Join OSTI for two fabulous events!
Saturday, March 30, 2024
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Powell's City of Books (Cafe)
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El Rinconcito Yucateco 2:30 - 4:00 PM
El Rinconcito Yucateco
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Powell's City of Books (Cafe)
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR 97209
The Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters (OSTI) is hosting a networking experience to build community. OSTI members Allison deFreese and Romina Espinosa are joining forces to answer your questions about the T/I field.
-Do you want to get started as a freelancer in literary translation?
-Do you dream of a full-time job like Romina did as a medical interpreter at a US research hospital?
-Curious about Individualized Education Program (IEP) and education interpreting? Interpreting for bone marrow transplant patients? Psychiatric evaluations? How to handle end of life medical interpretation encounters? Current cancer therapy options? Self-care tips? Poetry translation?
Yes! Allison and Romina have experience in diverse translation and interpretation fields.
This is a free event and everyone is welcome!
You can arrive whenever you like!
Then on Saturday , March 30, 2024 join Romina and Allison from
2:30 - 4:00 PM for a delicious meal at
El Rinconcito Yucateco
8202 SE Flavel St.
Portland, OR 97266
Rain or shine, OSTI looks forward to having a casual conversation with you about the topics above and more! This is a fantastic opportunity for both new and seasoned translators and interpreters to come together and learn from each other. Romina is visiting us, OSTI members and community, from San Diego, California for the weekend.
Questions: Email rtespinosa@ucsd.edu
Romina Espinosa (Lima, Peru) is a Spanish<>English interpreter, translator, and creative writer based in San Diego, California. She works as an in-house medical interpreter at UC San Diego Health. As the owner of a small business, Espinosa Interpreting, Ms. Espinosa has been offering language access services for direct clients and boutique language agencies since 2017. Romina holds a BA in International Studies, a Certificate in Translation and Interpretation (Spanish/English) from UC San Diego, and an MA in Gender and Diversity Studies from University of Oviedo, Spain. In the US, she is a certified Spanish medical interpreter through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI). In 2023, Romina was elected Treasurer of the OSTI (Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters) Board. In her spare time, Romina (a five-time marathoner) enjoys nature runs, selecting fresh produce for a new recipe, and painting with acrylics.
Allison deFreese (you don't want to know where she's from but she'll tell you someday anyway) is OSTI's 2024 conference chair (for the conference September 20th-21st,save the date!) and has been leading literary translation workshops for the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters since 2017. She won the C&R Press Winter Soup Bowl Chapbook Competition for her translation of Luciana Jazmín Coronado's Dinner at Las Heras (forthcoming in October, 2024). She has published a few poems and several translations. In her spare time she translates poems and coordinates OSTI's annual conference.