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Guidelines and Resources for Practitioners

AUSIT guidelines for translation and interpreting practitioners:

Recommendations Official Translation
AUSIT’s Best Practices for the Translation of Official and Legal Documents
AUSIT’s Guidelines for Interpreters Signing Legal Documents
Protocols Telephone Interpreting
AUSIT's Recommended Telephone Interpreting Protocols
Information sheet: Hearing Loop Receivers for use in Court
Protocols Video Interpreting
AUSIT's Recommended Remote Video Interpreting Protocols (New)
Ethical Tips Community Interps
AUSIT's Guidelines for Community Interpreters

Further guidelines and advice endorsed by AUSIT:

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Guidelines for Interpreting in Mental Health Settings
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Use of your NAATI stamp on already translated documents (ethics)

Resources from stakeholders in T&I for legal settings:

Legal Literate

A plain English glossary website with definitions of common legal and judicial terms, to assist interpreters working in Australian courts and tribunals. Created by the Judicial Council on Diversity and Inclusion, an initiative supported by The Social Policy Group. 

LawTermFinder

A free online dictionary of the words and phrases used in Australian Family Law and mediation services. It also offers translations in 8 community languages. Created by a team in the Linguistics Department of Macquarie University.

The Plain English Legal Dictionary

Explains legal terms in plain English to help lawyers, police, judges and other legal staff to communicate with Indigenous people who do not speak English as a first language. Produced by ARDS in partnership with the Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) and North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA).

The court process (main steps)

This Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria webpage lays out the main steps in the court process.

Inclusive language for gender diversity:

LGBTIQA+ Multilingual Terminology

An award-winning repository of monolingual, bilingual and multilingual terminology relating to gender diversity that assists practitioners to find the words more easily and expand their understanding of the multifaceted world we live in. The outcome of an RMIT University research project sponsored by the City of Melbourne and facilitated by Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (AGMC).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages:

NT Police cautions in Aboriginal languages 

The NT police caution spoken in 18 Aboriginal languages. The police caution explains some of a suspect’s rights when the suspect is questioned by police. Published by the Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS, 2015). 

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Submission form

for court interpreters to report incidents or issues that occur in court interpreting assignments.

Purpose and function of this information submission form.

This form enables you to report issues or problems that you encounter in the course of court interpreting assignments. These issues and problems will be collected by AUSIT to report to the JCCD (the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity) to monitor the implementation of the Recommended National Standards. The reporting of these issues and problems enables AUSIT to work with the JCCD to suggest steps to address these issues and to avoid the repetition of these problems in the future.

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