Quality Assurance certification renewed for 2015
In February 2015, Language Professionals successfully passed its annual QA 9001:2008 audit and was recertified. We have now been QA certified for 19 years!
06Mar
13Dec
Department of Human Ressources cooperative procurement
The current list of Australian Government agencies that have access to the Department of Human Services cooperative procurement programme in which Language Professionals participates (service category: translation) has grown to 36 agencies.
28Nov
November 2014 Newsletter
Click to view Language Professionals' Newsletter for November 2014 in PDF format: newsletter 2014
18Nov
Interpreters for heads of state at the Brisbane G20
Language Professionals' Max Doerfler and Bertold Schmitt would like to thank each one of the 53 interpreters who joined their team at the G20 Heads of State summit in Brisbane this month. Simultaneous interpretation was required for the following 14 languages: Arabic, Mandarin, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Hindi, Turkish and Burmese.
24Nov
Translating and Interpreting Sector Roundtable Discussion at Parliament House in Canberra on 28 Nov
Max will attend the Translating and Interpreting Sector Roundtable Discussion at Parliament House in Canberra on 28 Nov.
24Nov
Hazaragi language in Australia
Currently NAATI (the Australian national accreditation authority for translators and interpreters) holds interpreting tests for Hazaragi as a distinct language, noting in test materials that Hazaragi varies by dialect, and that any dialect of Hazaragi may be used in interpreter testing as long as it would be understood by the average speaker.
19Nov
Forum on health translations and the emerging use of automated translations in Australia: The NSW Multilingual Health Information Stakeholders Forum
In the past two years, the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS) has seen an increase in non-government organisations, and health services using translation companies that are based overseas, as well as the use of Google Translate, and social translation models. A forum in December will examine the trend.
13Nov
G20 Leaders’ Summit Public Holiday (Brisbane) in Australia
The G20 Leaders’ Summit public holiday is a one-off holiday in Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland, Australia, on November 14, 2014. Max Doerfler and Bertold Schmitt have been busy organising for interpreters to fly to Brisbane from round the world to join Language Professionals teams of interpreters.
11Nov
Language Professionals provides interpreting services for Leaders Summit at the Brisbane G20
Language Professionals will provide 53 interpreters for the G20 Heads of State summit in Brisbane this month. Max Doerfler and Bertold Schmitt have been busy organising for interpreters to fly to Brisbane from round the world to join their teams.
11Nov
Department of Human Services Panel of Translators
Language Professionals is pleased to announce the renewal of its inclusion on the Creative and Digital Communication Panel for the Department of Human Services’ cooperative procurement programme.
20Sep
Language Professionals provides interpreters for Labour and Employment Ministers (G20 LEMM) from G20 nations in Melbourne
In September, Language Professionals was in Melbourne interpreting for G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial meeting.
19Sep
University of Western Sydney Community Translation Conference
Members of the Langpro team attended the Community Translation Conference held at the University of Western Sydney in September 2014. We heard interesting presentations from translation experts in many languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Malay and Spanish and we were able to meet with teachers and students in the field. Subjects discussed included terminology databases, training, crowd sourcing, translation of materials for hospitals, prisons and tourism, quality assessment and assurance.
05Sep
Inaugural Australian Association for Literary Translation Prize 2014
Jacqueline won a “highly commended” award for her translation of a poem from Spanish in the inaugural literary translation prize organised by the Australian Association for Literary Translation.
12Mar
Quality Assurance certification renewed for 2014
In February 2014, Language Professionals successfully passed its annual QA 9001:2008 audit and was recertified.
26May
Design, Production and Distribution Program Trade Fair
In May Language Professionals staff attended the annual Design, Production and Distribution program trade fair at the National Convention Centre in Canberra. The Design, Production and Distribution program is a collaborative procurement program led by the Department of Human Services and involving 40 federal government departments and agencies. Language Professionals is a member of the expert panel of providers for these 40 agencies, providing translation and multilingual desktop publishing services.
01Feb
Language Professionals’ QA certification renewed
At the end of January 2013, Language Professionals successfully passed its annual QA 9001:2008 audit. The company has held QA certification continuously since 1996 and was the first Australian translation company to do so.
