Conversations Podcast

Each episode facilitated by Fatih Karakas will have a special guest and conversation about current and hot topics related to the T&I industry as well as interpreting and translation related challenges and strategies.

Guests will vary from T&I practitioners across Australia to key figures in the industry as well as expert names in other fields of practice that are intertwined with interpreting and translating.

The episodes are FREE to stream and are available to subscribe to via YouTube, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast and Spotify.

NAATI Certified Practioners may be eligible to claim NAATI Professional Development points by subscribing to our channel. This can be nominated as additional relevant PD activities under CATEGORY 1: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE (1.11). You may need to provide a brief explanation to justify its inclusion.

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LATEST EPISODE

Season 3 - Episode 2: Northern Health Transcultural & Language Services (TALS) Department - Published on 15 June 2022

Guest: Yue Hu, Director of Transcultural & Language Services (TALS), Narrun Wilip-giin Aboriginal Support Unit (ASU) from Northern Health

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SEASON 3

Season 3 - Episode 2: Northern Health Transcultural & Language Services (TALS) Department - Published on 15 June 2022

Guest: Yue Hu, Director of Transcultural & Language Services (TALS), Narrun Wilip-giin Aboriginal Support Unit (ASU) from Northern Health

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Season 3 - Episode 1: International Mother Language Day Special Edition - In Collaboration with NAATI - Published on 21st Februrary 2022

Guest: Lavinia Heffernan, Project Officer at NAATI on the Indigenous Interpreting Project

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SEASON 2

Season 2 - Episode 1: Interpreting and Translating in Healthcare Settings - Published on 5th March 2021

Guest: Professor Ineke Crezee, Auckland University of Technology

Season 2 - Episode 2: Ask NAATI March 2021, Part 1 of 4 - Published on 26th March 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

Season 2 - Episode 2: Ask NAATI March 2021, Part 2 of 4 - Published on 26th March 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

Season 2 - Episode 2: Ask NAATI March 2021, Part 3 of 4 - Published on 26th March 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

Season 2 - Episode 2: Ask NAATI March 2021, Part 4 of 4 - Published on 26th March 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

Season 2 - Episode 3: Using Eye Movements to Study the Reading of Subtitles - Published on 9th April 2021

Guest: Professor Jan-Louis Kruger, Head of the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University, NSW

Season 2 - Episode 4: The MINDSET Study - Published on 23rd April 2021

Guest: Associate Professor Bianca Brijnath, National Ageing Research Institute

Season 2 - Episode 5: AUSIT’s In Touch Magazine Autumn Issue - Published on 7th May 2021

Guest: Hayley Armstrong, Managing Editor In Touch

Season 2 - Episode 6: Preparing for Healthcare Assignments - Published on 21st May 2021

Guest: Dina Kerr, Certified Arabic Interpreter/Translator

Season 2 - Episode 7: NSW Interpreter Scholarship Program - Published on 4th June 2021

Guest: George Bisas, Director Language Services, Multicultural NSW

Season 2 - Episode 8: From a refugee camp in Jordan to a Ministerial Advisory Committee in New Zealand - Published on 18th June 2021

Guest: Dr Mustafa Derbashi, Arabic Interpreter/Translator, Auckland, New Zealand

Season 2 - Episode 9: The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing - Published on 2nd July 2021

Guest: Lisa Tribuzio, Manager, Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing

Season 2 - Episode 10: Ask NAATI July 2021, Part 1 of 3 - Published on 30th July 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

Season 2 - Episode 10: Ask NAATI July 2021, Part 2 of 3 - Published on 30th July 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

Season 2 - Episode 10: Ask NAATI July 2021, Part 3 of 3 - Published on 30th July 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

Season 2 - Episode 11: Multilingual COVID-19 Vaccination Glossary - Published on 13th August 2021

Guest: Associate Professor Holly Seale, School of Population Health at the University of New South Wales

Season 2 - Episode 12: AUSIT’s In Touch Magazine Winter Issue - Published on 27th August 2021

Guest: Hayley Armstrong, Managing Editor In Touch

Season 2 - Episode 13: AUSIT National Conference 2021 - Published on 17th September 2021

Guest: Dr Erika Gonzalez Garcia, AUSIT National President

Season 2 - Episode 14: Interpreter experiences on the implementation of the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals - Published on 8th October 2021

Guest: Cintia Lee & Silvia Martinez, Certified Interpreters

Season 2 - Episode 15: Ask NAATI - Published on 19th November 2021

Guest: Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan & National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich

