Event details
NAT: Portuguese Translators & Interpreters online meetingThursday 28 January 20217.00pm - 9.00pm AEST (Brisbane/Qld)
REGISTRATIONS CLOSED AUSIT would like to invite Portuguese translators and interpreters to a language-specific discussion. In this interactive session, we will be discussing the complexities and difficulties that arise when translating academic documents. This session will be guided and moderated by Renata Oliveira and Leisa Maia, both NAATI Certified Portuguese to English translators and members of the AUSIT QLD Committee. Some of the issues that we will discuss are:
Presenters
Renata Oliveira Munro is a NAATI certified Portuguese to English Translator. She has worked as a freelance professional translator since gaining her certification at the beginning of 2009. Renata is originally from Brazil but has lived in Australia for the last 25 years. While in Australia, Renata completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy and worked as an Occupational Therapist in the fields of disabilities and rehabilitation for several years before following her passion for languages and becoming a translator. She has been an active member of AUSIT since 2013 and was the secretary of the AUSIT QLD branch for 4 years. Renata just completed a Graduate Certificate in Translation with RMIT. Leisa Maia has been a certified NAATI Portuguese to English translator since 2008. Her experience as a translator goes back fifteen years and arose from a love of Brazilian culture and language after going on student exchange to Brazil at the age of 17. Leisa holds a Bachelor of Business from UQ and is currently studying a Masters of Translation with RMIT. She is heavily involved with AUSIT, having held the role of PD Coordinator for QLD for the last three years.
Please NOTE this is an in-person online meeting and you must log in and register to attend at the date and time advised.
Registrants will be provided with an access link to join two days before the event. This Meeting WILL NOT be recorded.
PD Logbook Level: Intermediate
Please consult the NAATI Recertification Catalogue to allocate the relevant PD Points (downloadable from https://www.naati.com.au/practitioners/professional-development-requirements/). Some activities can be included under different categories, so please choose the most appropriate category for your recertification purposes.
Thursday 28 January 2021 7.00pm - 9.00pm AEST (Brisbane QLD)
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AUSIT Members: FREE AUSIT Student Members: FREE NZSTI / ASLIA: FREE NON-Members: $5.00
Registrations CLOSED