As the year draws to a close, we would like to thank our members, colleagues, and partners for their continued engagement, professionalism, and support. We wish you a restful festive season and look forward to connecting again in the year ahead.

Mercedes López of Near FM interviewed Dr Mary Phelan (DCU/ATII) and Dr Sarah Sheridan (Centre for Deaf Studies, TCD) about similarities and differences between spoken and signed community interpreting in Ireland. Have a listen here: listenagain.org?p=58612

The winter edition of the ATII Bulletin is now available at www.atii.ie/bulletin/202... Read about: RTE's First Conviction programme featuring ATII's Mary Phelan UK Professional interpreters' advocacy group Pi4j What is medical translation? An insider story from a French subtitler ... and more.

The ATII raised issues around interpreter provision at the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) in this article by Ottoline Spearman on breakingnews.ie:

On 29.11.25, ATII held the award ceremony at #TCLCT for the Translation Competition for Secondary School Students. We welcomed 6 winners — Arabic, French, Polish, Ukrainian, Irish & Japanese. Congratulations to all our young winners! 🌟

All six episodes of the First Conviction podcast are now available. It's a really interesting story, very well told, and worth a listen. www.rte.ie/news/investi...

Pamela Fraher from RTE has a very well researched article about how a court interpreter continued to work on 240 cases after their interpreting was found to be inadequate by the Court of Appeal in 2021. www.rte.ie/news/investi...

Pamela Fraher will have more information on court interpreting on Prime Time on RTÉ One this evening. The programme starts at 9.30 and ATII Professional Member Adam Brozynski will feature.

Solicitor James MacGuill and RTÉ journalist Pamela Fraher discussed the case on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk this morning. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

Mary Phelan featured on Morning Ireland yesterday morning where she outlined issues in court interpreting. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Tune in to RTE Investigates at 9.35 this evening to hear from Mary Phelan and Niamh Howlin about the importance of legal interpreting. Also available on RTE Player afterwards. www.rte.ie/tv/

New ATII CPD: Looking forward to online Introduction to Medical Translation with Luciana Ramos on Tuesday 2 December 2025. For details please see: www.atii.ie/introduction... #ATIICPD #CPD #medicaltranslation

The ATII AGM took place online on Saturday 17 October. Many thanks to all who attended and for the interesting discussions.

On episode 2 of the First Conviction podcast, ATII Chair Mary Phelan discussed poor standard of interpreting during a garda station interview with a French speaker www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...

Members of the ATII Executive Committee attended the Procurement Forum organised by PAI (Public Affairs Ireland). Great to learn more about how procurement works and to network with government bodies that need translators and interpreters.

2025 is the 80th anniversary of the publication of Pippi Långstrump by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Ingrid Vang Nyman. In the video you can see eight translators reading the first two sentences of Pippi Longstockings.

Coming soon: First Conviction, a new six-part series with #RTEInvestigates. A couple imprisoned for a crime against their child - a crime they say they did not commit. From 8th October. Subscribe and listen here: htps://open.spotify.com/episode/6r03JcjnhlzRmznmOH5bVV?si=Qij2WYdOSSay0Fi3LSxTYQ

The autumn issue is out now and available to read at www.atii.ie/bulletin/202.... You can learn all about: TRAMITI, a new AV translator association The path to becoming a Polish Sworn Translator A conference interpreter's story ATII's latest mentoring programme And, as always, plenty more!

We are thrilled to announce that early bird prices for this in-person event in Dublin were extended until September 14. Please see more details at www.atii.ie/the-criminal...

Upcoming ATII CPD Dr Niamh Howlin (Sutherland School of Law, UCD) will give a talk on the Irish Criminal Justice System Saturday 27 September 2025, Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, 36 Fenian St, Dublin 2. www.atii.ie/the-criminal... #ATII #ATIICPD #CPD #legaltranslation

See the summer issue of our Bulletin at www.atii.ie/bulletin/202... Besides legal translation and interpreting it also includes: AGM reports from European Federations ATII intervenes on behalf of interpreter members An intriguing scéal from a Norwegian translator of Irish And lots more.

The most recent edition of the #ATII coffee mornings/afternoons was held in #Galway on 28 June. Thanks to all those #translators and #interpreters who joined for stimulating, informal conversation. We look forward to the next gathering! Stay tuned for further details

As the current round of our popular Mentoring Programme comes to an end, we will be opening applications for the next round shortly. You can read more about the programme and apply to be a mentor or a mentee here: www.atii.ie/membership/m... #ATII #mentoring #translation #interpreting

English below ⬇️ Freagra ó ATII ar alt san Examiner maidir leis an méadú atá tagtha ar chostas an aistriúcháin agus na hateangaireachta i réimse na cosanta idirnáisiúnta. ATII responds to Examiner article about increased cost of translation and interpreting in international protection.

Tá ár gComórtas Aistriúcháin ar oscailt arís! Gheobhaidh tú tuilleadh sonraí anseo⬇️ Our traditional Translation Competition is here again! More details on this link: www.atii.ie/atii-transla...

ATII Bulletin 2025/01 is available online now. It focuses on all things Irish including: ATII PM Bríd Ní Fhlathúin is our GA <> EN Members' Corner contributor Irish language legal translation courses at the Kings Inns Translation from Italian into Irish And lots more: www.atii.ie/bulletin/202...

FGL á reáchtáil ag ATII: tabharfaidh an Dochtúir Ekaterina Valeeva-Farrington a seisiún ar líne ‘Voice Workshop for Interpreters’, arís ar an Máirt an 28 Eanáir 2025, 17:00 – 19:00, am na hÉireann. Tá tuilleadh sonraí ag www.atii.ie/voice-worksh....

ELIS SURVEY 2025! Help us help you better, by providing us with information on language market trends, challenges, expectations and concerns from your professional perspective. If you're a #translator or an #interpreter make sure you complete the #ELIS2025 survey by Jan/31! #1nt #xl8 elis-survey.org

On December 19, 2024, The ATII Executive Committee was delighted to confer honorary membership of the association on Anne Bernard Kearney, French translator of poetry by Séamus Heaney, Seamus Deane, Paula Meehan and others, and founder member of our association.

Season’s Greetings from the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ireland

Our latest ATII Bulletin issue is online now, and will hopefully make for enjoyable reading over the festive period: Standards in court interpreting in Sweden Literary Translation Conference in Strasbourg Miriam Watchorn in Member’s Corner And lots more. Season's greetings from the Bulletin team!

On Friday, 6 December, #ATII had a Christmas Get Together open for non-members too. Refreshments were provided. This year it was very well attended by #translators and #interpreters living in #Ireland with lively conversation going on for hours.