AUSIT VIC Presents: Translation Revision - Putting Theory into Practice (Webinar)

Please register by 11:59 PM, 5 March 2026 

Translation revision plays a vital role in ensuring quality, both during the initial translation phase (self-revision) and in subsequent stages (revision by others). This process offers significant advantages to all stakeholders.

For translators and language service providers, it is a critical component of quality assurance; neglecting it can harm professional reputations or organisational credibility and may even lead to financial or legal consequences. For governmental and non-governmental organizations that commission translations, thorough revision helps guarantee that public communications are clear, appropriate, and effective. It also safeguards the organisation’s image and can prevent additional expenses, such as those incurred if a whole communication strategy is impacted. For translation end users, revision enhances the clarity and relevance of the message, ultimately improving effectiveness and user experience.

In this webinar, we will briefly go through the revision parameters covered in the 2024 PD on “Translation Revision—Profiles, Parameters, and Professional Solidarities” (available for purchase from the AUSIT webstore here) and subsequently focus on revision procedures and practicalities. Participants will be asked to share and describe the revision processes they use individually or those recommended by their language service provider. This will be followed by practical exercises aimed at identifying translation and language errors using a revision brief, distinguishing between necessary revisions and personal preferences, and discussing how different revision approaches and procedures can result in either oversights or unnecessary revisions.

Biography

Mustapha Taibi is a Professor of interpreting and translation at Western Sydney University, the leader of the International Community Translation Research Group and editor of Translation & Interpreting: The International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research.

Some of the books he has published include: Community Translation (with Uldis Ozolins, 2016), New Insights into Arabic Translation and Interpreting (2016), Translating for the Community (2018), Multicultural Health Translation, Interpreting and Communication (with Meng Ji and Ineke Crezee, 2019), Translating Cultures: An Introduction for Translators, Interpreters and Mediators (with David Katan, 2021) and Translation and Community (2025).

Mustapha also led the development of the following AUSIT-FECCA resources:

1. Recommended Protocols for the Translation of Community Communications
2. Revision Guidelines and Parameters for Community Translations
3. Guidelines for Community Review Panels
4. Style Guides for Community Translations into Arabic, Chinese and Spanish

He is currently part of the working group revising the AUSIT Code of Ethics.

Joining the Webinar

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Intermediate PD.

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Certificates and recordings
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This is a live webinar event and will be recorded. The recording will
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