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    • September 08, 2021
    • December 13, 2023
    • 28 sessions
    • online
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    OSTI board meets every 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 PM.

    OSTI Members are welcome to attend.
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    • January 24, 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • on Zoom (link sent upon registration)
    • 14
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    2-hour discussion session for medical interpreters

    ATA: 2 CEUs
    IMIA/NBCIA: 0.2 CEUs

    $20 for OSTI members
    $50 for non-members.
    Join OSTI to take advantage of the discount rate for many of our programs!
    This session is  limited to 20 attendees. 
    No refunds will be offered.

    To broaden their repertoire of practical solutions to dilemmas, interpreters will discuss a variety of scenarios from real life, share their experience and suggestions on how to best handle each situation. Presenter, Svetlana Ruth, is a certified medical interpreter and interpreters' trainer, who has lead these discussion groups for several years. 

    Facilitator Introduction:
    Svetlana Ruth is a Russian Interpreter, Certified by the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). She is working in Portland, Oregon. With 30 years of interpreting experience in different fields, she is passionate about promoting career development for interpreters, and has offered numerous workshops, seminars, and webinars.

    Learning Objectives:
    By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

    1. Have a better understanding of what ethical principles guide specific decisions
    2. Apply effective strategies of choosing best practices for different situations based on the Code of Ethics
    3. Improve quick critical thinking analysis for decision-making in healthcare setting.



