AUSIT NEWS
Márta Bárány BEM OAM, AUSIT past president (1997–99), has been awarded the NSW Premier’s Interpreters and Translators Medal 2026.
Márta at work
The annual NSW Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals ‘pay tribute to the many outstanding people who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to promote social cohesion and harmony across our state,’ and Márta qualifies – as we say in her adopted country – in spades.
Born in Hungary in 1932, Márta’s family fled the arrival of Russian forces in 1945, and migrated to Australia under the United Nations Displaced Persons Scheme in 1951.
She’s been working as an interpreter and translator for over 50 years (and at 93 has no plans to stop soon), and was involved in the establishment of both the Telephone Interpreting Service (TIS) in 1972 and NAATI.
We’re hoping to interview Márta for our AUSIT Stalwarts series in a future issue, if she can fit us into her busy schedule. Meanwhile you can read more about her here.
Congratulations Márta!
