The Interpreter’s Special Interest Group will be meeting on Saturday February 13th from 10 AM to 12 noon at the AATIA headquarters in the International Center of Austin on 2nd street and Trinity. In the meeting Joseph Brettell, a Licensed Court Interpreter will present on certification exams for court interpreters, training materials available to aspiring court interpreters, and the realities and practice of court interpretation. We will have a practice session of real texts which are commonly seen in the courts. All interpreters or other interested parties are welcome. See you then!

Join the Interpreters Special Interest Group on Saturday, August 8, for a live demonstration of an ACC interpreting class.

Participate in exercises for consecutive interpreting and sight translation and talk to current and former students about the course offerings.

When: Saturday, August 8, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Where: International Center of Austin
201 East 2nd Street
Austin, TX 78701
Parking: Street parking available. (Garage closed for repairs this day.)

Contact: Esther Diaz mediaz@austin.rr.com

Join your colleagues for Licensed Court Interpreter Updates on October 11 from 2:00 to 4:00 at the Austin History Center. Find out the latest on examination and continuing education regulations from Sofia Leon, a member of the Licensed Court Interpreters Advisory Board.

Hear about life as an interpreter with the US Military forces in Iraq as Mohaned Saddawi shares his personal experiences and answer questions from the audience at the August meeting of AATIA’s Interpreter Special Interest Group.

Light refreshments will be provided at the meeting, to be held 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, at the International Center of Austin (201 East 2nd Street). On-street parking is available. Meters are free on Saturday.

Join AATIA’s Interpreters Special Interest Group for an update on healthcare interpreting this Saturday, June 14, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the International Center of Austin (201 East 2nd St). Find out about the recent NCIHC General Meeting and national certification efforts.

Street parking is available and parking meters are free.

The Interpreter Special Interest Group meeting scheduled for Saturday, April 5, has been canceled due to a conflict with the Spanish-English contrastive grammar workshop.

Susana Roca-Smith, Spanish Special Interest Group Coordinator, reports that SpanSIG and the Interpretation SIG have set dates for their respective meetings in 2008. Unless otherwise announced, all meetings will be held at the Austin History Center, 10:15am-12:00pm., on the following dates:

SpanSIG
Feb. 9
May 10
Sept. 13
Dec. 6
ISIG
April 12
June 14
August 9
Oct. 11