In this episode of the Conversations Podcast, Fatih chats with 2023 AUSIT Excellence Award winners Amy XiaoXing Wang for her Outstanding Contribution to Interpreting, and Cintia Lee for her Outstanding Leadership in the Profession. 

The AUSIT Excellence Awards recognise initiatives and activities by NAATI-credentialled practitioners and organisations operating in all sectors of the translating and interpreting industry. The Awards encourage best practices, professionalism, dedication to quality, innovation and outstanding contributions. They celebrate organisations and individuals or teams.

Guests: 

Mrs Xiaoxing (Amy) Wang is a NAATI Certified Conference Interpreter (Mandarin and English), Certified Interpreter (Mandarin and English), and Certified Translator (English into Chinese). She has been practising as an interpreter and translator since obtaining a Master’s Degree in Interpreting and Translation from the University of Western Sydney in 2011. Amy is an active member of AUSIT and has served on many AUSIT Committees. She is passionate about helping people achieve communication goals and educating clients on how to better work with interpreters and translators.

Cintia Lee is a Certified Interpreter and a Certified Translator (Spanish-English). She holds a degree in English philology (linguistics and translation) from the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. Cintia’s extensive experience in translating and interpreting includes working for large corporations, government agencies and international conferences as well as across various community interpreting settings. For over a decade, Cintia’s practice has focused on legal and law enforcement matters, providing professional interpreting services in Australian criminal, civil and administrative courts. Cintia has a strong commitment to delivering high-quality interpreting and to upholding professional and ethical standards to ensure reliable and accurate communication. She is a court interpreting educator and a tutor in RMIT University’s Interpreting and Translation program, and also an interpreting tutor for TAFE SA. She is the current AUSIT’s Spanish Language Division Delegate.

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