Journals / İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi / 2016 / Sayı: 11

INTERVIEW WITH IBRAHIM AYZIT Victoria Language Services Coordinator, Department of Human Services, Australia

Language Services Coordinator, Department of Human Services, Australia*

Pages
113–121
DOI
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Abstract

Ibrahim Ayzit works as the Victoria Language Services Coordinator for the Department of Human Services in Australia. He begins by focusing on the master programs of the department and then provides some facts and figures about Australia as a diverse country. He sheds light on the context and the challenges of community interpreting in the State of Victoria and how they sort them out in order to help the community become socially inclusive. He also stresses out the importance of government policies in retaining qualified community interpreters and in funding the community interpreting services for members of the community who are linguistically and culturally diverse. All in all, he offers an insight into the professional community interpreting services in Australia.

Özet

Ibrahim Ayzit works as the Victoria Language Services Coordinator for the Department of Human Services in Australia. He begins by focusing on the master programs of the department and then provides some facts and figures about Australia as a diverse country. He sheds light on the context and the challenges of community interpreting in the State of Victoria and how they sort them out in order to help the community become socially inclusive. He also stresses out the importance of government policies in retaining qualified community interpreters and in funding the community interpreting services for members of the community who are linguistically and culturally diverse. All in all, he offers an insight into the professional community interpreting services in Australia.

Keywords: Ibrahim Ayzit, Victoria Language Services, Human Services