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Finding a Translator

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How and Where to Find a Translator

As I am in the United States and translate only from German into English, the following notes are somewhat biased toward translators who work into American English:

  • If you have a friend in the same business, ask for a referral.

  • Search the American Translators Association Translation Services Directory (for individual translators) or the Corporate Translation Services Directory (for translation companies) (www.atanet.org). The directory can be searched for a translator's name, for a specific language, or for a specialty. When you search for specialties, it is a good idea to select some related terms also. As the name indicates, ATA is primarily a United States organization. While there are many good American translators who are not ATA members, this is a good place to start.

  • Check local and specialized translators organizations. They may or may not have on-line or printed directories.

Here are some listings: Local and specialist groups, United States: (* indicates ATA chapter or affiliate)

Atlanta Association of Interpreters and Translators* www.aait.org
Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association www.aatia.org
The California Court Interpreters Association www.ccia.org
Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters* www.catiweb.org
Colorado Translators Association www.cta-web
Florida Chapter of ATA* www.atafl.com
Metroplex Interpreters and Translators Association www.ticnet.com/mita/
National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators www.najit.org
National Capital Area Chapter of ATA* www.ncata.org
New England Translators Association www.netaweb.org
New Mexico Translators and Interpreters Association internet.roadrunner.com/nmtia/
New York Circle of Translators* www.nyctranslators.org
Northeast Ohio Translators Association* www.ohiotranslators.org
Northern California Translators Association* www.ncta.org
Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society* www.notisnet.org
Society for Technical Communication www.stc.org
Southern California Area Translators and Interpreters Association* www.scatia.org
Translators and Interpreters Guild
Local 32100 of the Newspaper Guild/ Communications Workers of America
www.trans-interp-guild.org
Washington State Court Interpreters and Translators Society www.witsnet.org

Outside the United States:

Association of Translators and Interpreters of Alberta www.atia.ab.ca
Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario www.atio.on.ca
Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs
International Federation of Translators (Quebec)
www.fit-ift.org
Institute of Translation and Interpreting (UK) www.iti.org.uk
Israel Translators Association www.ita.org.il
Society of Translators and Interpreters
of British Columbia
www.vcn.bc.ca/stibc



There are no doubt some very good translators who are not members of these various associations, but it is more difficult to find them.

  • If you don't find a translator with the first three suggestions, there is always the telephone directory; but it probably won't help much either. Most listings do not say much about language or specialty and those that do are, after all, advertisements.



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