New South Wales Health Care Interpreter Service: The First Forty Years
The NSWHCIS began as an informal service catering to the needs of a growing multicultural Australia. In 1977 it was established as an organisation that pioneered language interpretation in the health sector. Health care interpretation is often a thankless job that requires sensitivity and tenacity. It is a largely invisible service and this publication aims to highlight the service's first forty years of achievement. The publication was launched at the celebration of service's 40th Anniversary in November 2017.
"An interpreter is required to convey the meaning of one speaker's words
into the listener's language, preferably almost instantaneously"
Dame Marie Bashir
Image by SLHD Media Centre
Image by SLHD Media Centre
A collaborative project with New South Wales Health and UTS students
Wilson Leung, Isabella Brown, Judy Dao and Andrea Sigmann.
