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08 Nov 2024

Practitioner Spotlight

Industry Insights from a NAATI-Certified Interpreter in New Zealand Carolina Cannard – NAATI-Certified French and Greek interpreter “We interpreters are the voices of those who cannot speak” Carolina Cannard is a NAATI-Certified French and Greek interpreter based in New Zealand. She is also a PhD researcher exploring the experiences of refugee women with interpreters in...

08 Nov 2024

Are you an Italian-speaking interpreter with role-playing experience and willing to participate in a professionally recorded roleplay?   The Social Work and Human Services, and Criminology and Justice Studies Departments at RMIT University are developing a suite of videoed practice examples to be used across several subjects to help students in their practice skills workshops....

21 Oct 2024

The National Ageing Research Institute and MINDSET study team have developed specialist online dementia training for interpreters to improve cognitive assessment for dementia of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The MINDSET training familiarises interpreters with all aspects of dementia and its impact on cognitive and linguistic ability; explains the tools used to...

16 Oct 2024

About the event This event is for translators and interpreters (T&Is), working with LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers can present different challenges which require a specific skill set. This population faces unique vulnerabilities: many have fled their home countries due to persecution based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, only to encounter new challenges...

09 Oct 2024

Newsletter

In this month’s edition: NAATI Stakeholder Engagement Interpreters and Translators Medal sponsored by NAATI Conversations: Translation and Interpreting Podcast with Magdalena Rowan Practitioner spotlight: Guofeng Zheng Industry news and upcoming events Got job openings or professional development opportunities to share? You are welcome to send in job notifications and professional development opportunities, or contribute a Practitioner Spotlight article and photos....

08 Oct 2024

Ananda Training & Consultancy and RMIT University are inviting Persian speaking LGBTIQA+ community members to be involved in the development of LGBTIQA+ terminology resources for translators and interpreters. We are seeking individuals who speak the following languages to attend a workshop on Persian LGBTIQA+ terminology: ◆ Farsi ◆ Dari The event will be held on...