CCIO Fall Professional Development Event

The Community and Court Interpreters of the Ohio Valley is hosting a special professional development event on October 26, 2007, from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. The event will be held at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, in London, Ohio, and at the Supreme Court of Ohio. Courtesy of Natasha Curtis, fliers regarding the From Our Lips to Your Ears project will be on hand for participants. Participants will meet at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I) at 10:00 a.m. where participants will have a chance to tour the facility and talk with people who work in the various sections of the BCI&I. This will include the DNA unit and various other units of the Forensic Laboratory, the Identification Section (responsible for maintaining criminal records, conducting record checks etc.), and Investigation Section.

The afternoon will then kick off at 1:45 p.m. at the Supreme Court of Ohio building where participants will be introduced to the fascinating world of Forensic Linguistics with a presentation by Dr. Susan Berk-Seligson, a nationally recognized expert in the field. The day will conclude with a brief open discussion with Mr. Bruno Romero, Interpreter Services Program Manager at the Supreme Court of Ohio, about certification efforts currently underway in Ohio.

Registration Deadline: October 18. [All registrations must be received by this date. NO EXCEPTIONS]

Admission: CCIO Members: $40 Non-CCIO Members: $50 Students: $25.00

More Information: www.ccio.org, call 330-634-9195 or e-mail secretary@ccio.org

For more upcoming events, visit the project calendar.

Spanish Translation - Revision Workshop

An opportunity shared by Alicia Marshall that I wanted to pass along to readers:

TIP-Lab is offering its seventeenth Spanish Translation - Revision Workshop specially designed and tailored for professionals working in any country of the world who translate from English into Spanish. It will run from January through June 2008.

Leandro Wolfson, a nationally known translator from Argentina who specializes in human and social sciences, will conduct this TIP-Lab workshop.

US$250 per participant (US$30 non-refundable administrative fee included in this amount). Payment must be made by check or money order in dollars and payable to TIP-Lab. Registration deadline is Monday, December 10, 2007.

Additionally, this workshop has been approved by the ATA for its continued education credit program.

For further information, call or fax Alicia Marshall at (847) 8694889. Or, contact her via email: aliciamarshal1@comcast.net

Translation Studies Forum

Thanks to Konstantin Tovstiadi at the University of Oklahoma for sharing information about the project on the forum for Translation Studies, a wonderful site with all sorts of current information for interpreters and translators.

The site is a joint web location for the European Society of Translation Studies, the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association (ATISA) and the Canadian Association of Translation Studies.

Medical Interpreters Network of Georgia

Congratulations to our friends at the Medical Interpreters Network of Georgia, who held their fall forum today in Atlanta! Flyers for the From Our Lips to Your Ears program will be distributed at this event, special thanks to Cindy Roat.

Chamando todos os intérpretes

Special thanks to Paula Góes for spreading the word to Portuguese interpreters through the Liga da Tradução website (ponto de encontro para tradutores de língua portuguesa - meeting spot for Portuguese language translators).

I also very much appreciate the Portuguese translation provided by Paula. To read the notice in Portuguese, click here.