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07 Oct 2025

We’re pleased to announce that, in response to a recommendation of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, NAATI has developed a new professional development resource for credentialed interpreters.The Commission’s final report highlighted the urgent need to improve disability awareness and reduce the barriers faced by people with disability....

29 Sep 2025

Language Service Provider (LSP) Endorsement Model – Development and implementation About the LSP Endorsement Model The Ministerial Forum on Multicultural Affairs – which is comprised of Australian, state and territory government ministers for multicultural affairs – has agreed to authorise NAATI to develop a model to endorse Language Service Providers (LSPs). NAATI is jointly owned...

23 Sep 2025

NAATI will be hosting a special online discussion panel on the topic of evolving technologies in the T&I industry on Thursday 16th October from 5:30pm to 6:30 pm (Sydney time).Our guest speakers, Professor Marc Orlando from Macquarie University, Mr Balázs Kis, Chief Evangelist and Executive Board Manager at memoQ, and NAATI representative, Mrs Aurélie Sheehan,...

23 Sep 2025

Since the publication of our AI Position statement, we have been busy developing partnerships with industry stakeholders to support NAATI-certified translators with technology. We are pleased to announce that NAATI has partnered with CAT tool provider, memoQ, to secure a preferential rate for NAATI-certified translators on memoQ Translator Pro licences. By clicking on Access Offer,...

22 Sep 2025

Ms Ruining Ma is a Certified Translator Chinese <> English and Certified Interpreter Mandarin and English When I was a child, I realised that language holds a special kind of magic. Those who speak multiple languages seem like magicians who can bridge worlds and bring people closer together. Growing up in China, I was fortunate...

18 Sep 2025

📣 Melbourne public lecture this Friday by His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia & NZ, on ‘Translating Freedom: Language, Culture, and International Solidarity in Ukraine’s Fight’ This special event celebrates the first Australian cohort of Ukrainian Higher Education T&I students at RMIT, and Ambassador Myroshnychenko will deliver a lecture on the role...