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NITA Presents: Training for Health Care Interpreters (40 hours) – Spring 2010

NITA Presents: Training for Health Care Interpreters (40 hours) – Spring 2010

NITA presents a forty-hour non-language specific Professional Development course for Health Care Interpreters. Aimed at trained or untrained interpreters in any language; anyone with an interest in medical interpreting; bilingual health care Staff.

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Call for Nominees for the NITA Board of Directors

Call for Nominees for the NITA Board of Directors

This year, the positions of Secretary, Treasurer and two Directors are open for election to serve a two-year term: the Board of Directors of NITA cordially invites the members of NITA to submit nominees for the upcoming elections!

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First NITA Professional Development Event in Las Vegas: The Entrepreneurial Linguist

First NITA Professional Development Event in Las Vegas: The Entrepreneurial Linguist

Please join us for NITA's first professional development event in Las Vegas, Nevada, which we are able to offer for free for all NITA members and friends!

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2010 Competitive Examinations for Language Positions at the United Nations

2010 Competitive Examinations for Language Positions at the United Nations

The Secretariat of the Examinations and Tests Section of the United Nations offers competitive examinations for language positions (e.g. translators, editors, verbatim reporters, interpreters, and proofreaders) on a regular basis. Participation is required for full-time career positions only.

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Check our Recommended Links and Resources for Language Professionals

Check our Recommended Links and Resources for Language Professionals

Check out our large and ever growing collection of links and resources on the Net that are of interest to translators, interpreters and other professional language service providers!

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Orientation Workshops, Written Exams for NV Court Interpreter Certification / Registration

Orientation Workshops, Written Exams for NV Court Interpreter Certification / Registration

The formal credentialing process that is required to become a Certified or Registered Court Interpreter in the State of Nevada has several, successive steps; the “Orientation Workshop” is the first required step for the Nevada Court Interpreter Certification / Registration.

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Next Las Vegas Linguist Get-Together: January 2010

Next Las Vegas Linguist Get-Together: January 2010

By popular demand, the next NITA informal get-together in Vegas, merely a month after the last one. When: Saturday, January 23, 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Where: Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, at 4550 South Maryland Parkway, LV, NV, 89119 across from UNLV in the Runnin' Rebel Plaza.

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Getting Together for the Holidays in Las Vegas and Reno

Getting Together for the Holidays in Las Vegas and Reno

Photographic evidence that getting together informally over a cup of coffee to welcome the holidays and meet fellow linguists equals having a good time!

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CCCI offers training to high school students as future health care interpreters

CCCI offers training to high school students as future health care interpreters

CCCI has developed a two-year program and pertaining manuals so that bilingual high school students can develop skills today that will allow them to pursue healthcare interpretation as a future profession or as a professional anchor as they work their way through college.

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The NITA December 2009 Quarterly Meeting: It's a Wrap!

The NITA December 2009 Quarterly Meeting: It's a Wrap!

An impression of the NITA Winter 2009 Quarterly Meeting, with a dual presentation by Ms. Andrea Krlickova (history of court interpreting, and overview of the Nevada Court Interpreter certification process) and a panel discussion on the recent ATA 50th Conference in New York.

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NITA was officially founded in 2008. NITA’s broadly defined goal is to advance and to elevate the quality and availability of language services throughout the State of Nevada. Our non-profit association thrives with an enthusiastic and diverse group of language professionals, representing many specializations, all working together with other relevant organizations and entities, in pursuit of the highest language service standards for all stakeholders involved.

With your help, we’re advancing toward providing accessible, accountable and high-quality language services throughout our community. And to work toward that goal, NITA regularly organizes and participates in relevant events and activities, many of which are open to the public in general.

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