Looking to connect with fellow translators and interpreters in a relaxed setting? Join us for the next AUSIT NSW Branch Networking Event.

To avoid the winter chills, this month’s gathering will be online. Give a great end to your work week by meeting industry peers, exchanging experiences, and discussing matters of professional interest.

Whether you’re a long-term AUSIT member, new member, student, or simply curious about the translation and interpreting industry, you’re welcome to join us. Bring your favourite snacks and a hot drink, settle in, and join our growing community for this online event.

Please register in advance, and take note of the Zoom link in the registration form as reminders will NOT be sent before the event.  

For inquiries, please email nsw@ausit.org

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As this is a networking event, it is eligible for PD points according to the NAATI recertification catalogue category 1.6. Please utilise your registration confirmation email to claim participation as no PD Certificates will be issued.

Kind regards
NSW Branch Committee

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Registrations close midnight, 11:59pm, 11 June 2026

As generative AI and machine translation become part of everyday professional practice, post-editing increasingly involves evaluating and refining translation choices, rather than simply correcting errors. This two-hour professional development workshop supports translators and interpreters in developing a clear, principled approach to post-editing that strengthens professional judgement and efficiency.

The workshop introduces a meaning-focused framework for analysing AI-generated translations, helping participants identify where and why key translation choices need to be made. Participants will work with practical examples to examine choices related to:

• what is being represented (accuracy, completeness, and logic of meaning);
• how meaning positions the reader or listener (voice, stance, evaluation, and interpersonal alignment); and
• how meaning is organised as a text (flow, cohesion, emphasis, and readability).

Through guided activities, participants will learn how to diagnose recurring machine-translation patterns, prioritise revisions strategically, and articulate the rationale behind their post-editing decisions—skills that are increasingly important for quality assurance, ethical practice, and client communication.

This practical framework is richly informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), which has long served translation studies as a powerful tool for analysing meaning in context. However, no prior knowledge of SFL is assumed; the theory is introduced as a way of naming and strengthening what practitioners already do intuitively.

The workshop positions post-editing as skilled interpretive work, reaffirming the translator’s and interpreter’s role as active meaning-makers, rather than passive correctors of machine output.

Our Presenters

Professor Mira Kim is a researcher, educator, and practitioner in the field of translation and interpreting. She has worked as a professional translator and interpreter since 1995 and has been teaching both practical and theoretical courses since 2000. Her research areas include text analysis for translation, translation quality assessment, translator education, systemic functional linguistics, and personalised language learning. She is the lead author of Korean Grammar: A Systemic Functional Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and co-editor of Systemic Functional Linguistics and Translation Studies (Bloomsbury, 2021). She is currently a Professor at UNSW Sydney.

Alisa Tian is an Associate Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at UNSW Sydney, with extensive experience in professional translation and interpreting practice. Having worked as an in-house legal translator/interpreter at a publicly listed international law firm, she continued as a freelance practitioner across Australia and overseas, including as a subtitler at SBS Australia, where she currently quality-checks AI-generated translations for television programs. Since 2010, Alisa has been teaching postgraduate T&I programs, with a strong interest in theory-informed translation pedagogy, particularly Systemic Functional Linguistics.

Joining the Webinar

The Zoom links for the webinar will be sent out one day prior to the event. Please ensure you have downloaded the latest version of Zoom in preparation.

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Intermediate PD.

Please  consult the NAATI Recertification Catalogue to allocate the relevant PD Points. Some activities can be included under different categories, so please choose the most  appropriate category for your recertification purposes.

Certificates and recordings
Webinar recordings and Certificates for PD purposes may take approximately two (2) weeks to be released following the event.

This is a live webinar event and will be recorded. The recording
will be shared with registrants.

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This event is proudly sponsored by NAATI – Registration is FREE for AUSIT members and all NAATI-credentialed practitioners!

Interpreting is a highly demanding cognitive process that involves a series of competing tasks such as comprehension, memory retention and language reformulation. A common challenge interpreters face with note-taking is that the more effort we spend on writing notes, the more difficult it becomes to accurately recall and deliver information, usually because less attention is afforded to listening/comprehension and language reformulation. Therefore, balancing the effort devoted to each competing task is crucial for interpreting success, especially when the source speech is long and/or complex.

Note-taking, when conducted effectively, can serve as a bridge linking source text decoding and target text delivery, thereby forming an integral part of comprehension and language reformulation. How to combine memory and note-taking skills to optimise memory retention? How to use symbols to represent and connect ideas? How to structure notes to facilitate delivery? This workshop aims to answer these questions and help participants develop an effective and meaning-based note-taking practice.

