News

08 Nov 2024

The Victorian Government has partnered with RMIT University to offer scholarships to eligible students who are interested in studying an Introduction to Interpreting Skill Set, a Diploma of Interpreting or an Advanced Diploma of Interpreting. Scholarships of up to $8,000 are available for students who are accepted to study one of the three available courses...

08 Nov 2024

About the event This event is for translators and interpreters (T&Is), working with LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers can present different challenges which require a specific skill set. This population faces unique vulnerabilities: many have fled their home countries due to persecution based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, only to encounter new challenges...

08 Nov 2024

Practitioner Spotlight

Industry Insights from a NAATI-Certified Interpreter in New Zealand Carolina Cannard – NAATI-Certified French and Greek interpreter “We interpreters are the voices of those who cannot speak” Carolina Cannard is a NAATI-Certified French and Greek interpreter based in New Zealand. She is also a PhD researcher exploring the experiences of refugee women with interpreters in...

08 Nov 2024

Are you an Italian-speaking interpreter with role-playing experience and willing to participate in a professionally recorded roleplay?   The Social Work and Human Services, and Criminology and Justice Studies Departments at RMIT University are developing a suite of videoed practice examples to be used across several subjects to help students in their practice skills workshops....

21 Oct 2024

The National Ageing Research Institute and MINDSET study team are providing specialist online dementia training for interpreters to improve cognitive assessment for dementia of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The MINDSET training familiarises interpreters with all aspects of dementia and its impact on cognitive and linguistic ability; explains the tools used to...

16 Oct 2024

About the event This event is for translators and interpreters (T&Is), working with LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers can present different challenges which require a specific skill set. This population faces unique vulnerabilities: many have fled their home countries due to persecution based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, only to encounter new challenges...