on its professional and efficiency goals, supporting and developing the professional pool of translators and interpreters in Australia.