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Membership Types

ATA membership is open to anyone with an interest in translation and interpreting as a profession or as a scholarly pursuit. All individual applicants are first accepted as Associate or Student members before gaining eligibility for Active or Corresponding membership.

Membership for Individuals

Associate
Open to any individual interested in the goals and objectives of ATA. All individual applicants must remain Associate members for four weeks before applying for Active Membership Review or taking an ATA certification exam. Passage of a certification exam automatically advances Associate members to Active or Corresponding member status. Associate members possess full rights and privileges, as defined by the ATA Bylaws, except the right to vote and hold Association office.

Student
Open to college and university students enrolled full-time or part-time in an undergraduate or graduate credit program related to translation or interpreting, including foreign language study. Student membership is limited to 4 years and requires written documentation of student status. Student membership is no longer valid upon passage of an ATA certification exam. Members of this status are required to convert their membership if they wish to become certified. Student members possess the same rights and privileges as Associate members except they cannot list their services in the Online Services Directories.

Active/Corresponding
Open to Associate or Student members who have passed an ATA certification exam or who are established as having achieved professional status through an Active Membership Review. Members in these two categories are listed as "voting" members.

Honorary
Honorary membership may be conferred upon individuals who have distinguished themselves in the translation or interpretation professions by a vote of two-thirds of the Board of Directors. The total number of living honorary members shall not exceed fifteen at any one time, and not more than two may be elected in any one year.

Life/Voting or Life/Associate
Life membership is available to any person who has reached sixty years of age and has completed at least twenty (20) consecutive years as a member of the Association. Rights and privileges depend upon the membership category—Voting or Associate—of the member.

a. Active:
1) Any person who (a) is professionally engaged in translating, interpreting, or closely related work, (b) is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, and (c) has passed a certification examination administered by the Association or has achieved demonstrable professional status as determined by peer evaluation, is eligible for Active membership.

2) Members having Active status at the time provision a.1) went into effect will retain their status as long as their membership is not terminated and they continue to remain a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

3) Active membership is in the name of the individual only and confers no Corporate or Institutional membership on the individual's company, employer, or institution.



b. Corresponding:
Any person who meets all qualifications for Active membership except U.S. citizenship or permanent residence is eligible for Corresponding membership.

b. Corresponding members have all the rights and
privileges of Active members except the right to hold
Association office and to serve on the Board of
Directors or standing committees.

c. Associate members have all the rights and
privileges of Active members except the right to vote,
to hold Association office, and to serve on the Board of
Directors or standing committees.

EnglishChineseT wrote:


What is an Association office? I am curious.

wherestip wrote:



IMO it could be something like a paid staff member that tends to the association's everyday business. But it could also be some higher-ranking official like a president or vice-president(s).


[Edited at 2013-08-26 23:48 GMT]