Catia Cassiano is a member of AUSIT

Our Member Cátia Cassiano was recently admitted as a Member of AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators). This comes as a new milestone in Cátia's career. 

AUSIT as a long history of promoting standards and quality in the Translation and Interpreting Industry. Its Code of Conduct that is one of the requirements for being a NAATI Certified professional since it sets the standards for ethical conduct for interpreters and translators in Australia and New Zealand. Updated Words has proudly adopted this Code of Conduct since its beginning. 

AUSIT is also committed in promoting good relationships between its practitioners and in their professional development by holding regular webinars, courses and other events that help translators and interpreters to excel in their profession. Cátia's goal is to be able to work directly with AUSIT and other associations in order to keep the great standards in this industry. Apart from AUSIT, Cátia is a NAATI Certified Translator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.

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Change on Section 13 of Terms & Conditions

We made a few changes to Section 13 of our Terms & Conditions. This section regards to Certified Translation services provided by our member Cátia Cassiano. Cátia was recently informed that a translator does not need to see the original document to be able to certify its translation. However the translation must have a copy of the original printed in the reserve of the page with the translator stamp and signature.

This has minimal effect on the service provided, but it allows the translator to accept jobs interstate or overseas. 

To read the full document please visit our Terms & Conditions.

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Cátia Cassiano a NAATI Certified Translator

Last year NAATI started a process of Certification for its practitioners. NAATI aims increase its high standards in the industry. Only those who meet NAATI's strict requirements would be able to transition into the new Certification Program. There's still some practitioners who hold an accreditation but they won't be listed at NAATI's directory and they won't be able to renew their accreditation. The idea is to phase out accredited translators and have only certified translators in the Association. 

Our Member Cátia Cassiano, who has been a Professional Translator accredited by NAATI since May 2013 has now successfully transitioned into certification and is now a Certified Translator . Cátia has also updated her professional blog In the eyes of a translator, the blog has been hosted at blogspot for some time and Cátia has now moved it into Wordpress.

If you have any queries please fill free to drop her a line.

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Updated Words has a brand new member

Since 2008 Updated Words have been a Team of 2 passionate translators who share their love of languages and writing. It has been a great experience for both members and they certainly love the work and the relationship they have developed with clients and the visitors of their social media pages.

In the 2015 the team considered expanding the Team, and even though they were not actively searching for new members, they were aware of that idea should the opportunity present itself. That happened in February 2016. A translator who was Cátia Cassiano's colleague of the Translation Course at the British Council showed interest in be a part of the Team. After discussion her entry was approved.

So today we are very proud to announce Mrs. Margarida Sousa,  the brand new member of the Updated Words family. Margarida is a professional translator who has more than 20 years experience in this industry. In her words she "prefers the technical areas" and that's why she specialises in administration and legal translation.

Most of the times she translates from Portuguese to English but she is also qualified to translate from English to Portuguese. She loves a good challenge and being involved in innovative projects.  

Please feel free to visit our website and see her profile page, so you can find more about her and her services. Feel free to contact her should you have any queries.

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Welcome to 2016

Welcome to 2016. After a small break our team is ready to start the new year. We hope 2016 is a very positive and successful year not only for ourselves but to all our clients.

In 2016 we will continue our regular weekly activities online and we will add a few more interesting bits. Both our members have professional blogs where they write a few things about their work. These blogs were never mentioned publicly by the team. However, it was decided that we will now start sharing our blog posts in our Facebook page. This will help customers learn a bit about us and the work we do. So in 2016 expect to see a few posts about translation ...

We are also working on a new glossary and we want to have it published during the current year. This glossary has been scheduled for quite some time, but due to time restraints it was put on hold and the team is now ready to start working on it again.

We are ready to start the year and we count on your participation. If you have any questions you would like to ask, please fell free to post them on our social media pages or send us a private email.

Happy New Year.

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Updated Words Closed During the Festive Season

Updated Words will be closed during the festive season. Our Team will be on holidays and we won't be available from the 18th December 2015 to the 18th January 2016. We will reopen on Monday, 18th January 2015. During this period we will have limited access to the Internet, but we won't be available to work.

We wish all our clients and colleagues a happy festive season. We also wish you a very happy and successful 2016.

Regards,

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Updated Words has a brand new website

Updated Words is launching its brand new website. New colours, new logo but the same service you know and trust.

After all these years having the same image and content, it was time to give our page a face lift. We changed the colour scheme and created a new logo giving it a more modern look. You will also find a few changes in the content and even in the services provided.

Feel free to browse through our pages and discover more about your new Updated Words.

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Updated Words closed in the Festive Season

Updated Words will be closed during the festive season. Our Team will be on holidays and we won't be available from the 19th December 2014 to the 19th January 2015. We will reopen on Monday, 19th January 2015. During this period we will have limited access to the Internet, but we won't be available to work.

We wish all our clients and colleagues a happy festive season. We also wish you a very happy and successful 2015.

Regards,

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July brings some changes to Updated Words

July will bring some changes to Updated Words' Online Activities. Our aim is to bring you more interesting activities and give you the chance to learn a bit more about this amazing world of languages.

