Webinar: Ethical Issues and the Interpreter Role – Responding to Ethical Challenges (May 1, 2025)

Overview:

After a quick reminder of the main principles contained in the AUSIT Code of Ethics, the Webinar focuses on two aspects of interpreting where interpreters can stumble:

• Ensuring Completeness of interpreting from both parties, so that each party receives full messages as delivered by the other party. Interpreters can sometimes not live up to this for various reasons – fearing loss of face, unwillingness to deliver bad news, uncertainly of their role, or other reasons.
• Completeness in interpreting is one aspect of Accuracy: you ensure accuracy by understanding the purpose of interviews and the ways in which questions and answers from both parties need to be reflected fully in your interpreting. Examples from health, legal and educational interpreting will be given. Issues of briefing and preparation for assignments will be addressed

Both completeness in interpreting and ensuring accuracy link with the other main ethical principle of interpreters, that of Impartiality. You are hired to interpret for the parties so that they can communicate directly and fully with each other – each party’s message must be relayed faithfully, and each party has the same standing from the point of view of the interpreter; it is up to the parties to resolve the issues they both face, mediated through skillful and accurate interpreting. This raises a number of ethical issues which will be addressed.

Details:

Date/Time: Thursday, 1 May 2025 / 5:00pm-6:00pm

Location: Online via Zoom

Registration Fee:

• $25 General Admission
• A 20% discount applies to this course for NEXPD Members.

Who would this be useful for? (Target Audience)

Interpreters at any stage of their career, but attention will be given to those relatively new to the profession

After completing the ‘Introduction to Medical Terminology of the Cardiovascular System’ Webinar you will be able to:

Knowledge Of:

• Basic ethical standards as in the AUSIT code of ethics
• Where ethical challenges may come from in interpreting assignments, related to completeness and accuracy

Skills To:

• Identify how completeness in interpreting can be achieved
• Ensure accurate interpreting through understanding the purpose of particular assignments and they way parties will behave and speak in those situations.

Webinar Facilitator:

Dr Uldis Ozolins is an internationally recognised author, teacher and researcher in Interpreting and translation. He has taught at several Australian universities and lectured overseas, as well as being a practitioner and a project manager. He headed the rewriting of the AUSIT Code of Ethics published in 2012.

Your Registration will include:

1. Live Webinar Attendance:
You’ll have access to the live webinar session – a dynamic and interactive setting.

2. Recording of the Webinar:
Even if you attend the live session, you’ll receive a recording of the webinar for your convenience. This allows you to revisit the material whenever you want, providing a valuable resource for refreshing your learning at any time.

NAATI Recertification PD Points:

A professional development certificate will be issued upon completion of the webinar. Learners will be eligible to receive 10 points towards recertification (Section 2.20 of NAATI Recertification PD Catalogue). Some webinars may attract PD points from multiple categories. Please choose the most appropriate category for your recertification.