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Association for Culturally Appropriate Services (AfCAS) is a not for profit organisation based in Western Australia with a focus to enhance the quality and viability of CALD specific aged care service providers to better support CALD communities and seniors in the increasingly competitive market. AfCAS actively fosters and supports organisations to provide culturally appropriate services for the C...

Overview: TAFE SA, located in Adelaide, South Australia is launching Australia's first fully online Diploma of Interpreting program catering to several languages. In this episode, Fatih chats with TAFE SA senior lecturer and Certified Spanish Interpreter/Translator Magdalena Rowan about the program and the pros and cons of online interpreter training. Guest Bio: Magdalena Rowan - Senior Lectu...

Overview:  Interpreters and translators work in demanding and specialised settings that require solid linguistic skills.  As part of their research project RMIT University has designed a course that will assist interpreters and translators enhance the pronunciation of difficult English sounds and foster a correct grammatical and idiomatic use of English. The course is supported by the Department o...

In Touch is the official magazine of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. In this episode, Hayley gives Fatih a sneak preview of the upcoming August 2022 issue of the magazine.   If you have any questions for Hayley regarding the magazine or would like to contribute, you can email her on intouch@ausit.org.au   Guest Bio:   Hayley is the current Managing Editor of AUSIT's...

NAATI and All Graduates have collaborated on an initiative that aims to provide information to practitioners directly from a NAATI representative. Every quarter, a panel of NAATI managers will answer questions that Interpreters and Translators have sent through using an online form. Questions will be picked randomly and directed at the panel by All Graduates Head of Training, Fatih Karakas at the...

Overview:  On 3 June the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing hosted the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards recognise initiatives that promote excellence in the provision of culturally inclusive aged care services across Australia. The winner of the award in the Excellence in Organisational Leadership category was Northern Health for its in-house Transcultural...

International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. The first episode of Season 3 is a special edition of the Conversations Podcast where we celebrate UNESCO's International Mother Language Day in collaboration with NAATI's Indigenous Interpreting Project. In this...

NAATI and All Graduates have collaborated in an initiative that aims to provide information to practitioners directly from a NAATI representative. Every quarter, a panel of NAATI managers will answer questions that Interpreters and Translators have sent through using an online form. Questions will be picked at random and directed at the panel by All Graduates Head of Training, Fatih Karakas at the...

In the latest episode of the Conversations Podcast, Fatih chats with practitioners Cintia Lee and Silvia Martinez about some of their recent court interpreting experiences and the implementation of the RNS. The Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals (RNS) was introduced in 2017 but are they being implemented? Do the courts provide interpreters with bri...

In this week's episode, Fatih chats with AUSIT National President Dr Erika Gonzalez about this year's national conference held in Perth in November. The forum will also be made available live online, making it the first hybrid AUSIT National Conference. The AUSIT National Conference is an annual forum for translators, interpreters, and those involved in the language services sector to ex...

In Touch is the official magazine of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. In this episode, Hayley gives Fatih a sneak preview of the Winter issue of the magazine.  If you have any questions for Hayley regarding the magazine or would like to contribute, you can email her at intouch@ausit.org.au Guest Bio:   Hayley is the current Managing Editor of AUSIT's In Touch Magazine...

On 16 Jul 2021, NSW Health launched a new multilingual resource on immunisation and vaccination in 31 languages to assist community leaders and organisations. The COVID-19 Glossary of Immunisation and Vaccine Development provides plain language meanings to complex medical terminology about immunisation and vaccination development. The glossary aims to help community organisations, bilingual worker...

Ask NAATI July 2021, features Certification Policy and Development Manager, Aurelie Sheehan and National Operations Manager, Michael Nemarich on the panel. List of Questions for Part 3: I watched the 4-part podcast – All Graduates Conversations: Interpreting and Translating: Ask NAATI, March 2021. It is very likely this will be glossed over, or I will receive some vague answer, that will not actua...

Ask NAATI July 2021, features Certification Policy and Development Manager, Aurelie Sheehan and National Operations Manager, Michael Nemarich on the panel. List of Questions for Part 2: I am not an interpreter yet, I have family members who are on workers compensation and often require an interpreter. The problem is the interpreter does not know the terminology for workers compensation. Often my f...

NAATI and All Graduates have collaborated in an initiative that aims to provide information to practitioners directly from a NAATI representative. Every quarter, a panel of NAATI managers will answer questions that Interpreters and Translators have sent through using an online form.  Questions will be picked at random and directed at the panel by Fatih at the end of each quarter. Guest Bio:  Ask N...

The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing provides expertise in culturally inclusive policy and practices for the aged services sector with over 20 years of experience in supporting aged care providers to address the needs of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing’s vision is that all aged care consumers in Australia exper...

This week Fatih chats with Dr Mustafa Derbashi, an Arabic Interpreter/Translator from Auckland, New Zealand about his fascinating and inspirational journey from a refugee camp in Jordan to the shores of New Zealand and his recent achievements. Guest Bio:  Mustafa Derbashi is a Palestinian born in an HNHCR refugee camp in Jordan, where he spent the first 29 years of his life. He came to New Zealand...

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how vital interpreters are in providing access to high-quality health care and advice. The NSW Ministry of Multiculturalism has just announced its interpreter scholarship program for the training of interpreters in new, emerging and in-demand languages. This week, Fatih chats with George Bisas, the Director of Language Services, Multicultural NSW, about the p...

Overview: For accurate translation and interpretation, healthcare interpreters and translators need good knowledge and understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the main body systems, most common diseases and disorders, assessment and treatment methods. (Crezee, 2013) So how do you start preparing for the healthcare interpreting job you just accepted? Where do you access the medical informati...

In Touch is the official magazine of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. In this episode, Hayley gives Fatih a sneak preview of the upcoming Autumn issue of the magazine.  If you have any questions for Hayley regarding the magazine or would like to contribute, you can email her on intouch@ausit.org.au  Guest Bio:  Hayley is the current Managing Editor of AUSIT's In Touch...

The MINDSET Study aims to improve the quality of interpreter communication in a cognitive assessment for dementia. The rationale for this work stems from research that found that interpreters were servicing increasing numbers of people with dementia but had variable experience and knowledge about dementia. This resulted in inconsistencies in interpreting which reduced the validity of cognitive ass...

We come across subtitles every day; when watching videos on our phones and tablets, laptops or television, including the big screen.  Subtitles are used in virtually everything now from video games and apps, promotional material, YouTube videos, educational videos, online tutorials, museum or art exhibits and many more places. In this week’s episode, Fatih chats with Professor Jan-Louis Kruger fro...

NAATI and All Graduates have collaborated in an initiative that aims to provide information to practitioners directly from a NAATI representative. Every quarter, a panel of NAATI managers will answer questions that Interpreters and Translators have sent through using an online form.  Questions will be picked at random and directed at the panel by Fatih at the end of each quarter. Guest Bio:  Ask N...

NAATI and All Graduates have collaborated in an initiative that aims to provide information to practitioners directly from a NAATI representative. Every quarter, a panel of NAATI managers will answer questions that Interpreters and Translators have sent through using an online form.  Questions will be picked at random and directed at the panel by Fatih at the end of each quarter. Guest Bio:  Ask N...

NAATI and All Graduates have collaborated in an initiative that aims to provide information to practitioners directly from a NAATI representative. Every quarter, a panel of NAATI managers will answer questions that Interpreters and Translators have sent through using an online form.  Questions will be picked at random and directed at the panel by Fatih at the end of each quarter. Guest Bio:  Ask N...