Translators’ Organizations
WATA( World Arab Translatorss Association)
http://www.wataonline.net/site
AATIA (Austin Area Translators and Interpreters
Association)
http://www.aatia.org
AD? Nord (Assoziierte Dolmetscher und ?bersetzer in
Norddeutschland e.V.)
www.adue-nord.de
The North German Interpreters' and Translators'
Association is a professional association of
interpreters and translators based in Northern
Germany. The site features a members' database,
Introduction and Objectives in six languages, list
of publications, events, and more.
AIIC (International Association of Conference
Interpreters)
http://www.aiic.net
Site of the world’s largest organization of
interpreters with membership information, worldwide
contacts, Code of Ethics, and members’ on-line
database. In English with French and other languages
planned or under construction.
AITC (Association internationale des traducteurs de
conférence)
http://www.aitc.ch
International Association of Conference Translators,
headquartered in Switzerland. The public section
contains membership information, membership list by
language and domicile, as well as alphabetically,
bylaws, etc. The “members only&148; section contains
a list of glossaries, links, the latest issue of the
AITC bulletin, as well as access to the restricted
site of the United Nations Joint Inter-Agency
Meeting on Computer-Assisted Terminology and
Translation (JIAMCATT) and its terminology database
In three languages: French, English and Spanish.
AITI (Italian Translators and Interpreters
Association)
http://www.mix.it/AITI/AITI.htm
Home page of AITI by Luigi Muzii. A highly
informative site with a members’ database, rates
schedule, extensive list of links, in addition to
AITI-specific information. In Italian.
ALTA (American Literary Translators Association)
http://wwwpub.utdallas.edu/research/cts/alta.htm
Mission statement, officers, membership information,
link to other organizations and publications for
literary translators.
ATA (American Translators Association)
http://www.atanet.org
Home page of the American Translators Association.
Membership information, Accreditation, Chapters,
Divisions, Cooperating Groups, Conference,
publications and useful links.
ATIA (Association of Translators and Interpreters of
Alberta)
HTTP://www.atia.ab.ca
Mission Statement (in English and French),
Membership information, members' list. Nicely
designed site.
ATICOM (Association of Professional Freelance
Translators and Interpreters, Germany)
http://www.aticom.de
Members' database, news, links, events. In German.
ATINS (Association of Translators and Interpreters
of Nova Scotia)
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Commerce/ATINS/
A fun bilingual site of ATINS (Canada) by Robert
Cormier. Code of Ethics, Membership List, Events,
and much-much more.
ATIO (Association of Translators and Interpreters of
Ontario)
http://www.atio.on.ca/
An attractive bilingual (English-French) site with
general info on the organization, information on the
ATIO Foundation, and the CTIC Certification exams.
ATLF (French Literary Translators' Association)
General info on ATLF and topics related to literary
translation. Code of Ethics, Glossary, New site,
with some parts still under construction (December
2001).
BDU (German Translators and Interpreters
Association)
http://www.bdue.de
Members’ database, regional organizations in Germany,
BDU info, useful links. In German.
CATI (Carolina Association of Translators and
Interpreters)
http://www.catiweb.org
Membership information, Guide to Selecting and
Working with Professional Translators, FAQ, links.
An extremely well-designed, attractive and
informative site.
CBTIP-BKVTF (Belgian Chamber of Translators,
Interpreters and Philologists)
http://www.cbtip-bkvtf.org/
Home page of the Belgian Chamber of Translators,
Interpreters and Philologists with description of
the Chamber’s activities, bylaws, and code of
business practices. In Dutch and French with summary
in English.
CTA (Colorado Translators Association)
http://www.cta-web.org/base
Membership information, ATA Code of Ethics, How to
Select a Translator, CTA membership directory,
links.
FIT (Fédération internationale des traducteurs)
http://fit.ml.org
Home page of the Fédération Internationale de
traducteurs (International Federation of
Translators), the umbrella organization of national
translators’ organizations. Membership in FIT is
available to organizations only, not to individual
translators.
FLATA (Florida Chapter of the ATA)
http://members.aol.com/flata1
Site under construction, but it already contains a
translation services directory and other useful
information on FLATA and ATA, as well as links to
other translation-related sites.
ITA (Irish Translators’ Association)
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~translation
Constitution (in English and Irish) and Membership
List. E-mail: translation@tinet.ie.
Interpreters' Division of ATA
http://www.ata-divisions.org/ID/
Articles for Medical, Legal, Conference, and
Community interpreters, as well as for users of
their services.
IoL (Institute of Linguists)
http://www.iol.org.uk
The largest professional translating/interpreting/language
body in the UK. It has a searchable database of
members around the world (by language combination/speciality/location
etc) with links to personal websites etc.
ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpretation,
United Kingdom)
http://www.iti.org.uk
A very attractive and well-designed site under heavy
construction. Membership information, organization
data. Membership list and links in preparation (as
of end of March, 1998).
LTAC/ATTLC (Literary Translators’ Association of
Canada/Association des traducteurs et traductrices
littéraires du Canada)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9070/
Membership information, Model Contract, links.
Bilingual (French/English).
NCATA (National Capital Area Chapter of the American
Translators Association)
http://www.ncata.org
Searchable members’ database, downloadable
newsletter.
NCTA (Northern California Translators Association)
http://www.ncta.org
Searchable database of members and the electronic
edition of the excellent newsletter Translorial.
NETA (New England Translators Association)
http://netaweb.org/
A double-edged site with separate "entrances" for
clients and translators. The first one includes a
brief introduction, a NETA membership list, list of
translators into English and list of translators
from English. The translators' area includes
information about NETA, a membership form, business
practices, conflict resolution, and a model contract.
NMTIA (New Mexico Translators and Interpreters
Association)
http://www.cybermesa.com/~nmtia
On-line membership directory.
NOTA (Northeast Ohio Translators Association)
http://www.ohiotranslators.org/
Searchable translators' database, How to Use
Translators, Translators' Resources, Membership
Information.
NOTIS (Northwest Translators and Interpreters
Society)
http://www.NOTISnet.org
Downloadable membership database, news, and
resources.
NYCT (New York Circle of Translators)
http://www.nyctranslators.org/index_en.html
Membership information, links, events, members'
database searchable by language combination and
specialization. Selected full-text articles from The
Gotham Translator.
sterreichischer ?bersetzer- und Dolmetscherverband
http://www.universitas.org/
New home page of the Austrian Association of
Translators and Interpreters "Universitas."
Membership information, searchable database, News,
Newsletter. In German; the English version to be
published soon.
OTIAC (Ordre des traducteurs et interprètes agréés
du Québec)
http://www.otiaq.org/
“Portrait,” news, and membership information in
downloadable pdf format. Links. Bilingual French/English.
SCATIA (Southern California Area Translators
Association)
http://www.scatia.org
Membership list and searchable database of members,
in addition to membership information, newsletter
summary, and a bulletin board for discussions and
terminology queries.
SINTRA (Brazilian Translators’ Association)
http://www.sintra.ong.org/
Home page of the Brazilian Translators’ Association.
Bimmonthly newsletter, events, debates, market rates
for translations (in Brazil). In Portuguese.
STIBC (Society of Translators and Interpreters of
British Columbia)
http://www.stibc.org/
Code of Ethics, Certification information, links.
The e-mail address is: office@stibc.org.