Practitioner Spotlight: Hui Tao
Interpreting in the healthcare sector Working as a health care interpreter is never as easy as people think. We need to have knowledge of medical terminology to be able to do the job, have the skill to confidently switch between simultaneous and consecutive interpreting modes, and we also need to prepare ourselves for emotional or…
Practitioner Spotlight: Gabriela Callaghan
I originally trained as a bilingual clerical officer and later did a Bachelor of Philosophy degree at Adelaide University, so I got to this occupation in a roundabout way but am so happy I did . I was born in Lima, Peru, too many years ago and had the opportunity to learn English from early…
Practitioner Spotlight: Hadi Zaher
I am humbled to be featured in the NAATI Practitioner Spotlight. I have always found it difficult to talk about myself, but I will give it a try. I grew up in a border city in Pakistan that is home to a diverse range of cultures and languages. Many of my friends from the street…
Practitioner Spotlight: Jiting Pan
Whenever people ask me ‘how did you become an interpreter and translator’, my thoughts always wonder back to the scene when I was visiting my late grandma one day as a five-year-old. I was flicking through the pages of a new calendar given to grandma by a friend and the calendar was titled Famous Landmarks…
Practitioner Spotlight: Joanna Rhee
Life often presents unexpected twists and turns and I feel very blessed to be able to work as a NAATI certified translator at this stage of my life. I trained as a speech pathologist in Queensland and still do some private work as a speech pathologist. As part of my role, I was given a…
Practitioner Spotlight: Maho Fukuno
I originally learned English as part of the standard Japanese high school curriculum and first visited Australia for a one-month English program at university. Being immersed in a new culture, even for a very short time, was eye opening for me, particularly the cultural diversity and free expression of that diversity – I felt as…
