[Fwd: Re: ORIENT: Mandarin interpreting work]

[Sue Mills]

And some more information regarding this work from Angela Cincotta......

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Subject: 	Re: ORIENT: Mandarin interpreting work
Date: 	Thu, 01 May 2008 14:02:32 +1000
From: 	Angela Cincotta <angela.cincotta at anu.edu.au>
To: 	Sue Mills <sue.mills at anu.edu.au>
CC: 	Orient at anu.edu.au
References: 	<48190BE3.9020701 at anu.edu.au>



As far as I'm aware, court interpreters are supposed to be qualified to 
NAATI level 3, or NAATI level 2 in the case of small languages.

Sue Mills wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> The Interpreting service is busy apparently, and some of the Chinese 
> from the torch relay day are going to court on Friday.
> A "Robert" from the police and court side of things has rung the 
> Faculty  to find an interpreter.
>
> YOU WILL BE PAID
>
> They need somebody to help explain court proceedings amongst other 
> things. You will have to be available at 9am on Friday
> ( I assume that means tomorrow - Samara may know more as she took the 
> call)
>
> One of the Chinese is from East Turkistan, so anybody with a knowledge 
> of this dialect is also most welcome.
>
> Robert will be in and out of court all day today, so email is probably 
> best. He can be contacted on:
>
> robert.tait at afp.gov.edu or phone (02) 6245 7277.
>
> The start of a lucretive sideline?
>


-- 
Angela Cincotta
PhD Candidate
Southeast Asia Centre
Faculty of Asian Studies
Australian National University
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f: 6125 3144



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