S02 E01 - Professor Ineke Crezee, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand - Interpreting and Translating in Healthcare Settings

Interpreting and translating in Healthcare settings requires excellent knowledge of everyday expressions and idioms as well as specific terminology. In addition to linguistic knowledge, healthcare interpreters and translators also need a good understanding of the anatomy, physiology of the main body systems.In this week’s episode, Fatih chats with Professor Ineke Crezee, Translation and Interpreting, Auckland University of Technology, who has conducted countless research on healthcare interpreting and translating and is the author of the book "Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators"Guest Bio: Ineke has been involved in teaching translation and interpreting since 1991 and has written several textbooks on the area. She has won multiple awards for her teaching, including Vice-Chancellor’s teaching awards in 2001 and 2012 and a student union award in 2011. In 2020, Ineke was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to interpreter and translator education. She is co-editor of two international interpreting and translation-related journals: the International Journal of Interpreter Education (Conference of Interpreter Trainers, USA) and Translation and Interpreting (University of Western Sydney, Australia). She has been working as both a health and legal interpreter and translator both in the Netherlands and in New Zealand. Her book, "Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators" was released in 2013 which was also adapted into Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Arabic. A Russian iteration is forthcoming and a Turkish-language iteration is in progress.You can purchase Ineke's book, "Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators" here: https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.181Interpreting Diabetes Webinar with Professor Ineke Crezee:https://www.conversations-interpretingandtranslating.com.au/w/events/44-interpreting-diabetesYour interest and support is greatly appreciated and we hope you will join us for our events throughout 2021 and onwards.Don’t forget to visit our new training website for more information and PD opportunities: https://www.conversations-interpretingandtranslating.com.au/w/

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“Conversations” is the Professional Development division of All Graduates and as part of this PD initiative, we, at All Graduates have decided to launch a fortnightly podcast to complement our webinars and online courses. Every episode we will have a guest and have a conversation about current and hot topics related to the T and I industry as well as interpreting and translation-related challenges and strategies. Guests will vary from T&I practitioners across Australia to key figures in the industry as well as expert names in other fields of practice that are intertwined with the interpreting and translation industry. Each episode will be available via YouTube, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast and Spotify as well as the All Graduates website. The purpose of our podcasts is to aid the professional development of translators and interpreters in Australia by providing them with easy to access T and I related content and current affairs in a conversational format.