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Skills Day 2023 Agenda
Intermountain Medical Center Education Center – Building 6 5131 Cottonwood St. Building 6, Murray UT 84107 08:30 a.m. – 09:00 a.m. Registration – West Auditorium 09:00 a.m. – 09:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks – West Auditorium 09:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Breakout Session 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Networking […]
Inside look on CHIA’s (California Healthcare Interpreting Association) Conference 2023
The experience of going to an interpreter conference is very exciting. From the moment one begins to look at the venue where the conference will take place, checking the agenda, as well as knowing that you will be visiting with your interpreter friends from other states or countries and leaders in language access services. It […]
ATA Statement Supporting Ukrainian and Russian Interpreters and Translators
As the voice of interpreters and translators in the United States, the American Translators Association (ATA) is a professional organization with 9,000 members worldwide. ATA’s mission is to promote the recognition of professional translators and interpreters and to advocate on behalf of the professions. In light of recent events in Eastern Europe, ATA would like to […]
Call for Proposals for the 2022 UTIA Web Learning Series
The Utah Translators and Interpreters Association (UTIA) invites you to submit a presentation proposal for its 2022 Web Learning Series. This webinar series will provide monthly educational forums with applicable Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for ATA, Utah Courts, RID, UIP, CCHI and NBCMI certified interpreters (CEUs will vary depending on the subject matter). Webinars are […]
ATA Calls for Industry Fair Working Conditions
Translators and Subtitlers in the Entertainment Industry Need Fair Working Conditions 11/18/2021 ATA has shared an open letter in response to recent statements in the press and on social media about a shortage of professional translators and subtitlers. The letter is a call for fair working conditions for translators in the entertainment industry. “There is no […]
Utah Independent Contracted Medical Interpreters can Schedule the COVID-19 Vaccine
1.13.2021, Salt Lake City, Utah. The Utah Translators and Interpreters Association (UTIA) celebrated a victory for medical interpreters this week, after their advocacy efforts resulted in early access to the COVID-19 vaccine by the Utah Department of Health. UTIA circulated a survey for in-person medical interpreters the week of January 4th. Eighty-one percent (81%) of […]
National Healthcare Interpreter Certifications
While Utah does not require medical interpreters to be nationally certified in order to practice in the state, national certification is a trend that many employers and healthcare providers are requiring. UTIA believes that every professional should strive for national certification as it helps ensure the practitioner has met industry standards of qualify, accuracy and […]
A Guide to the ATA Certification Program
ATA has established a translator certification program that allows translators to demonstrate that they meet certain standards of translation profession.
Enforcing the Code of Ethics, a Very Complex Process (4 hours of CEU)
Saturday, August 4th Ingrid Oseguera has prepared a class for court interpreters about the “Code of Ethics and its applications in real life”. This is a very dynamic class to review, compare, and practice with more than 10 scenarios. We will review the Court Code of Ethics from the United States and the code of ethics […]
U.S. Issues New Rules for Translation and Interpreting in Healthcare
It’s about time. In May 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a “must read” legal rule to clarify HHS requirements under: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The intent of the rule is to “clarify and codify” nondiscriminatory requirements […]