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24 November 2010

Legal and Police Interpreting Conference

This conference seeks to explore the role of interpreters in legal and police contexts, share current research, and identify much needed further research and training needs.

Event details

Title:	Legal and Police Interpreting Conference
Date:	2011-11-18
Time:	9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Location:	Storey Hall, Auditorium, Level 5, 336 – 348 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Price:

Professional rate: $ 125

Student / NAATI accredited rate: $ 90

Overview

Interpreters provide a critical link in facilitating communication between speakers who do not share a common language. Their role is even more critical in the legal and police contexts, in that independent and professional interpreting is essential to ensure the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness are adhered to.

International and local speakers will address issues involving the training needs of legal police interpreters, the provision of language services in legal and police contexts and the interaction between courts and interpreters.

The conference brings together professionals from the translating and interpreting, legal and law enforcement fields.

* Attendees will be given a certificate of attendance and will be eligible to claim points under the NAATI revalidation system.

Download the conference program (PDF 422kb)

Topics and speakers

Title	Speaker
Interpreters’ working conditions in courts and tribunals: Different perspectives	Associate Professor Sandra Hale, UWS, Sydney
Interpreter-mediated police interviews: where do we go from here?	Fabrizio Gallai, University of Salford (UK) (videolink
Research on signed language interpreting in NSW courts	Jemina Napier, Macquarie University
Interpreter intervention in investigative interview techniques: implications for training and practicing interpreters	Miranda Lai and Sedat Mulayim, RMIT University
What makes the Translation and Interpreting industry important for national security in Australia?	Dave Gilbert, Freelancer
Power and resistance in interpreter-mediated legal interaction: A sociolinguistic perspective	Ikuko Nakane, University of Melbourne
Gender issues in community interpreting	Caroline Norma, RMIT University
Police discourse and investigative interviewing in Australia	Georgina Heydon, RMIT University
Interfacing with the criminal justice system and interpreters: the perceptions of Indochinese prisoners	Desmond Cahill, RMIT University
Auslan interpreters and the legal profession: what can happen when these two professions meet in court?	Dr Meredith Bartlett Staff Interpreter - SLC Victoria Interpreter Educator – RMIT Diploma of Interpreting