Professional Development and Educational Opportunities
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Scheduled events in Texas
All courses are given in Houston unless indicated otherwise. Click on each provider's name for more details.
| Date | Provider | Subject | Credits / comments |
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| March 28 | Berkana | Code of Professional Conduct in Court Interpreting, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 noon | TDLR: 3 C.E. hours |
| March 28 | Berkana | Illegal Drugs Terminology for Judiciary Interpreters, 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Names, classifications, ingestion methods, uses and effects. |
TDLR: 5 C.E. hours |
| April 5 | AATIA | English-Spanish Contrastive Grammar Workshop, Austin, TX
Introduction to English-Spanish contrastive grammar applied to translation. Sponsored by Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association. Presenter: Xosé Castro. Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | ATA: 6 C.E. hours TDLR: |
| April 25-26 | TAHIT |
Second Annual TAHIT Symposium on Language Access in Texas Hosted by the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators | ATA: TDLR: |
| June 25 & 26 | TSID | Region IV Conference, Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston |
| ATA | American Translators Association |
| TDLR: | Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation |
Other Programs and Institutions
| James Nolan | UN and AAIC interpreter. Offers simultaneous interpreting seminars. Upcoming events: Buenos Aires, Argentina (February 11-14, 2008); Monterey, California (March 31-April 4, 2008); Parkland, Florida (May 22-26, 2008). For more information. | |
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National Center for Interpretation (NCI) Tucson, Arizona. | Regularly scheduled workships across the USA. Translation Workshops; Legal Interpreting, Introduction and Advanced; Medical Interpreting Training | |
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Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey, California. | Graduate programs in translation and interpretation, language and educational linguistics, international policy studies, and other programs. | |