Practitioner Spotlight: Mark Quinn
I grew up in country NSW being the only person in my family with hearing. My grandfather was Deaf, as well as both my parents and my brother. In the Deaf world I am what is known as an ‘only hearing CODA’ (child of Deaf adults). Deafness was my norm, I thought it was strange…
Practitioner Spotlight: Rebecca Cramp
For me, language access has always been important. I had a Deaf cousin, my family finger spelled and used basic signs, and I had a passion for inclusion. At the age of 4, after watching the Miracle Worker, a movie about the early life of Helen Keller, I apparently announced to my mother that I…
Atsuko Taniguchi
Contributed by Dr Miranda Lai, RMIT University 4 May 2022 is an extremely sad day for RMIT University’s Translating and Interpreting family. We lost a much-loved colleague Atsuko Taniguchi to cancer, which she had fought bravely for four years. It is also an immeasurable loss for the T&I vocational education sector, to which she contributed…
Practitioner Spotlight: Tomik Subagio
Happy 90th birthday to Mr Tomik Subagio Tomik Subagio, also known as Possum, recently turned 90 years old. He is one of four currently practising NAATI-certified practitioners who are over 90! Subagio was born in Indonesia, and first gained a NAATI credential in 1990. He received an award from NAATI in 2007 in acknowledgement of his…
Practitioner Spotlight: Chris Flynn
Raising an interpreter You can say that there are two types of interpreters/translators – those who grew up with both languages, and those who didn’t. I fall into the latter category, growing up on a farm in central west NSW, far away from anything remotely resembling a foreign language. But a life-changing first trip overseas…
Practitioner Spotlight: Dipa Baral
I grew up in a tourist town called ‘Lakeside’ in a Himalayan nation – Nepal. Tourists from around the world come to Nepal for treks to the Himalayan Ranges such as Annapurna and Everest Base Camp. Growing up, I met people from all over the world but most of them were ‘Whites’. Interestingly, even though…