SEASON 1

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Season 1 - Episode 1: Importance of Formal Training for Translators and Interpreters - Published on 13 July 2020

Guest: Dr Erika Gonzalez Garcia, Master of Translating and Interpreting Program Manager, RMIT University

Season 1 - Episode 2: NAATI's Certification System - Published on 22nd July 2020

Guest: Mark Painting, Chief Executive Officer, NAATI

Season 1 - Episode 3: Why some patients of established languages refuse the service of interpreters - Published on 31st July 2020

Guest: Despina Amanatidou, Healthcare Interpreter, AUSIT Vice President Events & PD

Season 1 - Episode 4: Language Service Delivery in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic - Published on 7th August 2020

Guest: Emiliano Zucchi - Director Transcultural & Language Services, Northern Health

Season 1 - Episode 5: ARC Linkage Project Communication between judicial officers and court interpreters: Implications for access to justice (Part 1 of 4) - Published on 14th August 2020

Guest: Professor Ludmila Stern, University of New South Wales, Current Chair of NAATI's Technical Reference Advisory Committee (TRAC)

Season 1 - Episode 6: Upcoming NAATI tests and COVID-19 updates regarding NAATI testing - Published on 21th August 2020

Guest: Michael Nemarich, Manager, National Operations at NAATI

Season 1 - Episode 7: ARC Linkage Project Communication between judicial officers and court interpreters: Implications for access to justice – Observations of International Courts (Part 2 of 4) - Published on 28th August 2020

Guest: Professor Ludmila Stern, University of New South Wales, Current Chair of NAATI's Technical Reference Advisory Committee (TRAC)

Season 1 - Episode 8: In Touch, Official Magazine of AUSIT - Published on 4th September 2020

Guest: Hayley Armstrong, Managing Editor, AUSIT's In Touch Magazine

Season 1 - Episode 9: MyNAATI Portal - Published on 11th September 2020

Guest: Aurelie Sheehan, Manager, Certification Policy & Development at NAATI Certified, Certified Translator (English>French), AUSIT ACT Branch Chair

Season 1 - Episode 10: "Girl, Interpreted" - Published on 18th September 2020

Guest: Grace Feng Fang Juan, Writer/Director, "Girl, Interpreted"

Season 1 - Episode 11: Video Remote Interpreting - An interpreter's perspective - Published on 25th September 2020

Guest: Jemma Ives, Interpreter, Translator, Teacher

Season 1 - Episode 12: Interpreting in Domestic Violence Settings, Part 1 - Published on 2nd October 2020

Guest: Olga Garcia-Caro, Lecturer/PhD candidate, RMIT University

Season 1 - Episode 13: Interpreting in Domestic Violence Settings, Part 2 - Published on 9th October 2020

Guest: Olga Garcia-Caro, Lecturer/PhD candidate, RMIT University

Season 1 - Episode 14: Multicultural NSW - Published on 16th October 2020

Guest: George Bisas, Director, Language Services, Multicultural NSW

Season 1 - Episode 15: News in Auslan - Published on 22nd October 2020

Guest: Stef Linder, Deaf Interpreter, Translator, Presenter and Trainer, Expression Australia

Season 1 - Episode 16: Vicarious Trauma among Interpreters - Published on 30th October 2020

Guest: Dr Miranda Lai, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University

Season 1 - Episode 17: A day in the life of a Conference Interpreter - Published on 6th November 2020
Guest: Karine Bachelier, Conference Interpreter

Season 1 - Episode 18: AIIC Research Committee - Published on 13th November 2020
Guest: Associate Professor Marc Orlando, Director - Translations & Intepreting Program, Macquarie University

Season 1 - Episode 19: Graduated! Not What? - Published on 20th November 2020
Guest: Simone Aliano, Founder, Translator/Interpreter, Contigo Translating and Interpreting

Season 1 - Episode 20: Launch of 'Ask NAATI '- Published on 27th November 2020
Guests: Chief Executive Officer - Mark Painting, Certification Policy and Development Manager - Aurélie Sheehan, National Operations Manager - Michael Nemarich and Communications Manager - Tony Murray.

Season 1 - Episode 21: Launch of 'AUSIT's In Touch Magazing Summer Issue '- Published on 4th December 2020
Guest: Hayley Armstrong, Managing Editor, AUSIT's In Touch Magazine

Season 1 - Episode 22: Community Translations - Published on 11th December 2020
Guest: Associate Professor Mustapha Taibi, Western Sydney University

Season 1 - Episode 23: Ethics for Police Translators and Interpreters - Published on 18th December 2020
Guest: Dr Miranda Lai, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University