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    • September 08, 2021
    • December 13, 2023
    • 28 sessions
    • online
    Register

    OSTI board meets every 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 PM.

    OSTI Members are welcome to attend.
    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link.

    To request more info, please contact us.


    • March 28, 2023
    • 4:00 PM
    • Virtual

    This is an announcement only. To register for this event, please visit the link below. 

    Professional Development Opportunities for Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages

    The March 28th session of the 2023 series of professional development opportunities and ethics discussions for educational translators and interpreters is a Discussion about Ethics and Boundaries (click here for more information).

    The session is $45 for nonmembers and $25 for members of OSTI or NAETISL.

    OSTI is supporting this event, which is being offered by OSTI members. Times listed here are in Pacific Time.

    Please contact naetisl@gmail.com (and not the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters) if you have questions.

    • April 01, 2023
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Gabriel Park, Portland Oregon

    OSTI invites you to an outdoor get-together: 
    Let's meet at the corner of SW 37th and SW Vermont, Portland Oregon.

    Gabriel Park Accessibility Notes

    Parking

    • Parking lot
    • 2 designated parking spaces
    • Paved pathway to play area with slight slope
    • 200 feet to play area

    Play Area

    • Engineered mulch surface
    • Rubberized surface at transfer station
    • Ramp into play area

    Play Equipment

    • Transfer station
    • Sensory play elements

    Other Amenities

    • Accessible restroom
    • Accessible picnic table


    • April 06, 2023
    • 4:00 PM
    • Virtual

    This is an announcement only. To register for this event, please visit the link below.

    Professional Development Opportunities for Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages

    The first April session of the 2023 series of professional development opportunities and ethics discussions for educational translators and interpreters will address Consecutive Interpreting Interventions and Special Education (click here for more information).

    The session is $45 for nonmembers and $25 for members of OSTI or NAETISL.

    OSTI is supporting this event, which is being offered by OSTI members. Times listed here are in Pacific Time.

    Please contact naetisl@gmail.com (and not the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters) if you have questions.

    • April 08, 2023
    • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Virtual
    Register
    Panels for Students Interested in Interpreting or Translation Careers

    Part I - Working as an Interpreter

    The Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters is pleased to announce two panel discussions for students interested in learning more about careers in interpreting or translation or for anyone interested in gaining more knowledge about T&I fields!

    Are you thinking about pursuing a career in translation or interpreting and need more information about what it's like in the field? These panels are for you!

    Are you a university professor or high school instructor? Bring your class to one of these Saturday panels and invite students to attend as an extra credit project.

    On April 8th at 1:00 PM PDT the focus is on careers in interpreting (with host Allison deFreese). The panelists, who will answer questions about interpreting, include:

    - John Wan, who is a certified Mandarin Court Interpreter (in Washington, Oregon, and California); 

    - Sarika Mehta, an ASL (American Sign Language) and trilingual interpreter who works with Oregon courts, interprets at poetry and museum events (including for the Portland Art Museum), and is an announcer for Oregon Public Radio;

    - Carla Alegre, manager of Interpreter Services at University of California San Diego Health

    and

    - Romina Espinosa CCHI certified medical interpreter Spanish<>English interpreter and small business owner based in San Diego, California, who is a staff interpreter serving cancer patients and their families at UCSD.

    Then on April 15th (at 11:00 AM PDT), OSTI is offering a panel on careers in translation

    Please share this event with your friends, students, and with others interested in learning more about translation or interpreting. We hope to see you there!




    • April 15, 2023
    • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    • Virtual
    Register
    Panels for Students Interested in Translation/Interpreting Careers

    Part II - Working as a Translator

    The Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters is pleased to announce two panel discussions for students interested in learning more about careers in interpreting or translation or for anyone interested in gaining more knowledge about T&I fields!

    Are you thinking about pursuing a career in translation or interpreting and need more information about what it's like in the field? These panels are for you!

    Are you a university professor or high school instructor? Bring your class to one of these Saturday panels and invite students to attend them as an extra credit project.

    On April 15th (at 11:00 AM PDT), OSTI is offering a panel on careers in translation.

    The panelists, who will answer questions about translation, include:

    Ghada Mourad. PhD, professor at the University of California, Irvine, who translates from Arabic and French into English;


    Gabriel González Núñez, PhD, professor at the University of Texas and Director of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's Graduate Spanish Translation and Interpreting Program who has previously worked as a freelance translator and conference interpreter;


    Lois M Feuerle, PhD, JD, ATA-certified Translator (German>English), who specializes in translations to and from the German about art thefts during WII,

    and


    Allison A. deFreese, National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellow and literary translator.

    Are you a university professor or high school instructor? Bring your class to one of these Saturday panels and invite students to attend as an extra credit project.

    Please share this event with your friends, students, and with others interested in learning more about translation or interpreting. We hope to see you there!




    • May 31, 2023
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • on Zoom (link sent upon registration)
    Register

    This 2-hour session is intended for medical interpreters.

    ATA: 2 CEUs
    IMIA/NBCIA: 0.2 CEUs Approved!

    Free to attend for OSTI members. 
    $20 for non-members. Join OSTI.
    This session is limited to 20 attendees. Register early!

