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‘Linguists at Lunch’ – a fantastic new online networking opportunity from NZSTI

One of the few advantages of the pandemic has been the huge increase in online events, including for translators and interpreters. As a German-English translator, I’ve certainly attended my share of Zoom meetings, including ones organised by the NZSTI’s German counterpart, the BDÜ. Being able to join colleagues overseas virtually has been a real boon, but the downside is that they are often held at rather inconvenient times for us here in New Zealand – fancy a 5 a.m. start, anyone?

Pandemic Self-Care Strategies: Tips from Corinne McKay

Even in relatively stress-free New Zealand, as the pandemic drags on many things can take a toll on our mental and even physical health. US-based Corinne offers “a few tips that might help you with pandemic decision-making; I'm certainly not the authority on this, but these strategies have helped me a lot”.

Privacy Legislation: What translators and interpreters need to know

What do translators and interpreters need to know about privacy? We might think that we are rather well-informed and have a professional advantage; after all, many of us deal regularly with information that is sensitive for legal, commercial, financial or medical reasons. Given that the presentation was delivered only two weeks after the disclosure of the medical information of COVID-19 patients had led to political upheaval and resignations, this was a very topical and relevant theme.

Towards Demystifying Machine Translation for the Freelancer

An international research firm forecasts that the global machine translation market has the potential to grow by one billion US dollars during the period 2020–2024. Yet recent studies also indicate that despite the growing adoption of machine translation in workflow processes in industrial settings, many professional translators, freelancers in particular, still harbour negative feelings about machine translation and tend to resist and/or reject the technology.

AUSIT Conference 2019 Keynote Address

In October, I was in Hobart for the AUSIT Conference. It was my first time attending an event organised by our counterparts across the Tasman. Despite being held in the relatively ‘remote’ location, the 2019 National Conference was well-attended by delegates from all over Australia. The fact that the event was approved for 40 professional development points towards NAATI re-certification was probably a contributing factor in its popularity.

APTRAD Congress 2019

During my recent travel to Brazil I had the opportunity to attend two Translation and Interpreting conferences. The first was the first ever APTRAD (Portuguese Association of Translators) Congress in Brazil – from 15 to 18 August 2019, and the second was TRADUSA IV (http://tradusa.com.br), the fourth Brazilian meeting of medical and healthcare translators, from 23 to 24 August 2019. Both were in Sao Paulo, my home city, with a population of over 12 million.

A tale of two conferences

I recently returned to Sheffield for the first time in nearly forty years to attend the Institute of Translation and Interpreting Conference 2019. Sheffield is a city built on the fine steel industry, and when I was a student there it was a city in decline, but on my recent visit I was impressed with the wonderfully revitalised city centre. The conference was held in Cutlers’ Hall, the Victorian headquarters of the Company of Cutlers. It is a very grand but also comfortable building and provided a wonderful, historic backdrop to a very successful conference.

The digital demands of the client in 2019, and how to grow your own business

At the 2019 NZSTI annual conference, Stephen Caunter ran an interesting workshop entitled ‘The digital demands of the client in 2019, and how to grow your own business’. As a Business Training Manager at ANZ, he has provided advice to a range of clients on how to achieve business success at little expense.

Webinar review: The Basics of Terminology

In April 2019 the German BDÜ Weiterbildungs- und Fachverlagsgesellschaft mbH organised a webinar for translators about the basics of terminology. The webinar was held by Dr Nicole Keller, lecturer at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

“Translation Tracks – Vocational pathways for the language professions of the future”

This was the title of the presentation given by keynote speaker David Moore, who opened the AUSIT National Conference held in Adelaide in November 2018. An educator and linguist at the Alice Springs Language Centre, David spoke of the project to extend the teaching of Aboriginal languages in schools in the Northern Territories by offering applied language courses with a focus on translation. As David explained, ‘Translation Tracks’ is an apt metaphor – it resonates with Aboriginal culture through the association with dreaming tracks, or songlines, and it also expresses the ethos and intention of the programme: to forge a link between school and the workplace, and to provide career paths for Aboriginal students with language skills.

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