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In Touch is AUSIT's official magazine.
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Special features – Legal T&I, Part 1: some online sources and resources; Auslan performance interpreting, Part 1: theatre; Speech-to-text interpreting, Part 1: an overview, and a look at respeaking. Plus the first in a new series on the volunteer roles that underpin AUSIT; diplomatic interpreting; a fascinating historical translation project; and much more!
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Special features - Identity, opportunity and cultural appropriation, Part 1: identity; Legal T&I, Part 2: advocacy & forensics. Plus a veteran First Nations interpreter, a compelling literary translation project, another AUSIT role demystified, a 'Herculean translation', and much more!
Special feature – T&I in times of crisis. Lobbying for visual communication; balancing professional and personal concerns; plus farewelling a pioneer of T&I; a passion for language; mentoring: who, why and how; and much more!
Special feature – Business as Unusual: lives and language. Black Lives Matter in Australia; a new skillset for distanced working; volunteering language skills; a creative outlet in stressful times; masking communication; plus a problem-solving approach, a translator's trajectory, a pioneer of T&I, a fun Youtube series, flipping the classroom; and much more!
Special feature – Isolated together. AUSIT's first online National Conference; The Translators film review and DVD competition; taking social traditions online; Indigenous interpreters and COVID; plus David Deck receives an AUSIT Fellowship Award, looking back to the Olympics and Paralympics, and much more!
Language in the machine: reflections on evolution, and the iWeb corpus; plus interpreting for survivors of abuse; two new AUSIT fellows for SA-NT; subtitling for kabuki theatre; and much more!
Special feature – The voice of the practitioner; plus improving legal vocabulary training in Aboriginal court interpreting; help-seeking after traumatic assignments; a law student's perspective on interpreter-mediated interviews; taking ethical responsibility; three quick questions for a publisher; and much more!
Special feature – Australian First Languages in the International Year of Indigenous Languages: language survival, retrieval, revival and ownership; plus interpreting heartbreak; traditional tales and folklore; opening young eyes to a world of stories; the NDIS: facilitating social participation and meeting growing demand; and much more!
Special feature – HCIS NSW, forty years on. Interpreting medical consent forms; one of NSW's first health care interpreters; dying in your own language. Special feature – machine translation, part 2; plus ISO certification; the new Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Australian Courts and Tribunals; and much more!
Special feature – Literary translation, part 1. The Jill Blewett Memorial Lecture (excerpts); producing a new translation of an old classic; recent Australian releases, and who's publishing them; prizes. Special feature – Vicarious trauma: practitioner and research perspectives, self-help tips; victory in a pay dispute; and much more!
Special feature – Literary translation, part 2. Reflections on translating poetry, and on the theory versus the practice; prizes; and one recipient's story; plus a past president's debut novel reviewed, using translation technologies to our advantage; trans-editing; and much more!
AUSIT 30th Anniversary Special Edition. In the beginning: a summary of the genesis of AUSIT; AUSIT's archives: images from AUSIT's early years; from foundation student member to National President; plus the NT's new Aboriginal audiovisual interpreting service, the trials of translating Trump, challenges faced by interpreters in a healthcare setting, future-proofing T&I, and much more!
FIT's 21st World Congress hosted in Brisbane; the benefits of volunteering; NAATI and AUSIT's shared history; new resources reviewed: an updated Tool Box for translators, plus a beginners' guide for community interpreters; a major victory for Victorian language professionals; and much more!
Special feature – Machine translation, part 1. An overview; legal and ethical considerations; post-editing; plus a report on FIT World Congress 2017; AUSIT members honoured: an Order of Australia medal and a prestigious international translation award; and much more!
The AUSIT national miniconference is a forum where professionals from various fields...
In Touch Winter 2016
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AUSIT is turning 30 in 2017! … and to celebrate, In Touch is getting a makeover...
New president foreshadows AUSIT overhaul. AUSIT is embarking on a range of new directions...
In Touch Winter 2015
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In Touch Summer 2015
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In Touch Autumn 2014
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Conference Interpreting: perspectives on extralinguistic knowledge and anticipation...
Recognition: interpreters need better recogniton for their training and qualifications...
As a T&I in a ‘smaller’ language, it is always interesting to hear the...
In Touch Winter 2012
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In Touch Spring 2010
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December 2004 – Newsletter
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For the first time in the history of AUSIT, a Presidential election was...
Like all professional associations we rely on volunteers to do a lot of...
