I want to apply for my accreditation as a professional interpreter (Russian-English-Russian) in Australia. I would be grateful if somebody, who has already passed the NAATI test, could advise me how difficult it was to pass it. Do the dialogs or other audio materials contain a lot of special terms (medical or legal or banking)? Was there any difficult Australian accent? Is it worth to get supplementary Ethics and what it is?
I would be grateful for any advice.
Julia
[Edited at 2009-02-05 02:57 GMT]
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It might be best for you to buy a pack containing sample dialogs and ethics questions. There is also a booklet explaining the Code of Ethics with sample questions. Yes, you will need to study it.
Best of luck.
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[For the Translator tests, I read in a booklet somewhere written a few years back, quite a lot of candidates fail.
I failed the Translator test first time, and passed on the second (due to difficulty with complex characters). You won't have that problem with interpreting ... but the accents might be different. ]
3 If there is a Liaison Interpreting course in your city or similar, you may be able to arrange to get access to training tapes (or whatever they have) and a language lab to help you to prepare.
6 Ring a translator/interpreting agency and ask about it.
7 One thing to watch is timing - check the details. They may only test once a year, and it takes some toing and froing to get through the paperwork before you are allowed to sit. Special sittings can be arranged.
8 The other thing to watch is academic level. You generally need to have a bachelor's degree or equivalent to be allowed to sit at Professional level. The requirements are lower for Paraprofessional.
Lesley
[Edited at 2009-02-17 09:57 GMT]
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this is my first time in this forum
I need help
i have booked for the exam on the 19th of august 2009 ,
i was not aware of the code of ethics ,which i see from all of your answers that it is important for the trest
time available for me to take buy those samples is very little as i am not living in australia
can anyone help me by sending me those samples on my email ?
and i can pay for it
i know i ask for a lot
but
I need help
my email sesamyegypt@yahoo.com sesamyegypt@hotmail.com
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Can anyone please send me a sample kit of parra professional interpreter of NAATI (Hindi to English) ,as i could not afford to buy it.So it would be great and so helpful if u can send it to my email:- yogendraa25@gmail.com
Thanks,
Yogendra.
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