Yearly Archives - 2016

NAATI Accreditation testing for 2017

NAATI offers accreditation testing in over 60 languages. For some languages, scheduling of test dates are dependent on the Expressions of Interest that are submitted for that language. NAATI has scheduled the following test dates for 2017: Korean - Paraprofessional Interpreter and Professional Translator, Somali, Burmese. Filipino and Swahili Paraprofessional Interpreter, Filipino Professional Translator, Sinhalese Professional Translator and Paraprofessional Interpreter.

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AUSIT | Monash University | Legal Interpreting PD Short Course | 25 November 2016

The short course examines the principles and practices associated with interpreting in legal settings. Topics covered include an overview of the Australian legal system, police interpreting, court interpreting, tribunals, and family violence interpreting. The face-to-face sessions are composed of presentations from experts in the legal field and experienced interpreters, and practical interpreting exercises to establish best practice when working in this field.

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Japanese Translation Association (JTA) extends an invitation to seminars to all NAATI translators

The Japanese Translation Association (JTA) have extended an invitation to all NAATI accredited practitioners to attend (via live stream) some of their upcoming PD seminars over October and November. They include: 1. The International Paralegal Profession and Legal Translation 2. Translating English Contracts into Japanese

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New NAATI Certification System – Recertification Policy

NAATI has been conducting briefing sessions on the progress of the improvement to NAATI Testing (INT) Project. One of the topics that has emerged during feedback is the proposal for re-certification of ALL practitioners, including those who were awarded a NAATI accreditation before 2007 and for whom the requirement to revalidate has so far been optional.

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New features for mobile Microsoft Translator apps

In other machine-learning-based translation news, Microsoft today announced that it was rolling out two new features for its mobile Microsoft Translator apps. They include a new Android-based translation engine that uses artificial intelligence and support for image-based translations using optical character recognition technology on iOS.

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