From: Acting National President Dr Erika González Dear Colleagues, I hope everyone is getting ready for the colder months of the year. As reported in the previous newsletter, the AUSIT National Conference 2024 preparations are well underway. The deadline to submit abstracts ended on 30 June and we have received an excellent selection of papers from presenters in Australia and overseas. I appreciate the feedback we have received about the conference pricing. We had to make a tough call, as we need to cover costs and with the increase in the pricing for goods and services, this has been a challenge. I would like to make a call and encourage LSPs to fund the attendance of their translators and interpreters. We are offering discounts for group bookings, and we´d like to thank the employers who have already registered their translators and interpreters to attend. AUSIT keeps working with different State and Commonwealth departments to raise the profile of the profession and advocate for our members. We have a newly established AUSIT Advocacy Committee, which has the mandate to represent the Institute in different fora and prepare recommendations and submissions pertaining to the engagement of interpreters and translators. A Shout out to Patricia Avila, Carina Mackenzie and Pedro Telleria for your lobbying and advocacy! Representatives from our affiliate educational institutions keep producing important research that translates into better practice. It is heartwarming to see the quality of the work we produce in Australia. T&I academics are working on interesting projects related to court interpreting, community translation, public policy and community interpreting (among other fields). We´ll report on their work and publications in forthcoming issues. Remember that participating in research attracts PD points, as well and that you´ll be contributing to the wealth of knowledge that helps shape the profession.
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Members engaging with AUSIT Engage
Our new online networking platform AUSIT Engage has taken off this month, with lively general discussions taking place about AUSIT Engage itself (and how it works) and on subtitling, plus a shout-out for Volunteer Week and a request for research participants.
The number of Language Discussion Forums already up and running have more than quadrupled in the last month. We now have: Arabic / French / Indonesian / Italian / Mandarin /Persian / Russian / Spanish / Thai.
Members can also create dedicated discussion areas – so far we have:
- PD Events – dedicated to AUSIT’s own PD offerings.
- Education Discussion – a space for AUSIT’s Educational Affiliate members to chat about the upcoming Roundtable Event, amongst other things.
- Skill Development – the first discussion has led to plans for AUSIT to offer a PD session on the language used in Occupational Therapy!).
- Legal T&I issues.
To find out more, click here to login (must be an AUSIT Member).
We will be adding a Vietnamese Language discussion shortly, if you would like to help moderate this or any other group, please fill in this form: Moderators EOI.
AUSIT member elected Vice-President of CIUTI
AUSIT member Professor Marc Orlando, director of the T&I program at Macquarie University, has been elected Vice-President of the CIUTI Board. CIUTI (Conférence Internationale Permanente d’Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interprètes) is the oldest and most prestigious international association of university institutes with T&I programs. CIUTI’s new board has been tasked with specific actions and initiatives – especially around AI and its impact on T&I professions, training and societal perceptions – in partnership with UN, the European Commission and other key international T&I stakeholders. Congratulations Marc!
New Member Referral Reward
We’re halfway through the year, and at the last count we’d had 31 new members referred by existing members – 21 students and 10 ordinary members. Keep spreading the word!
36th AUSIT National Conference (Sydney, 2023): sessions now available for purchase
With various sessions to choose from, you’re sure to find a topic or Roundtable discussion that interests you. The recordings vary from 30 minutes to two hours in duration and cost only $15 each for AUSIT members ($45 for non-members). To visit the AUSIT Webinar Library click here.
Please note: some conference sessions are not available for purchase due to sharing permission, and are therefore not listed.
AUSIT National Conference 2024
With the extended abstract submission closing 30 June, the Organising Committee will now be hard at work over coming months, programming a wide selection of presentations and workshops to engage all conference attendees.
REGISTRATION
‘Early Bird’ registration is now open, and closes 31 July. With considerable discounts available until then, do consider attending the social/networking events as well as the conference sessions, to make the most of this opportunity to really immerse yourself in the experience.
SPONSORSHIP
With sponsorships still coming in, our major sponsors fully signed up to date are:
Ruby Sponsor: Language Loop
Emerald Sponsor: NAATI
Platinum Sponsor: Oncall Language Services
Venue Sponsor: RMIT University
Plus we have a newly signed up Silver Sponsor: Australian Signals Directorate
For anyone interested in sponsoring the conference, there are still plenty of options left. You can find our Sponsorship Prospectus here.
