It was a high quality, professional presentation

• That the Scenarios address a number of specific issues pertaining to the educational field
• And it goes to what this Award is all about - that is, the importance of language and its delivery, including relevant cultural issues
• It considers the diversity of its target audience and the importance of accessibility and ease of distribution throughout regional Victoria – Topical due to the trend of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people moving to regional Victoria too.

• This award is certainly about professionalism in that it establishes, implements and makes provision for ongoing PD
• And by making PD mandatory, the program pursues ongoing excellence
• It is directed to the ongoing benefit of the industry by maintaining and improving skill levels and
• Is a highly topical initiative in the current context of our industry
• It is has strong role model value as it provides a mentoring structure to the industry

Department of Justice, Diversity Issues Unit

Justice Translations On-Line Directory for Justice Information

• They developed a justice translations site to enhance accessibility to all translated Justice information
• Results in significant savings in future productions of translated materials through identification of duplication
• Victoria is the first state to provide such a directory
• There are over 1000 multilingual resources in 47 languages and 26 categories

'fantastic way of solving problems in translated documents and reducing printing and postage costs'

• Concept is useful and welcome
• Efficient – compendium is useful way of using and accessing the information
• Provides a way of avoiding doubling-up of translation services
• Contribution  to standardization of terminology, especially for institutional names
• Has educational value for training purposes and a good resource tool
• Wide applicability
• The fact that it is available on-line means it can be readily up-dated
• The contemporaneity of information is assured and inbuilt into the project

Metropolitan Ambulance Service and
Corporate Language Communications

4 Steps for Life CPR Program

• Translation and promotion of Life Saving message to NESB cultures
• A simple, fun, innovative way to learn CPR in 4 LOTE languages
• Peer tested, checked translations and voiceovers
• User-friendly text – demonstration video, brochure, fridge magnet,
  Q and A sheet
• 10,000 NESBs have attended sessions to learn CPR so far
• Probably the only ambulance service in the world to provide life-saving information in this way

• Broad application
• Import of the subject matter – recognises the importance of communicating the information to as many people as possible
• implications to community health and health policy – potential savings to the community

• Use of exemplary methodology
• The combination of visual and lingual approach promotes access to broad community

• His work is of outstanding quality
• The submission describes the reasoning behind the translation
• The work is of a high linguistic standard; the obvious effort involved in the linguistic accuracy is outstanding
• Impressive research was done to ensure that the linguistic detail was authentic
• This book is a useful tool in training “translation” – the translator makes it clear how he arrived at aspects of the translation

Leviseda Bun Douglas,

Professional Khmer Translator,

translation of NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service Information published in 2004

• The translation aims to improve the Cambodian Community’s knowledge of their rights
• The English text presented the challenge to coin terms and expressions that may not exist in the Cambodian system.
• This assignment highlights the translator’s role as a language bridge in conveying current language usage to community in Australia

'the translator is in a class of her own, she is very professional' - Client

Victoria Jourdan,

Professional Spanish Translator,

Crystal Oracle – Guidance from the Heart of the Earth, to be published in 2005

• This is a translation of an 88 page guidebook and 44 guidance cards and presentation box involving crystal and metaphysical content
• The challenge was to translate into plain Spanish to be understood by anyone, from any walk of life and from different Hispanic backgrounds
• Translating the names of crystals focusing on common names required extensive research
• The translator also provided assistance to the client in preparing book covers, compiling a glossary and an index. She also provided guidance on marketing the book overseas

• Self reflection on the process of translating evident in this translation – something that should be effected in all translations

• The client’s request to translate into plain Spanish presented a challenge as  as there are a number of different forms of Spanish spoken

• It was evident that the translator was required to research the topic, given that the subject was esoteric and as a consequence, the language was not in common usage

Vannessa Hearman,

Professional Indonesian Interpreter and

Liang Joo Leow,

Senior Conference Interpreter, Indonesian,

simultaneous interpreting of the Schapelle Corby verdict rendered by three judges at the Denpasar District Court  by audio and video link.

• It was a Channel Seven live broadcast and as a testament to the quality of the interpreting, it won the ratings and other stations took Seven’s broadcast.
• This assignment made broadcast history in Australia as the first time, simultaneous interpreting was performed on live news according to international standards
• The challenges included the limited preparation time during which glossaries and fact sheets were prepared and legal provisions studied
• The fact that the judges read out the verdict at a fast pace and the occasional loss of audio made interpreting an extremely difficult task.

'calm and professional interpreters under incredibly trying circumstances. With their sheer unflappability and superb interpretation, they were the stand out performers on the day' - Channel Seven

• The world-wide interest in this matter meant that their work was viewed by millions of people across the world.
• The pressure of this situation brought to the fore the skills required for interpreting and Liang Joo and Vannessa rose to the challenge.
• The situation was unpredictable and there were technological impediments.
• Contextually, it was an extraordinary challenge. They interpreted happenings in a crowded court room from across the world. They were in the media spotlight and in a highly charged environment. Hour after hour they performed difficult legal interpreting where the judges often did not enunciate well.
• There was no allowance for any problems which may have arisen, no margin for error or review.

• Film festival interpreting is very challenging, due to ambient interference, numbers of people in immediate vicinity, discipline specific discourse (language of film making and criticism).

• Consistently high standard of interpreting at 3 events over  the duration of the festival.

• Wasn’t given ability to prepare in respect to some aspects, but in other aspects, put in extraordinary preparation in relation to the films, technical issues and historical context of the films.