    Medical interpreters will discuss a variety of scenarios from real life, share their experience and suggestions on how to best handle each situation, they will broaden their repertoire of practical solutions to dilemmas.



    • September 29, 2023
    • October 01, 2023
    • Zoom

    Call for Papers
    for the
    OSTI 2023 Virtual Conference
    now open!

    Words Around the World

    Friday 9/29

    Saturday 9/30 and

    Sunday 10/1/2023


Past Events

March 16, 2023 NAETISL 3/16: Can a CAT Make My Life Easier (with Carolina Romero Ramírez) - Educational Translators and Interpreters Series
March 08, 2023 OSTI Celebrating International Women’s Day
February 18, 2023 OSTI Portland Lunch Get-Together
February 16, 2023 Strategies and Scripts to Reduce Mental Fatigue (with Andrea Henri) - Educational Translators and Interpreters Series
January 29, 2023 Winter 2023 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop (from January 29th to March 5th)
January 24, 2023 Professional Development Opportunities for Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages, II
January 14, 2023 OSTI Portland Lunch Get-Together
January 12, 2023 Professional Development Opportunities for Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages
January 10, 2023 Presentation for The AgriBusiness Management Program
January 07, 2023 Vietnamese Idioms and Terminology with Tram Bui and Dr. Christina Nguyen
November 12, 2022 Meetup Open to All Translators or Interpreters - with Women in German @ PSU - Nov. 12th
October 30, 2022 Fall 2022 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop (from October 30th to December 10th)
October 02, 2022 Advocacy in Health Care Interpreting in the Context of Systemic Racism
September 16, 2022 Dinner with OSTI
September 16, 2022 OSTI Conference 2022
September 10, 2022 OSTI 2022 Virtual Conference: Words = a Pathway to Peace
August 24, 2022 OSTI Potluck Picnic at the Park
July 27, 2022 OSTI Networking Session
June 29, 2022 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
April 16, 2022 OSTI Spring Gathering in the Park
April 10, 2022 Moments of Presence: Writing Haibun
March 30, 2022 Ethical Dilemmas and Best Practices
March 26, 2022 Advocacy in Health Care Interpreting in the Context of Systemic Racism
March 15, 2022 Spring 2022 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop (from the Ides of March to May Day)
February 28, 2022 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
February 06, 2022 OSTI Winter Literary Translation Workshop
February 02, 2022 Ethical Dilemmas and Best Practices
January 26, 2022 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
January 19, 2022 Refugee Resettlement In 2022
January 03, 2022 Creative Writing and Writing Poetry in English (or Spanish)
December 10, 2021 Words for Fun: Memory, Periphery, and Then Some (Virtual)
November 29, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
November 19, 2021 Translation Rights with The Authors Guild, Discussion and Q&A
November 07, 2021 Vietnamese Medical Terminology for Interpreters with Tram Bui and Dr. Christina Nguyen
October 28, 2021 Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
October 14, 2021 Creating Good VIBE (Virtual Interpreting Booth Experience)
October 03, 2021 OSTI 2021 Annual Board Meeting
October 03, 2021 Fall 2021 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
September 17, 2021 OSTI 2021 Virtual Conference: Together Again (from afar)
August 30, 2021 OSTI Court Interpreter Cafe
August 25, 2021 8/25 (Wed) OSTI Board Meeting 7:30 PM
August 15, 2021 Ides of August Literary Translation Meetup (Virtual)
July 28, 2021 OSTI Court Interpreter Cafe - w/ Special Guest André Knaebel FCCI
June 29, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Social and Check-In - 6/29/2021
June 21, 2021 Mon 6/21 Rose Garden Social
May 28, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Social and Check-In
May 12, 2021 Spring-Summer Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
April 30, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Social w/ Special Guest Aimee Benavides
April 10, 2021 Recreational Linguistics
March 31, 2021 Translators & Interpreters with Pets
March 27, 2021 A Celebration of Heidi Schmaltz's Life
March 23, 2021 Improving interpreting skills - How to help each other
February 26, 2021 Editing Potpourri: A Crash Course in Copyediting for Translators
February 13, 2021 Winter Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
February 04, 2021 ATA Certification Panel and Q&A
January 20, 2021 OSTI Winter Literary Translation Open Mic
December 09, 2020 OSTI Winter Get-together 12/9 7:30 PM PST
November 11, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
October 18, 2020 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop - Fall
October 14, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
September 13, 2020 Ethics Workshop by Cynthia Roat (Part of OSTI 2020 Virtual Conference)
September 12, 2020 OSTI 2020 Virtual Conference: From Masks to Mastery
September 09, 2020 OSTI 2020 Annual Members Meeting
August 12, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
July 29, 2020 Happy Hour to Celebrate OSTI Members
July 26, 2020 OSTI Summer 2020 Online Literary Translation Workshop
July 08, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
June 17, 2020 OSTI Literary Translation Open Mic (Virtual)
May 27, 2020 OSTI Remote Social Gathering, May 27, 2020 @ 2pm
April 22, 2020 OSTI Virtual Coffee Meet-Up - We Miss Seeing Your Faces!
April 19, 2020 OSTI Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
March 05, 2020 ATA Certification Exam Q&A
January 25, 2020 Social Gathering

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