This short course has been designed for interpreters working with new and emerging languages or languages which NAATI does not currently test who wish to gain NAATI certification as recognised practising interpreters, and for practising interpreters preparing for the professional certified interpreter test.

SESSION 1

•   Introduction to course and overview of theory
•   Consecutive interpreting demonstration
•   Practice of memory skills
•   Using arrows, abbreviations and time symbols
•   Principles of note taking
•   Suggestions for practice

Participants are asked to have a spiral A4 notepad and any other devices they may wish to use in their practice.

Presenter

Felicity Mueller has worked as a German/English interpreter in conference and community settings for over 30 years. She has taught consecutive and simultaneous interpreting as well as translation at UWS, UNSW and the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna.

Joining the Webinar

Please NOTE this is a live Webinar - Registrants will be provided with an access link to join at 2.00pm AEST on Friday 25 September 2020. 

This webinar will not be recorded.

PD Logbook

Level: Basic

Please consult the NAATI Recertification Catalogue to allocate the relevant PD Points - downloadable from

https://www.naati.com.au/practitioners/professional-development-requirements/

Some activities can be included under different categories, so please choose the most appropriate category for your recertification purposes.

2020 has proved to be a year of great difficulty. It is only natural
that FIT has dedicated this year’s International Translation Day (ITD) to ‘finding the words for a world in crisis’. With COVID-19 restrictions, we are confined to our homes and prevented from carrying out normal business and social activities as we otherwise would.
 
 What does this mean to interpreters whose daily practice relies heavily on the human contact we have with our clients? What challenges have been thrown at translators, who are commonly (though perhaps incorrectly) considered ‘introverts who never leave the house’? What difficulties have social distancing requirements brought to the industry as a whole? And what implications might these impacts have for our credentials?

If you are interested in any of these questions, please join AUSIT NSW in a special ITD event to discuss and search for answers with a dedicated panel.

Joining the Webinar

Please NOTE this is a live Webinar - Registrants will be provided with an access link to join two (2) days before the event.

This webinar will be recorded.

PD Logbook

Level: Basic

Please consult the NAATI Recertification Catalogue to allocate the relevant PD Points - downloadable from

https://www.naati.com.au/practitioners/professional-development-requirements/

Some activities can be included under different categories, so please choose the most appropriate category for your recertification purposes.

In recognition of the valuable contribution of translators and interpreters, this day is celebrated by organisations such as the UN and FIT and many others around the world. The date coincides with the death of Saint Jerome, patron saint of translators and known for his translation of part of the bible into Latin.

To join the celebrations, AUSIT WA has organised a group booking with discount full-price tickets to see "The Translators", an audience favourite from the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival.

And that's not all! Each AUSIT member who purchases a ticket will also be entered into a draw to win a free registration for the AUSIT 2020 National Conference "Business as Unusual"! Registration is worth $100 for members, and will be held online over 20 and 21 November (Friday and Saturday). Winner will be notified by SMS by 7 October. Interested to learn more about the conference? More information here.

From 5:45pm: Join us for a beverage at the bar before the film starts. You'll get cheap prices on beer, wine, soft drinks, choc bombs and popcorn at the bar. Please note no food/drink is provided.

6:00pm: Doors to cinema open

6:30-8:30pm: Screening of "The Translators", check out the preview here.

Please reserve your discounted full-price ticket in advance by clicking "Register Here" at the footer of this email, as door sales will be for the regular cinema price and won't include cheap snacks. 

On the night, AUSIT will have a registration desk in the lobby area. Please pick up your registration confirmation from us before entering the cinema (don't go to the regular ticket sales counter).

Pricing:

$18 per person for members. Members can purchase one (1) non-member guest ticket for the same price. Non-members can buy full-price tickets from the regular ticket sales counter. This session is also open to the public and seating is unassigned.

(Please note: Student/Healthcare card holder prices are $17 and Senior/Pensioner prices are $16 as part of regular sales, slightly cheaper than our group booking discount. As this session is open to the general public too, those discount holders have the option to buy a ticket on the night from the regular ticket sales counter, subject to availability and with no VIP snack prices.)

Public transport information:

Catch bus 102 or 107 from the city. The bus stop is only a few meters from the cinema door.

Parking information:

Free parking located behind the cinema (off Dalkeith Road)

Any questions, please don't hesitate to email Sally at wa@ausit.org.

This short course has been designed for interpreters working with new and emerging languages or languages which NAATI does not currently test who wish to gain NAATI certification as recognised practising interpreters, and for practising interpreters preparing for the professional certified interpreter test.

SESSION 2 - Development of Note-taking Skills

• Note taking practice in the community interpreting context
• Balancing memory and note-taking
• Reviewing and simplifying notes
• Sight translation: demonstration and practice
• Suggestions for further practice
• Evaluation and feedback

Participants are asked to have a spiral A4 notepad and any other devices they may wish to use in their practice.

Presenter

Felicity Mueller has worked as a German/English interpreter in conference and community settings for over 30 years. She has taught consecutive and simultaneous interpreting as well as translation at UWS, UNSW and the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna.

Joining the Webinar

Please NOTE this is a live Webinar - Registrants will be provided with an access link to join at 2.00pm AEST on Friday 2 October 2020.  This webinar will not be recorded.

PD Logbook

Level: Basic

Please consult the NAATI Recertification Catalogue to allocate the relevant PD Points (downloadable from https://www.naati.com.au/practitioners/professional-development-requirements/).

Some activities can be included under different categories, so please choose the most appropriate category for your recertification purposes.

In this online workshop participants will learn how to write and fit same language subtitles to a short piece of footage. We will be using free subtitling software compatible with Windows and OS X.

This workshop is aimed at beginners with no prior subtitling experience. We will explore the temporal and spatial restrictions unique to subtitling, condensing, subtitle timing and exporting subtitles to different file formats.

Presenter:

Claudia Schneider is a NAATI certified freelance translator. She is a native German speaker and translates in both directions. Claudia has worked as a freelance subtitler since 2004. She has worked for several Australian film distributors and her subtitled work has been shown in Australia and the UK.

• Participants will be provided with a download link to the software, a subtitling guide, and a short piece of footage to download prior to the workshop.
  
  
• The meeting link will be emailed 1-2 days prior to the meeting.
  
  

This is a LIVE event and will NOT be recorded

PD Level: Basic

Regards

AUSIT VIC Branch

Registrations Now Open!

We are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the 2020 AUSIT National Conference, “Business as Unusual”, to be held online (for the first time ever!) on 20 - 21 November 2020.

The focus of this year’s conference is on the challenges and opportunities opening up in an evolving translation and interpreting landscape, especially during this time of insecurity and rapid change in the profession.

Registration fees are:

Please note that if you are a not an AUSIT member and wish to register for the conference, you are strongly encouraged to first become a member. This is because you will pay the same amount or less to become a member AND attend the conference as you would pay as a non-member. AUSIT membership fees have been cut by 50%, to support practitioners throughout the COVID-19 crisis, so ordinary membership fees for the coming year are only $100, or $30 for students. Plus, in the process, you will obtain all the benefits that come with membership!

When you register, you will gain:

We look forward to seeing you there!

Organising Committee
AUSIT 2020 National Conference