AUSIT
National
professional association of translators and interpreters
acknowledges MHCS contribution to the field of Interpreting
and Translating in Australia
AUSIT or the Australian
Institute of Translators and Interpreters Inc., the national
professional association of translators and interpreters has
awarded a Highly Commended prize to the NSW Multicultural
Health Communication Service and I and G media, an agency
specialising in multilingual radio, for its innovative work
in the development of guidelines and translations of a
series of anti-smoking radio commercials.
The commendation was part of the
Outstanding Contribution to the Translating and Interpreting
Industry category in the AUSIT excellence awards held at the
Shangri-la Hotel in Sydney on 9 November 2007.
Terry Chesher, a retired staff of the
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service and an
Italian Translator and Educator, won a NSW State “
Outstanding Contribution to the Translating and Interpreting
Industry” award for the development of a Professional
Development Programme for AUSIT NSW.
For other guidelines on producing
multilingual health information and checking visit:
http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/mhcs/resources.html#guidelines
To read more about the AUSIT awards
visit
www.ausit.org
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