BRANCH NEWS
VIC Branch
… as reported by Henry Lam
On 30 May we continued our monthly drinks to bring practitioners together in celebration of professional solidarity and mutual support. The new location on Collins Street in the city centre has been well received. The regular get-together is now scheduled mostly on the last Thursday of the month. The next adventure will be on 27 June!
AUSIT PD & EVENTS
- 4 July 2024 – Virtual Student Meet and Greet: Legal Translation / Interpretation
- 13 July 2024 – VIC Branch Presents: Professional considerations for sight translation in legal settings
- 16 July 2024 – AUSIT NAT Presents: Keeping on Top of Cyber Security in the Digital Era (Webinar)
- 30 July 2024 – AUSIT NAT Presents: AI Literacy and Translator Training: Core Skills and Beyond (Webinar)
- 21-23 November 2024 – The 37th AUSIT National Conference EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW (EB discount ends 31 July)
EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES, PD & EVENTS
All information below is provided by external organisations. Please register and direct any enquiries to the relevant contact outlined in each announcement, rather than to AUSIT.
Museum Translation and Accessibility A Lecture Series – 11, 18, 25 July 2024 – Free Hybrid Event
A free three-part lecture series with Associate Professor Marina Manfredi on translation and accessibility in and for museums.
UNSW Translation and Interpreting with the School of Humanities and Languages invite you to attend this hybrid lecture series featuring Associate Professor Marina Manfredi from the University of Bologna, Italy.
Find out more and register here.
University of Queensland: Master of Arts in Translation and Interpreting (MATI) (Commonwealth Supported Places available to eligible students, next intake July)
Monash University: Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies(mid-year intake starts 22 July)
Monash University: Double Masters International program for French, Italian, Japanese students (second year of study overseas, mid-year intake starts 22 July)
NAATI at Careers Expo in Perth (July 24–25)
Sight Translation Workshop (27 July)
TAFESA: Diploma of Interpreting (live online, course starts 30 July, languages: Cantonese, Dari, Italian, Mandarin, Nepali, Persian, Spanish, Vietnamese)
Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize (submissions close 31 July)
Interactional Management Workshop (12 August)
NAATI at Careers Expo in Sydney (16–17 August)
NAATI free online recertification workshops (free interactive workshops for practitioners – next one: 4 September)
2024 NZSTI Conference (Auckland, 7–8 September)
ASLITA National Conference 2024 (Adelaide, 13–15 September)
CALLS FOR PAPERS / PROPOSALS
The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, special issue on Recent Advances in Media Accessibility Education, Vol. 20, 2026 (journal, abstract deadline: 15 July)
15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15) – The Different Faces of Bilingualism (abstract deadline: 16 September)
Centre for Legal and Institutional Translation Studies (Transius) (conference, submission of abstracts: 2 Sep – 3 Nov)
CALLS FOR PARTICIPANTS
Research project exploring the uses and perceptions of video remote interpreting in healthcare settings (participants wanted: health interpreters, health professionals, language service managers/coordinators)
UNSW: interview study – Did you translate information during the COVID pandemic? To participate, email Medha Sengupta
Audiovisual Translators’ Well-being and Work-life Balance (survey)
Professionals Australia | WorkSafe wants to hear from interpreters about your working conditions (interpreters who live and work in WA, or those in other states who work remotely for WA Government agencies)
UNSW: Research Project: The efficacy of post-editing machine translation on translation processes and products in translator training (online participation for native speakers of Mandarin who completed school in China, are currently undergraduate students in Australia, and have taken at least one translation course)
JOBS KIOSK
Translationz is hiring across all languages, including but not limited to: Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese, Dari, Dinka, Fijian, Filipino, Greek, Gujarati, Hakha Chin (Chin languages), Hakka Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Karen, Karenni, Khmer, Korean, Malay, Maori, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sinhalese, Solomon Islands Pidgin, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese.
READING CORNER: interesting books, articles & journals ...
From your AUSIT Acting National President
I´d like to apologise for the tardiness of the publication of this issue. Juggling deadlines and my day job as an academic, researcher and interpreter are a challenge sometimes! We’ve had a couple of members working overseas and travelling while producing the newsletter, and working across different time zones.
If you have not renewed your membership yet, please do so at your earliest convenience. AUSIT functions thanks to all your support, and I am truly grateful for your commitment to this professional organisation.
Erika González
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