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09 Dec 2020
Huaning Gu, NAATI Certified Practitioner Covid19 is a disaster, but it also brings changes and opportunities. I got my first Zoom interpreting job which lasted for 6 days and involved participants from both coasts of the United States, mainland China and Australia. It is amazing. I have never imagined that I can stay at home,...
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02 Dec 2020
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to them their own.” Benjamin Disraeli How do you grow yourself and others? By giving back of course, and AUSIT’s mentoring program is a good example of how translators and interpreters can ‘give back’ to those in, or wanting to join, the...
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01 Dec 2020
The National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (NAATI) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Board members. Mr Nirmal Hansra – who brings significant senior executive management experience, financial and corporate advisory expertise across both the government and non-government sectors. Ms Josephine Buontempo – who brings extensive leadership experience at the...
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25 Nov 2020
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to talk with Dr Eser about his time in Australia and the publication of his work: Understanding Community Interpreting Services: Diversity and Access in Australia and Beyond. The book looks at community interpreting as a market offering in an industry that meets the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse members of the Australian...
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18 Nov 2020
Dr Yavar Dehghani Languages with Non-Roman script including Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Dari, Tamil, and Thai have more challenges than others. The translation of documents from English, a language with Roman script, into these languages can have challenges for the formatting of phrases, sentences, and tables, etc. Some of these languages, like...
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08 Nov 2020
The subject of this week’s post is NAIDOC Week and its 2020 theme of ‘Always was, Always will be.’ It is an opportunity for us to reflect on the importance of all cultures, the value of Indigenous peoples, and the part we play in Reconciliation. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance...
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