AUSIT National Excellence Awards 2011
The professional association of Australian translators and interpreters has held its biennial award giving ceremony in Canberra on the weekend. There was a record number of entries this year and the standard was again very high. In most cases the jury had a difficult task deciding on the winners. The full list of AUSIT Excellence Awards presented in Canberra on Friday 11 November is as follows:
EXCELLENCE IN INTERPRETING
Winner: Ms Xin JIN, NSW - for leading the interpreting team at the Australian Pavilion at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai – 6-month assignment (Language: Mandarin).
Runner-up 1:Mr Nadesan SUNDARESAN, Vic for a series of interpreting assignments in a detention facility for asylum seekers (Language: Tamil).
Runner-up 2:Ms Rona ZHANG, Qld for interpreting at the Australian Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai – 6-month assignment (Language: Mandarin).
EXCELLENCE IN TRANSLATION
Winner: Ms Dalia Matar, NSW - for translation and subtitling of the SBS Dateline program “Iraq’s Deadly Legacy” (Language: Arabic)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE T&I INDUSTRY
Winner: Transcultural & Language Service (TALS) Department at Northern Health, Vic for their centralised language service model, including improving local access to quality interpreters and transcultural staff training for improved use of interpreters.
Highly Commended: Sign Language Communications (SLC), NSW for the John Ferris Interpreter Internship mentoring program (Language: Auslan).
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INDIGENOUS T&I
TAFE SA, S.A. for the Diploma of Interpreting course designed specifically for Anangu-speaking students living in remote communities of South Australia.
PAUL SINCLAIR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO AUSIT
This award was won by Mr Rod Wahl,WA for the leadership he provided in the 2010 Constitution Review project.
