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14 Feb 2024

Newsletter

In this month’s edition: Update on DFAT’s requirements for translators TIS Capacity Building Program update Practitioner spotlight: Patricia Arguello de Avila Industry news and upcoming events

01 Feb 2024

Do you work in education? Do you ever talk to non-English speaking parents? RMIT would love to hear from you! RMIT are seeking up to 5 Multicultural Educational Aides who work in Australian schools to take part in a 45-minute online 1-on-1 interview. The interviews will be informal conversations where the researchers will try to...

30 Jan 2024

Health interpreting and legal interpreting are the two most frequent areas of work for many spoken language interpreters in Australia. They are both varied and demanding settings that require specialised skills and knowledge across a wide range of areas.  In 2019, NAATI introduced specialist certification tests in health and legal in recognition of the expertise...

03 Jan 2024

Click here to learn more about submitting a proposal for the NZSTI 2024 Conference.

22 Dec 2023

This online short course offers a unique opportunity for doctoral or pre-doctoral students, researchers from other fields and professional translators or interpreters to learn how to conduct research in the 21st century. Participants will have access to reading materials, individual feedback, discussion threads and plenary lectures, and will be able to organise their work according...

20 Dec 2023

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...