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Browse here for recent T&I-related research, developments and events, plus articles from our award-winning magazine In Touch, and other publications. 

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AUSIT National Conference 2023
Accompanied by the AUSIT Gala Dinner, the Jill Blewett Memorial Lecture and the NAGM The New South Wales Branch have the pleasure of inviting you to AUSIT’s 2023 National Conference. This year’s... more
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MEMBER PROFILES: Emily Plank and Isabel von Prollius
Emily Plank Translator or interpreter (or both): translator Language(s) and direction(s): German, French & Spanish>English Location: Perth, WA Practising as a translator/interpreter since:... more
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Translating ideophones: after the theory, the practice
SPECIAL FEATURE: LITERARY TRANSLATION, PART 3  Following on from her article on translating ideophones in our April issue, T&I master’s student Laura Fritch reports on how she went with her... more
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Language for the mind: three quick questions for Maria Cassaniti, manager of a multicultural mental health centre
Transcultural Mental Health Centre is located in Parramatta, the heart of Sydney’s ethnically diverse western suburbs. We asked TMHC’s manager, Maria Cassaniti, a few questions about how her... more
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AUSIT members involved in making juries more inclusive
INDUSTRY PROGRESS In April 2021, the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) interviewed AUSIT’s Immediate Past President Erika Gonzalez Garcia and Auslan interpreter Meredith Bartlett for their... more
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Birthday Book of Storms (Scrisorile corbului): a journey across languages
SPECIAL FEATURE: LITERARY TRANSLATION, PART 3 In 2021, playwright R. Johns engaged literary translator Cristina Savin to translate her play Birthday Book of Storms into Romanian. As Cristina... more
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Seniority in AUSIT
Karine Bachelier If you’ve been working in the T&I field for a decade or more, you may be eligible to become an AUSIT Senior Member. With the two new Senior Members featured here swelling the... more
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AUSIT stalwarts: Adolfo Gentile
To continue our series of interviews with AUSIT members who have contributed to the organisation and/or the T&I profession in Australia over many years, foundation member Dr Adolfo Gentile is... more
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Assessing career pathways and the viability of the T&I profession
RECENT RESEARCH Researchers: Erika Gonzalez Garcia and Jacqueline Skewes Institution: RMIT University, funded by Translators and Interpreters Australia* As is well known, the translating and... more
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A member of AUSIT … living overseas
When translator Ilgin Yildiz took part in our regular Member Profiles feature in 2021, we noticed that she was living in Istanbul. Ilgin has maintained her AUSIT membership since returning to live in... more
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I’ll just put you on hold …
PRACTITIONER TIPS Periods of time – of varying lengths – spent ‘on hold’ are a consistent feature of telephone interpreting. Whether this downtime is seen as a bane or blessing depends on how... more
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AUSIT National Council Statement on the Voice referendum
The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) is the peak professional body for Australian translators and interpreters, and the author of the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct in... more
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AUSIT Translation Competition 2023
*** T&I students and recent graduates *** (*** experienced translators: see call below for assessors ***) entry is now open for AUSIT Translation Competition 2023 (image:... more
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AUSIT ROLES: Branch Membership Liaison Officer
In this series on the roles – both voluntary and remunerated – fulfilled by AUSIT members, we’ve covered six roles to date. Haven’t found one that you think would suit you yet? Don’t... more
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A novel in English … with Māori … translated into Rioplatense Spanish*
SPECIAL FEATURE: LITERARY TRANSLATION, PART 2 Uruguayan-born author, editor and English-to-Spanish translator Rosario Lázaro Igoa was intrigued to be asked to translate a novel that has Māori words... more
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Ozterps: an exciting new PD option for conference interpreters
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Carina interpreting in one of the sessions The Queensland Branch’s Chair, Carina Mackenzie, had often heard of ‘in-person practice groups’ for conference interpreters... more
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MEMBER PROFILES: Mariana Figueiredo Cordeiro da Silva and Victor Xu
Victor Xu Translator or interpreter (or both): both Language(s) and direction(s): Mandarin<>English Location: Canberra, ACT Practising as a translator/interpreter since: December 2006 Member of... more
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Alison Rodriguez, President of FIT (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs / International Federation of Translators)
interviewed by In Touch’s Editorial Committee In September 2022, Brisbane-based translation practitioner Alison Rodriguez was elected to the presidency of FIT, the ‘voice of associations of... more
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Professional ID for T&I: NAATI’s new digital ID and stamp
INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS NAATI has developed a new digital ID system for translators and interpreters, including a much requested digital stamp. In Touch’s T&I Editor Hayley Armstrong asked... more
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AUSIT stalwarts: Barbara McGilvray
INTERVIEW SERIES In Touch is starting a series of interviews with longstanding AUSIT members who have made significant contributions to the organisation and/or the T&I profession over many years.... more
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Tackling long sentence translation: a linguistic perspective
RECENT RESEARCH Researcher: Alisa Tian Supervisor: Mira Kim Institution: School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW Long sentences are often considered difficult to translate. However, the challenge... more
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Fast subtitles cause superficial reading: evidence from eye movements
RECENT RESEARCH Researchers: Sixin Liao, Lili Yu, Jan-Louis Kruger, Erik D Reichle Institution: Dept of Linguistics & School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University Recent research has... more
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LGBTIQA+ refugees and asylum seekers: considerations for interpreters
RECENT RESEARCH Researcher: Elizabeth Schmidt MRes supervisors: Kerry Robinson and Nichole Georgeou Institution: Western Sydney University The importance of trust … cannot be overstated.... more
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Small steps lead to a career path: finding passion for interpreting through a desire to understand
When AUSIT National President J Angelo Berbotto was introduced to Patrick Parsons – a student member volunteering at the organisation’s National Conference 2022 last November, and about to... more
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Community Translation: Research and Practice (2023)
BOOK REVIEW edited by Erika Gonzalez, Katarzyna Stachowiak-Szymczak and Despina Amanatidou (2023) reviewed by Ron Witton The 10 chapters in this very useful volume report on contemporary research in... more
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It’s no joke: a mistranslation sparks outrage
QUALITY ASSURANCE English>Arabic translator Bayane Abou Saada has a folder of screenshots on her phone dedicated to poorly translated ads, some of them minor. But when a recent mistranslation... more
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The Translator’s Visibility: The Case of Muraoka Hanako
SPECIAL FEATURE: LITERARY TRANSLATION, PART 2 The title of this article by Akiko Uchiyama alludes to translation theorist Lawrence Venuti’s highly influential book The Translator’s Invisibility:... more
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Translating the ‘untranslatable’: ideophones
SPECIAL FEATURE: LITERARY TRANSLATION, PART 2 While studying for her master’s in translation, budding Japanese>English practitioner Laura Fritch has developed a passion for ideophones. For this... more
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