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QLD: “Interpreters and Translators at the Frontline Series: Ethics with a Difference

  • 12 September 2020
  • 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
  • the Comfort of your own Space - Online Zoom Platform
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QLD: Interpreters and Translators at the Frontline Series

"Ethics with a Difference"

Zoom online webinar - LIVE
Saturday 12 September 2020 (after the AGM)
10.15am - 12.00pm AEST
Brisbane

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED


AUSIT QLD will conduct an ethics session immediately after the AGM on 12 September 2020, where real-life “tricky” ethical situations will be discussed to find, if not a “perfect” solution, at least the least damaging solution to these real-life dilemmas.

Knowledge of ethics and applying such knowledge to solving ethical challenges in our daily life is “the cherry on top” in terms of rounding ourselves off as truly professional, ethical practitioners.

As T/Is in Australia, we have the AUSIT Code of Ethics to refer to when faced with such challenges. However, there are some instances where we would really like to have further insights into the ethics area to solve more difficult dilemmas. Sometimes we might even decide to take “the less damaging” path when confronted with such situations, as no solution may seem to be the ideal one.

We are requesting that you put on your thinking cap and email us a real-life problematic situation that you have faced during your day-to-day work as an interpreter and/or translator and that you would like to have discussed during this session.  Should you prefer, you can choose to not share your name in the event.

Of all the entries we receive, and we hope we get many, we will choose three situations to discuss during the session to explore different ways of solving them and/or give participants ideas on how to go about the process of applying the AUSIT Code of Ethics to real-life challenges. Please contribute REAL-LIFE situations, at this event we will not be discussing hypothetical ones.

The three situations to be chosen will be in the following categories:


a) face-to-face interpreting;
b) on-the-phone/video interpreting; and
c) translation.



Please use this email address: QLD@ausit.org to contribute your situation. The closing date to receive them is 4th September.

Thank you in advance for your contribution, and remember:

There’s an ‘us’ in ‘AUSIT’, and no ‘them’…. We all are AUSIT!


Presenter 1

Patricia Avila


Patricia is originally from El Salvador and has worked as a Conference and Community Interpreter for over 30 years in Australia and overseas. She is very active as a T/I in the legal and medical fields through her Brisbane-based consultancy, and in the course of her career, she has successfully managed to unravel a broad range of ethical dilemmas related to our profession.

She delivers training for T/Is and designs interpreter training programs. A rewarding project for her was to assist IWSS in the delivery of “D&FV Forum for Interpreters”, together with AUSIT and Professionals Australia), which included an address by the Hon Di Farmer, Minister for Youth Justice, Child Safety and Against Domestic Violence.

Patricia also designed Queensland Health’s Introductory and Advanced Level training interpreter for interpreters, and co-designed “Introduction to Interpreting in Mental Health Settings” for Transcultural Mental Health.

As a conference interpreter she has worked in a broad range of topics, from the conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources to Haemophilia, and coping with COVID-19 in workplaces around the world.

She is the AUSIT representative to the Queensland Accessing Interpreters Working Group, QAIWG, providing advocacy and advice on matters relating to the profession as well the QLD NAATI RAC. She is an active mentor and coach for new T/Is and translators who value her knowledge and experience.

Joining the Webinar
Registrants will be emailed with the Zoom link two (2) days before the event. This is a LIVE webinar and 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.





 



 Saturday 12 September 2020
10.15am - 12.00pm AEST (Brisbane)





 


The Comfort of your Own Space
Zoom online Webinar





 


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