News

07 Jan 2025

NAATI regularly receives feedback from practitioners about recertification and the challenges of finding good-quality professional development opportunities and determining the appropriate category for logging them. To simplify this process, NAATI has introduced a new section on professional development within our NAATI Learn site. This section features over 20 free courses available to all practitioners, sourced from reputable...

24 Dec 2024

FREE stillbirth prevention resources for interpreters and language services working in maternity care. Animation videos, fact sheets, posters and professional development eLearning modules have been developed to improve culturally safe pregnancy care in Australia. Earn CPD points by completing the eLearning. All are available at https://lnkd.in/gvTpkZp Developed by the Stillbirth CRE, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute...

11 Dec 2024

NAATI is looking for online Tigrinya role-players. This casual position involves acting out conversations in various roles, such as a customer, defendant, employee, or patient, while a test candidate interprets. You’ll be trained and rehearsed before each test. Tests are video and audio recorded for assessment purposes. Position requirements include: Native Tigrinya language speaker (read,...

11 Dec 2024

This month’s edition features a message from our CEO, Mark Painting, along with updates on NAATI’s incoming Board Director and the NAATI Learn Course Catalogue. We’re also sharing an opportunity to work with us as Tigrinya role-players, a recap of NAATI’s involvement at the AUSIT Conference, a practitioner spotlight on NAATI-Certified Interpreter in Auslan and...

10 Dec 2024

Case Study: Auslan Interpreting in the Deaf Muslim Community Rebecca Cramp – NAATI-Certified Interpreter in Auslan and English  For me, language access has always been important. I had a Deaf cousin, my family fingerspelled and used basic signs, and I had a passion for inclusion.  At the age of 4, I apparently announced to my...