Conversations: Interpreting and Translating's Podcast

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...

Interpreting and translating in Healthcare settings requires excellent knowledge of everyday expressions and idioms as well as specific terminology. In addition to linguistic knowledge, healthcare interpreters and translators also need a good understanding of the anatomy, physiology of the main body systems. In this week’s episode, Fatih chats with Professor Ineke Crezee, Translation and Interpret...

Police interpreting and translating can be regarded as a sub-field of legal interpreting and translating. Although the ethical considerations in the police setting are largely in line with those in the broader field of legal interpreting and translating, careful attention is needed when working in this specialised field. Guest Bio: Dr Miranda Lai is a senior lecturer in Translating and Interpretin...

“Community translation” refers to the translation of different types of texts intended to facilitate communication between public services and people who do not have a good command of mainstream languages.  This week’s episode will welcome Associate Professor Mustapha Taibi from Western Sydney University and will focus on Community Translations. Guest Bio:  Associate Professor Mustapha Taibi is a...

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 Summer issue of the magazine. Guest Bio:  Hayley is the current Managing Editor of AUSIT’s In Touch Magazine. She is also a Spanish to English translator and interpreter specialising in the legal and business areas. Hayley grew up in Bri...

NAATI and All Graduates have collaborated in an initiative that aims to provide information to practitioners directly from a NAATI representative. Last Friday of each month, a panel of NAATI managers will answer questions that Interpreters and Translators have sent through using this form. Questions will be picked at random and directed at the panel by Fatih at the end of each month. The inaugural...

So, you’ve just finished your studies and graduated from a Translating and Interpreting Program. Well, what do you do now? Perhaps you want to work for an agency, work as a freelancer or both! How do you get into the T&I job market? In this week’s episode Fatih chats with Simone Aliano, Founder, Translator/Interpreter at Contigo Translating and Interpreting about how she started working as a T...

Associate Professor Marc Orlando is a Translating and Interpreting practitioner, researcher and trainer. He is also the coordinator of the AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters) research committee (https://aiic.org/site/RC). In this episode we speak about the AIIC Research Committee as well his new position as Director of the Translation and Interpreting Program at Macquarie U...

Conference interpreting allows communication between the speaker and a group of audience members. Conference interpreters are tasked with listening to the context of what the speaker is saying, and relaying it back accurately in the target language, while preserving the integrity of the message. In most cases, this is done in a booth with purpose-built technology, using the simultaneous mode. It i...

When we interpret, we often immerse ourselves in the client’s emotional world in order to convey what is meant by them. It may not occur to us this empathic engagement may create unexpected consequences. Many professions such us counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers listen to graphic descriptions of horrific events as part of their job. Research shows that, over time, these professionals m...

Disclaimer: This episode was recorded with the assistance of Auslan Interpreter, Sarah Howell and it is her voice that is heard on this podcast. There may be moments of silence due to  "decalage". These gaps were not edited out in respect of my Deaf guest, Stef Linder. Since April 2020, ABC NEWS channel’s Sunday 6.00pm AEST national news bulletin is being picture-in-picture Auslan interp...

New South Wales is one of the most culturally diverse states in the world with residents who come from more than 307 ancestries, speak 215 languages and dialects, and follow 148 different religious beliefs. Multicultural NSW (MNSW) is the lead agency for implementing the policy and legislative framework to support multicultural principles in NSW and provides many services to the community includin...

The Royal Commission into Family Violence published six recommendations relating to interpreting services. The final report concluded that interpreting services were inadequate and highlighted the need for training in relation to understanding the nature and dynamics of family violence. In this episode, Part 2 of a series of 2 episodes, Fatih chats with Olga Garcia-Caro who has conducted research...

The Royal Commission into Family Violence published six recommendations relating to interpreting services. The final report concluded that interpreting services were inadequate and highlighted the need for training in relation to understanding the nature and dynamics of family violence. In this episode, Part 1 of a series of 2 episodes, Fatih chats with Olga Garcia-Caro who conducted research on D...

The rapid shift to Video Remote Interpreting in Community Settings due to COVID-19 resulted in practitioners, language service providers, clients and technology platforms adapting to this mode of delivery almost overnight leading to VRI now being used as the preferred remote interpreting alternative in almost all Community Interpreting settings as it provides visual cues in addition to the audio f...

“Girl, Interpreted” is a bilingual comedy web series made in Melbourne by writer/director Grace Feng Fang Juan. Lillian, A nervous Mandarin interpreter stumbles and stutters through a bilingual web series of hectic cultural misunderstanding. In this episode of “Conversations” podcast, Grace, writer/director of “Girl, Interpreted”, talks to us about how her own experience as a professional interpre...

In January 2018, NAATI launched the first stage of a new online services portal called MyNAATI.  I speak with Aurelie Sheehan, Manager - Certification Policy & Development at NAATI about what this portal is and how practitioners can make use of its features. Your interest and support is greatly appreciated and we hope you will join us for our events throughout 2020 and onwards. Don’t forget to...

In Touch is the official magazine of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators.  In this episode, our conversation is with In Touch’s new Managing Editor, Hayley Armstrong. If you have any questions for Hayley regarding the magazine or  would like to contribute, you can email her on intouch@ausit.org.au Your interest and support is greatly appreciated and we hope you will join us fo...

Part 2: Interpreting at the International Criminal Court This episode, Part 2 of a series of 4 episodes, sees the return of Professor Ludmila Stern and her ARC Linkage project, Communication between judicial officers and court interpreters: Implications for access to justice  In Australia and internationally, a growing demand for courtroom interpreting presents significant challenges. In today’s e...

COVID-19 has affected all our lives and how our society operates. How has the current situation affected NAATI testing nationally and in Victoria where there are now Stage 4 restrictions? NAATI National Operations Manager, Michael Nemarich will explain the latest updates and developments regarding certification and CCL testing. Your interest and support is greatly appreciated and we hope you will...

This episode is Part 1 of a series of 4 episodes where I will be talking to Professor Ludmila Stern about her ARC Linkage project. In Australia and internationally, a growing demand for courtroom interpreting presents significant challenges. In today’s episode Prof Ludmila Stern talks to us about her ARC (Australian Research Council) Linkage project: Access to justice in interpreted proceedings: T...

COVID-19 has impacted the way language services are delivered in almost all settings including hospitals and health institutions. More and more interpreting services are shifting to Remote Interpreting i.e. telephone, video.  In today’s episode, I spoke with Emiliano Zucchi, Director Transcultural & Language Services about the short and long-term effects this has on the patients, healthcare st...

For established languages (such as Greek, Italian, Turkish, etc.) clients with limited linguistic mastery are under the wrong impression that they don't require interpreting services as they can get by. A lot of the clinicians are under the same mistaken impression (as long as someone can tell them their name, nods, says 'Yes' and 'Thank you') and this creates obstacles in...

In this episode I spoke with NAATI, CEO, Mark Painting about the NAATI Certification System. In January 2018, NAATI introduced a new certification system for translators and interpreters, which became the industry standard for working in the profession. We spoke about why the certification system was implemented and its importance for the professionalisation of the T and I industry as well as some...

Our inaugural episode hosts Dr Erika Gonzalez Garcia, Program Manager, Master of Translating and Interpreting at RMIT University. In this episode we speak about the importance of formal training for translating and interpreting practitioners as well as the current State and Federal Government scholarships that are on offer and what they mean for the T & I industry. We speak particularly about...