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🎉 ATII AGM & 40th Anniversary 🎉

This organisation has played such an important role in my career as a translator and interpreter ever since I joined it around 20 years ago. It is the only body that provides an accreditation system in our industry — vital in Ireland, where our profession remains unregulated.

I am incredibly proud to be a Professional Member and a Certified Legal Translator of this Association.

www.atii.ie

The practices of some large translation agencies in Ireland border on slavery. They ask you to reserve seven hours for an assignment, yet if the assignment is cancelled two hours before the start, you are paid nothing at all. If it is cancelled less than an hour before the start, you are paid for only half an hour. And if an assignment ends early — say after fifty minutes — you are paid for just one hour. This is simply unacceptable.
If you are a community interpreter in Ireland, if you work with interpreters, or if you don't speak fluent English and may one day need an interpreter to assist you in a hospital or a court of law, please support us and sign this petition. We need to change this situation, or interpreting services will be provided by completely unqualified people, and the quality will become extremely poor — potentially leading to miscarriages of justice and even preventable deaths.

Fair Standards for Interpreters Delivering Publicly Funded Services Public bodies depend on the availability of competent interpreters to deliver essential services effectively. People who cannot adequately understand or communicate in English depend on competent interpreters to access essential services and exercise their rights, including the right to a fair trial...

One day Garda Ombudsman, another day Gastrointestinal Unit. Us, terps, have to be so versatile. We know nothing and everything. We are no experts in law or medicine or construction or education. It’s impossible to be equally knowledgeable in the many different areas that we are often unexpectedly thrown into. However, we do gain great insights into many domains and have the privilege to sample the flavours of the work life of so many different professionals and individuals from so many walks of life. Our work is very challenging and almost never boring. And the biggest bonus is we always learn.

Be true to you - będę ci wierny/a
A token of my love - w dowód mej miłości
Through good times and bad - na dobre i na złe…
Wszystkiego najlepszego dla Ani i Jacka na nowej, wspólnej drodze życia.

It’s reassuring to see the cardiovascular clinic is empty this morning. It must be the sun effect. Amazing summer has given everyone in Ireland a lot of joy and has surely had a positive influence on our health and wellbeing! May it continue for a few more weeks!

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