Past Events

November 11, 2023 Sight Translation Skills-building workshop – Language Neutral
September 29, 2023 OSTI Conference 2023
September 29, 2023 OSTI 2023 Virtual Conference
September 24, 2023 2023 OSTI Conference Meetup - El Portland Mercado
September 23, 2023 Open House for #OSTI2023 Conference Presenters
September 20, 2023 Open House for #OSTI2023 Conference Presenters
September 16, 2023 Next Appointment? The Kidney Transplant Clinic
August 22, 2023 OSTI Annual Picnic in the Park
July 22, 2023 OSTI 100th Member Celebration Lunch
July 03, 2023 July Literary Translation Workshop
May 31, 2023 Ethical Dilemmas and Best Practices
May 20, 2023 5/20 ATA event "Translating & Interpreting the Future: Empowering Professionals to Innovate and Thrive"
May 14, 2023 OSTI Mothers' Day Poetry Reading
April 15, 2023 Panel 2 for Students Interested in Translation/Interpreting Careers
April 08, 2023 Panel I for Students Interested in Interpreting/Translation Careers
April 06, 2023 NAETISL 4/6: Consecutive Interpreting Interventions and Special Education - Series for Educational Translators and Interpreters
April 01, 2023 A Walk in the Park
March 28, 2023 NAETISL 3/28: Ethical Chat - Exploring Impartiality, Professional Boundaries Advocacy - Educational Translators and Interpreters Series
March 16, 2023 NAETISL 3/16: Can a CAT Make My Life Easier (with Carolina Romero Ramírez) - Educational Translators and Interpreters Series
March 08, 2023 OSTI Celebrating International Women’s Day
February 18, 2023 OSTI Portland Lunch Get-Together
February 16, 2023 Strategies and Scripts to Reduce Mental Fatigue (with Andrea Henri) - Educational Translators and Interpreters Series
January 29, 2023 Winter 2023 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop (from January 29th to March 5th)
January 24, 2023 Professional Development Opportunities for Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages, II
January 14, 2023 OSTI Portland Lunch Get-Together
January 12, 2023 Professional Development Opportunities for Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages
January 10, 2023 Presentation for The AgriBusiness Management Program
January 07, 2023 Vietnamese Idioms and Terminology with Tram Bui and Dr. Christina Nguyen
November 12, 2022 Meetup Open to All Translators or Interpreters - with Women in German @ PSU - Nov. 12th
October 30, 2022 Fall 2022 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop (from October 30th to December 10th)
October 02, 2022 Advocacy in Health Care Interpreting in the Context of Systemic Racism
September 16, 2022 Dinner with OSTI
September 16, 2022 OSTI Conference 2022
September 10, 2022 OSTI 2022 Virtual Conference: Words = a Pathway to Peace
August 24, 2022 OSTI Potluck Picnic at the Park
July 27, 2022 OSTI Networking Session
June 29, 2022 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
April 16, 2022 OSTI Spring Gathering in the Park
April 10, 2022 Moments of Presence: Writing Haibun
March 30, 2022 Ethical Dilemmas and Best Practices
March 26, 2022 Advocacy in Health Care Interpreting in the Context of Systemic Racism
March 15, 2022 Spring 2022 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop (from the Ides of March to May Day)
February 28, 2022 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
February 06, 2022 OSTI Winter Literary Translation Workshop
February 02, 2022 Ethical Dilemmas and Best Practices
January 26, 2022 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
January 19, 2022 Refugee Resettlement In 2022
January 03, 2022 Creative Writing and Writing Poetry in English (or Spanish)
December 10, 2021 Words for Fun: Memory, Periphery, and Then Some (Virtual)
November 29, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
November 19, 2021 Translation Rights with The Authors Guild, Discussion and Q&A
November 07, 2021 Vietnamese Medical Terminology for Interpreters with Tram Bui and Dr. Christina Nguyen
October 28, 2021 Court Interpreter Cafe, Hosted by OSTI
October 14, 2021 Creating Good VIBE (Virtual Interpreting Booth Experience)
October 03, 2021 OSTI 2021 Annual Board Meeting
October 03, 2021 Fall 2021 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
September 17, 2021 OSTI 2021 Virtual Conference: Together Again (from afar)
August 30, 2021 OSTI Court Interpreter Cafe
August 25, 2021 8/25 (Wed) OSTI Board Meeting 7:30 PM
August 15, 2021 Ides of August Literary Translation Meetup (Virtual)
July 28, 2021 OSTI Court Interpreter Cafe - w/ Special Guest André Knaebel FCCI
June 29, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Social and Check-In - 6/29/2021
June 21, 2021 Mon 6/21 Rose Garden Social
May 28, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Social and Check-In
May 12, 2021 Spring-Summer Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
April 30, 2021 Oregon Court Interpreter Social w/ Special Guest Aimee Benavides
April 10, 2021 Recreational Linguistics
March 31, 2021 Translators & Interpreters with Pets
March 27, 2021 A Celebration of Heidi Schmaltz's Life
March 23, 2021 Improving interpreting skills - How to help each other
February 26, 2021 Editing Potpourri: A Crash Course in Copyediting for Translators
February 13, 2021 Winter Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
February 04, 2021 ATA Certification Panel and Q&A
January 20, 2021 OSTI Winter Literary Translation Open Mic
December 09, 2020 OSTI Winter Get-together 12/9 7:30 PM PST
November 11, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
October 18, 2020 Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop - Fall
October 14, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
September 13, 2020 Ethics Workshop by Cynthia Roat (Part of OSTI 2020 Virtual Conference)
September 12, 2020 OSTI 2020 Virtual Conference: From Masks to Mastery
September 09, 2020 OSTI 2020 Annual Members Meeting
August 12, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
July 29, 2020 Happy Hour to Celebrate OSTI Members
July 26, 2020 OSTI Summer 2020 Online Literary Translation Workshop
July 08, 2020 OSTI Board meeting
June 17, 2020 OSTI Literary Translation Open Mic (Virtual)
May 27, 2020 OSTI Remote Social Gathering, May 27, 2020 @ 2pm
April 22, 2020 OSTI Virtual Coffee Meet-Up - We Miss Seeing Your Faces!
April 19, 2020 OSTI Multi-Language Literary Translation Workshop
March 05, 2020 ATA Certification Exam Q&A
January 25, 2020 Social Gathering

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