So from the 1st of July you will see a few changes to our activities online. One of these changes will be to the Language Happy Hour. Unfortunately, this activity wasn't as popular as we intended it to be, so we decided it was time for it to go. But our regular Weekly posts will continue with the exact same model that has been used until today.

What makes it more interesting is that now you will see the posts at different times. In our current model, the posts were controled from Australia which meant that readers in the Southern Hemisphere would read them on Tuesdays and Thursdays first thing in the morning while in Europe would be still Monday or Wednesday evening. In the new model you will have a month where these posts are controlled by Inês Lopes Bridges in the United Kingdom and the next controled by Cátia Cassiano in Australia. The rules will be the same, you have a Monthly Theme, a term or expression released on Tuesdays and the answers given on Thursdays.

So stay tuned because Tuesday we will reveal our theme for July and our member Inês Lopes Bridges will also reveal our very first word of the month.

We hope you like the new changes and we are waiting for your participation.

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Updated Words now offers Certified Translation Services

Cátia Cassiano

Updated Words now offers Certified Translation Services. Our Founder Cátia Cassiano has recently be granted NAATI Accreditation, which enables her to provide Certified Translation Services from English to Portuguese. Cátia has been a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists since 2010 and is now a Member of NAATI (National Australian Authority for Translators and Interpreters).

Certified Translations are priced per page and are subject to special terms and conditions. You may visit our Price List section to find out more about this new services. You can also fill in the form in Cátia's Profile page and send her an email should you have any queries. She will be very pleased to assist you.

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Updated Words new look and exciting activities

The new Financial Year has just started and with it came some changes to Updated Words. Once again we've changed our look a bit to make it even more appealing to our clients. A brand new website will bring you a much better experience and a more professional look.

Please feel free to browse and leave us a message with your queries or suggestions. We will be very please to assist you.

But there's more to this brand new look.We've added a new Glossary. You can now browse through our Idiomatic Expressions Glossary. There you will find all those Idioms that have been discussed in our online activities this year. 

Our Online Activities also suffered some changes. We received suggestions from some participating readers and we took them on board. It is very important for us to know what our clients and readers think of our work and what do they believe could be done to improve it.

Today we start a new model for our Activities Online. Instead of just focusing in a theme and discuss it, we decided to create some change and discuss several themes. On the first working day of each month we will release the Theme of the Month, that will be the subject for all posts of that month. We will continue to post a word or expression on every Tuesday (Sydney time) for our readers to comment and then on Thursday's (Sydney time) we will publish the correct answer. However, instead of doing it the way it has been done for the last 6 months or so, it will be done according to the Theme of that particular month. Once again, we advise our readers that they can always suggest a theme for the incoming months. Our Monthly Polls will also continue with more interesting subjects for discussion. The Monthly Polls however, are not affected by the Theme of the Month and will be chosen randomly. Readers can also suggest polls.

But there is a brand new activity for all our Forum and Facebook members/readers. Language Happy Hour was an activity suggested by one of our frequent readers. In this activity people can interact directly with us in Real Time. Once a month, a Member or Members of the Updated Words Team, will be online answering people's questions. These questions are subject to the Theme of the Month. The activity will be available for a period of one hour and people can participate both on our Facebook Page or Forum. The date and time of the Language Happy Hour will be announced at the beginning of every month on our Facebook Page and Forum. 

We hope you like the changes we've made for you and we will be waiting for more excellent suggestions, like the ones we have already received. The Updated Words Team would like to thank all participants in our online activities, it wouldn't be possible without you.

Thank you very much.

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Updated Words closed during the festive season

Updated Words will be closed during the festive season. Our Team will be on holidays and we won't be available from the 21st December 2012 to the 14th January 2013. We will reopen on Monday, 14th January 2013. During this period we will have limited access to the Internet, but we won't be available to work.

We wish all our clients and colleagues a happy festive season. We also wish you a very happy and successful 2013.

Regards,

Updated Words Team

Updated Words in 2013

Updated Words is preparing lots of interesting activities for you in 2013.  In 2012 apart from our services we created a few initiatives to dynamise our Forum and Facebook Page, and create debate.

Next year we will continue with these activities and we will add a few more. Apart from our regular Grammar posts we have a few more things for you.

• Weekly language posts: we will keep our weekly posts about grammar and other linguistic issues. You can participate by commenting or by sending us an email with a question you would like us to answer.
• Monthly polls: in 2013 we want to hear from you. We will launch a poll every month about linguistics and you will be able to vote.
• New Updated Words Glossary: we will publish another Updated Words Glossary.

You can register in our Forum and Facebook Page and be a part of our small community. We are waiting for you in 2013.

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Updated Words launches its new website

Welcome to our new home...

We've decided it was time to make some changes to our website and make it even better. We are aware of the importance of keeping a good imagine in the market and we want ours to be very professional, clear and functional.

We added some information to our Tools category. You will find useful suggestions of books and links there. We will update the page regularly and more information will be added as soon as it become available.

It has a few changes in style but the same old quality you know and trust.

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