The webinar looks at the AUSIT Code of Ethics to point out its most important principles and guides to ethical behaviour, while also looking at the areas which it sees as not part of interpreter or translator roles.

This 90-minute webinar will cover:

• The main principles of the Code of Ethics, particularly Accuracy, impartiality and Clarity of Role Boundaries
• Areas which the Code of Ethics specifically excludes, including ‘helping’, advocacy and cultural mediation
• The importance of professional judgement when making ethical judgements
• Diverse views contained in other codes of ethics and controversies over role

Who would this be useful for? 

Interpreters and translators of all backgrounds, but particularly those new to the profession or who work in some of the smaller, newer emerging languages and who have not undergone formal ethics education.

After completing the webinar you will gain:

Knowledge of:

• The AUSIT Code of Ethics and its main features
• Controversies over different points of views of interpreter and translator role 

Skills to:

• Apply professional judgement to ethical situations

Presented by:

Dr Uldis Ozolins, Western Sydney University & Fatih Karakas, All Graduates Head of Training

Dr Uldis Ozolins is a teacher, writer and researcher on Interpreting & Translation, and one of the leaders of the rewriting of the AUSIT Code of Ethics in 2012

Fatih Karakas has a Master’s in Translation and Interpreting and has taught at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the University of New South Wales. Fatih is also the co-author of “Introduction to Healthcare for Turkish-speaking Interpreters and Translators.