Other English language programs are available calling. through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations DIAC also provides eligible Australian (DEEWR). These programs are Workplace Residents and Citizens with free extract English Language and Literacy (WELL), translations into English of their Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program personal documents. For further (LLNP) and English as a Second Language - information about translations, go to: New Arrivals (ESL-NA). australia/help-with-english/learn-english/client/ State and territory government programs are translation_help.htm also available. Interpreters in new and emerging languages Translating and Interpreting Service are critical to recent arrivals accessing National (TIS National) services in Australia. Due to the changing nature of the Humanitarian Program, DIAC is The Department of Immigration and Citizenship continually encouraging and recruiting (DIAC) provides an interpreting service (TIS interpreters in new and emerging languages. National) for people who do not speak English In 2006–07, TIS National recruited 101 and for the English speakers who need to interpreters in new and emerging languages. communicate with them. To contact TIS DIAC currently funds the National National, call 131 450. Accreditation Authority for Translators and TIS National is accessible from anywhere in Interpreters (NAATI) to promote interpreting Australia, and is available to any person or as a profession, help prepare participants organisation requiring interpreting services. for tests and provide assistance with Telephone interpreting is available 24 hours a associated fees, in an effort to increase the day, seven days a week, but please check the availability of interpreters in languages office hours of the government agency or where there are shortages. business with which you wish to speak before
Other English language programs are available through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). These programs are Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL), Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) and English as a Second Language - New Arrivals (ESL-NA). State and territory government programs are also available. Translating and Interpreting Service National (TIS National) The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) provides an interpreting service (TIS National) for people who do not speak English and for the English speakers who need to communicate with them. To contact TIS National, call 131 450. TIS National is accessible from anywhere in Australia, and is available to any person or organisation requiring interpreting services. Telephone interpreting is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but please check the office hours of the government agency or business with which you wish to speak before calling. DIAC also provides eligible Australian Residents and Citizens with free extract translations into English of their personal documents. For further information about translations, go to: australia/help-with-english/learn-english/client/ translation_help.htm Interpreters in new and emerging languages are critical to recent arrivals accessing services in Australia. Due to the changing nature of the Humanitarian Program, DIAC is continually encouraging and recruiting interpreters in new and emerging languages. In 2006–07, TIS National recruited 101 interpreters in new and emerging languages. DIAC currently funds the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) to promote interpreting as a profession, help prepare participants for tests and provide assistance with associated fees, in an effort to increase the availability of interpreters in languages where there are shortages.
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