S03E05 – Dr Erika Gonzalez Garcia, RMIT University T&I Program Manager, AUSIT National President

Overview: Interpreters and translators work in demanding and specialised settings that require solid linguistic skills.  As part of their research project RMIT University has designed a course that will assist interpreters and translators enhance the pronunciation of difficult English sounds and foster a correct grammatical and idiomatic use of English. The course is supported by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing of the Victorian Government. In this episode, Fatih chats with Dr Erika Gonzalez about the project and the course. Guest Bio: Erika Gonzalez completed a BA in Translation and Interpreting and an MA in Specialised Translation at Universidad de Valladolid (Spain). She also holds a certificate in Medical Interpreting from the University of Massachusetts. She started her career as a conference interpreter in Europe, and then combined it with legal interpreting at community level. To deepen her knowledge and understanding of this field, she completed an MA by research on community interpreting at Universidad del País Vasco. In 2006, she was awarded an Endeavour Europe Award by the Department of Education, Science and Training, and came to Australia to do her PhD under Professor Sandra Hale's supervision. She graduated with a PhD in professionalism and community interpreting in 2013.

Om Podcasten

“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.