I'm considering taking the Chi -> Eng NAATI test. I've spoken Mandarin since childhood and am confident of passing.
Someone has pointed out the ethical questions to me though. It would be demoralising to pass the writing section and fail on ethics.
How can I brush up on the ethics of translation for the NAATI test? I'm a pretty ethical person I guess... don't tell anyone personal information... don't accept translations for language pairs you're not accredited for... accreditation in one direction doesn't imply accreditation in the other...
What to do? I don't want to fail for lack of ethical understanding. Where can I learn about ethics? CAN one learn about ethics, or are they not an innate quality that can't actually be learned? (OK, that last question might be something for a philosophical forum...)
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Anna Herbst Australia Local time: 15:29 Member (2008) English to Swedish + ...
AUSIT Code of Ethics
Feb 14, 2010
You need to study the AUSIT Code of Ethics which all translators and interpreters accredited by NAATI are expected to follow.
You can find it on this link: http://www.ausit.org/eng/showpage.php3?id=650
Good luck!
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Mien H. Luu Vietnam Local time: 12:29 English to Vietnamese + ...
Ethics questions and where to find the anwers
Feb 14, 2010
You can buy from NAATI a preparation kit, which includes the book "Ethics of Translation and Interpreting". All the ethics questions asked during the translators/interpreter tests are based on the AUSIT Code of Ethics, which is detailed in the AUSIT Code of Practice. The kit also contains a Sample test script book where you will find, besides translation samples, sample questions on ethics of the profession.
For details please visit www.naati.com.au
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Tomás Cano Binder, CT Spain Local time: 07:29 Member (2005) English to Spanish + ...
My advice
Feb 14, 2010
Your profile does not specifically say whether you are a translator or not at present. The NAATI translation test, as all other tests available for people without higher education in translation, is a very difficult test and pass rates are very low even among active translators. Knowledge of languages, even if you use them fluently, is not enough to pass a translation test at a professional level.
If you are not a translator, my advice is that you put your abilities to a test with the help of a Chinese-English NAATI-certified translator (you can find one here in Proz.com) who can send you a text to translate and can tell you whether you are able to deal with it to a professional standard. Of course this person might charge you a fee for the review of your translation.
If you do not check first whether you are able to deal with a difficult translation job, you will probably waste your money registering for the NAATI test...
Good luck!
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I also have a similar question...
I'm preparing to do a para professional translantion NAATI test (Korean -> English)!
It is my first time doing it and I have some trouble preparing for it..
I have done an online course of "Behaving ethically" and there are
only a few sample questions and history of ethics, but that's it.
I can see that a lot of people are purchasing the preparing kit...
I can't really afford it at the moment, but are there any other suggestions?
Or can anyone send me practice questions and important source to my email (enchanted_jesi@hotmail.com)?
It'll be a great pleasure... Other than ethical questions, I'm practising
translating by just grabbing newspaper articles, etc. and using them as my
practice source. Do you think that is enough? or do you really think purchasing
a practice kit is the only way and most efficient way to pass the test?
Thank you!
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