Our Presenter - Amy Wang

Xiaoxing (Amy) Wang is a NAATI Certified Conference Interpreter (English/Mandarin), Certified Interpreter (English/Mandarin) and Certified Translator (English into Chinese). Amy has been practising as an interpreter since 2011 and is passionate about sharing experiences with fellow practitioners. She was the PD Coordinator at the AUSIT NSW and/or National level for several years and has been regularly involved in organising and delivering training for both aspiring and practising interpreters and translators since 2015.

Amy received the 2023 AUSIT Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Interpreting.

Joining the Webinar

The Zoom links for the webinar will be sent out 1 day prior to the session you registered to attend. Please ensure you have downloaded the latest version of Zoom in preparation.

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Introductory PD.

This webinar is eligible for 10 PD points under category 1.4 of the NAATI Recertification Catalogue (new catalogue due for release 2 June).

Certificates and recordings

Please note no PD certificates will be issued for this event. Please keep a copy of your registration confirmation email as proof of participation to claim your PD points.

This is a live webinar event and will be recorded. Free recordings will be made available via NAATI Learn after the event, and for AUSIT members on the members homepage of the AUSIT website.

Together, we aim to support the ongoing professional growth of NAATI-credentialed practitioners.

Not a member of AUSIT? Join us to benefit from discounted member fees and future opportunities! When you sign up as an AUSIT Member you will pay lower fees for our Professional Development workshops and social events - Click HERE to find out more.

This is our regular bi-monthly networking event. With the National Conference soon upon us, we will discuss this event and the revised NAATI Catalogue for re-certification. It also an opportunity to discuss other matters. Seating is limited so get in soon.

Presented by your Branch Committee Members.

Coffee and tea available.

Public Transport
Trams and buses on King William Street, with a short walk to the venue.

Parking Information
There is some parking available in the surrounding streets.

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As this is a networking event, it is eligible for PD points according to the NAATI recertification catalogue category 1.6. Please utilise your registration confirmation email to claim participation as no PD Certificates will be issued.

We will look forward to seeing you there.
The SA/NT Branch

This is a face-to-face event and will not be recorded.

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AUSIT NAT Presents Ethics in Translation: When Principles Meet Practice Webinar Via Zoom Wednesday, 24 June 2026 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm AEST

Registrations close midnight, 11:59pm, 22 June 2026

Ethical decision-making in translation is rarely as simple as applying a rule to a clear-cut situation. Translators often work with incomplete briefs, tight deadlines, sensitive content, client expectations, agency requirements, and questions about accuracy, transparency, confidentiality, and professional boundaries.

This interactive PD session will explore ethical challenges that arise in real translation practice. Drawing on scenarios submitted by practitioners and stakeholders, the workshop will examine how translators can make sound professional decisions when competing responsibilities or practical constraints are at play.

Facilitated by Dr Jim Hlavac, the session will invite participants to consider how the AUSIT Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct can guide decision-making in complex situations. Participants will discuss selected scenarios in small breakout groups, then return to the main room for a guided discussion on possible responses, professional reasoning, and what good ethical practice may look like in context.

Submit your dilemmas! We want this workshop to reflect the real issues translators encounter in their work. Please submit an ethical dilemma or challenging situation you have experienced by Sunday 14 June 2026 via this form here. Selected submissions may be used during the session to support discussion and reflection.

Pre-requisite for registration: Familiarity with the AUSIT Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct, particularly the sections relevant to translators and translation practice.

Looking for more ethics PD for translators? Our Ethics for Translators I (2024) and Ethics for Translators II (2025) recordings are available for purchase in the AUSIT Webinar Library

Interpreters can find our June Ethics for Interpreters event here, and our past event Ethics for Interpreters (2025) is available for purchase in the AUSIT Webinar Library.

Biography of our Presenter - Dr Jim Hlavac

Dr Jim Hlavac is an adjunct senior research fellow at Monash University. He is a practising NAATI-certified translator and interpreter. He has 12 years’ experience as a translator and interpreter instructor at post-graduate level and has led PD training for translators and interpreters across a variety of fields and topics.

Joining the Webinar

The Zoom links for the webinar will be sent out one day prior to the event. Please ensure you have downloaded the latest version of Zoom in preparation.

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Intermediate PD.

