Professional Development & Training Division of
All Graduates
Conversations: Interpreting and Translating offer a range of training sessions aimed at translators, interpreters and professionals who work with or are involved with services to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Sessions are delivered live or as online workshops, webinars and on-demand pre-recorded courses.
Q&A panel discussions and interviews facilitated by industry experts are also ran. The panel comprises of T&Is, user client representatives (e.g. hospital language services manager) and All Graduates translations project managers and interpreter coordinators.
Conversations: Lectures
Conversations: Lectures is an international talk series hosted by the All Graduates training division, Conversations: Interpreting and Translating. The series invites T&I academics, students and practitioners, T&I technology companies and other researchers and professionals who work in the CALD sector to discuss their research and works. Each lecture will feature a special guest and will be held at our Melbourne training facilities as well as streamed live online.
- The De-humanisation and Re-humanisation of the Translation and Interpreting Professions
- Presented by: Associate Professor Marc Orlando, Director Translation and Interpreting program, Macquarie University
Date: TBC
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- Presented by: Associate Professor Marc Orlando, Director Translation and Interpreting program, Macquarie University
Workshops
- New workshops will be added in 2022
Self-Paced Courses
- Video Remote Interpreting Self-Paced Course
- This is a self-paced online course
Cost: Free
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- This is a self-paced online course
- Ethics and Professionalism for Interpreters and Translators
- This is a self-paced online course
Cost: $77-$99
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- This is a self-paced online course
- Interpreting in Legal Settings Course
- This is a self-paced online course
Cost: $77-$99
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- This is a self-paced online course
Online Modules
Online modules are self-paced and composed of videos, readings and quizzes. Each registration includes includes ongoing access to the online module content, learner support and a certificate on completion. The modules listed below can be accessed here and were prepared in partnership with RMIT University or Macquarie University.
- Translation and Interpreting in the 21st-Century: Practice, Theory and Training
- Loyalty and Fidelity in Translation
- Introduction to Translation Technology
- Introduction to Community Interpreting
- Modes and Modalities in Interpreting
- Introduction to Note Taking for Interpreters
- Audiovisual Translation and Accessibility
- Introduction to Chuchotage I
- Introduction to Chuchotage II
- Conference Interpreting
- Introduction to Sight Translation
Conversations: Interpreting and Translating has recently launched its online self-paced Healthcare Interpreting and Translating Modules. The modules are aimed to be practical, so you can apply your newly gained knowledge to your professional life as soon as you complete them. They can also be used to prepare for the NAATI Certified Specialist Health Interpreter Test. Medical knowledge modules are designed and delivered by the Conversations: Interpreting and Translating in-house Medical Education Consultant Dr Bee Yen Ooi (MBBS).
Ethics Scholarships
The Victorian Government, through the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH), has launched a scholarship program to provide opportunities to the significant proportion of T&I practitioners in Victoria who have not had the opportunity to complete formal Translating & Interpreting training.
The Ethics Training Scholarship application form is available until all spaces are filled.
Click here for more information and to see if you are eligible.
On-Demand Webinars
If you’ve missed any of the live webinars, you can visit the All Graduates website and register to access the on-demand webinar recordings.
Podcasts
Each episode will have a special guest and conversation about current and hot topics related to the T&I industry as well as interpreting and translation related challenges and strategies.
Guests will vary from T&I practitioners across Australia to key figures in the industry as well as expert names in other fields of practice that are intertwined with interpreting and translating.
Ask NAATI
Conversations: Interpreting and Translating Podcast holds regular “Ask NAATI” episodes every three months in which a panel of NAATI managers will answer your questions.
We’re reaching out to translating and interpreting practitioners to submit questions for the next episode using this form. Questions are picked at random and will be put to the panel by a facilitator.
You can watch the latest episodes on the NAATI YouTube channel.