Please  consult the NAATI Recertification Catalogue (new catalogue coming soon!) to allocate the relevant PD Points. Some activities can be included under different categories, so please choose the most  appropriate category for your recertification purposes.

Certificates and recordings
Webinar recordings and Certificates for PD purposes may take approximately two (2) weeks to be released following the event.

This is a live webinar event and will be recorded. The recording
will be shared with registrants.

Not a member of AUSIT? Join us to benefit from discounted member fees and future opportunities! When you sign up as an AUSIT Member you will pay lower fees for our Professional Development workshops and social events - Click HERE to find out more.

Confirmed dates for 2026!

25 June 2026 from 5:30 PM AEST onwards

The Bank on Collins - Register here > 

We've arranged our usual high top tables to the left of the bar. Keep an eye out for the AUSIT signs!

All T&I practitioners, students, educators, LSP representatives, language lovers, friends and family across Victoria (and interstate or overseas, if in town!) are most welcome and encouraged to join us. Feel free to invite non-members to come and meet everyone.

Can't wait to see you all!

For inquiries, please email vic@ausit.org

Please note that all food and beverages consumed at the venue are at participants' own expense.

Photos or videos may be taken during our networking event and posted on our social medias. Should you prefer not to be included in individual or group photos/videos, please let our event organiser know.

Public Transport Information
By train: The venue is within 10 minutes walk from Flinders Street Station. 
By tram: You may alight at either Williams/Collins Street or Elizabeth/Collins St and walk up one block.

Parking Information
The venue does not offer parking spaces. However, there are street parking bays and paid parking arrangement available.
You may wish to consider a suitable parking arrangement within the CBD.

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As this is a networking event, it is eligible for PD points according to the NAATI recertification catalogue category 1.6. Please utilise your registration confirmation email to claim participation as no PD Certificates will be issued.

Kind regards
VIC Branch Committee

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Note: Language Division events are for AUSIT members only

Registrations close midnight, 11:59 pm, 24 June 2026

An online session with Dr Jinyue Wang exploring the challenges and strategies of Chinese>English TCM translation through a real-world case study, followed by networking and discussion for AUSIT members working with Chinese.

Session 1 (approx. 1 hour): A Case Study of Chinese-English Translation of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Challenges and Strategies

Join us for an engaging online session with Dr Jinyue Wang exploring the challenges and strategies of Chinese > English TCM translation through a real-world case study. From navigating culturally embedded terminology to applying flexible adaptation techniques, this session offers practical insights for translators and interpreters working in healthcare and traditional medicine settings.

Session 2 (approx. 1 hour): Chinese Language Division Networking and Discussion

Following the presentation, AUSIT members working with Chinese are invited to join an informal networking and discussion session. This is an opportunity to connect with colleagues, exchange experiences, discuss industry trends, and build professional networks across translation and interpreting.

For any questions about this event, please contact the LD organiser, Wenyue Ouyang by email.

Our Presenter - Dr Jinyue Wang

Dr Jinyue Wang has been working as a translator and interpreter for more than three decades in both China and Australia. He is an active researcher and a NAATI-certified translator, and he holds a PhD in Translation Studies. He serves on the committee of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. He is also an expert member of the Translators Association of China and the CATTI Talent Pool of the CICG Academy of Translation and Interpretation. In addition, he is an editor of the Cultural Translation and Literature sections of Open Cultural Studies. His research interests include English–Chinese translation and interpreting, English literature, TESOL, computer-assisted translation and AI-aided translation and interpreting.

Confirmed dates:

Looking to connect with fellow translators and interpreters in a relaxed setting? Join us for our AUSIT NSW Networking Event.

This monthly casual gathering is a great opportunity to meet industry peers, exchange experiences, and network with fellow professionals. Each event will be hosted by a NSW branch committee member, with occasional special guests—seasoned professionals ready to share their insights.

Whether you’re a long-term AUSIT member, new member, student, or simply curious about the translation and interpreting industry, you’re welcome to join us. Come along, grab a drink, and be part of our growing community!

We encourage you to register in advance to help us with planning. See you there!

For inquiries, please email nsw@ausit.org

PD Logbook
As this is a networking event, it is eligible for PD points according to the NAATI recertification catalogue category 1.6. Please utilise your registration confirmation email to claim participation as no PD Certificates will be issued.

Kind regards
NSW Branch Committee

Not a member of AUSIT? Join us to benefit from discounted member fees and future opportunities! When you sign up as an AUSIT Member you will pay lower fees for our Professional Development workshops and social events - Click HERE to find out more.