Translators Associations North America

This is where Lexis informs you on activities and initiatives, such as training opportunities, conferences and other events, organised by North American Translators Associations. If it’s in your professional interest or you represent a translators association in this area, please keep us posted, using the email address editorial@lexis.pro.

North America: the second world region with more translators associations

North America is the third-largest continent of the world in area, has over 529 million inhabitants and is the second world region with more translators associations, after Europe.

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Welcome to the machine

The Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA) is an association dedicated to the translation of languages using computers in some way.

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"Equivalence of meaning and style" in Nova Scotia

The Association of Translators and Interpreters of Nova Scotia is a Canadian association founded in 1990.

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The 25th Conference of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies

The Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, Ontario, host the event. Register now for the May / June 2012 event.

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A "distinctly research oriented" translators association

The Canadian Association for Translation Studies was founded in 1987, “at 12 noon in room 1002”, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Improving interaction with the judicial system

The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) has a mission: to promote quality services in the field of legal interpreting and translating in the United States of America.

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Born from collective efforts

The Translators and Interpreters Guild (TTIG) was founded in 1991, boosted by the union of a group of independent translators and interpreters who felt justice was needed.

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NAJIT's annual conference in May 2012

The United States’ National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) presents its annual meeting, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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It's up to you, New York translators

The New York Circle of Translators (NYCT) was born in 1979, as a small group of dinner companions.

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Representing Texas in the translation industry

The Metroplex Interpreters and Translators Association (MITA) is a professional association that serves the Dallas and Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex, in the state of Texas, United States of America.

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Translating and interpreting in Colorado

The Colorado Translators Association gathers approximately 150 members, between translators, interpreters and language services and translation companies in Colorado.

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From Philadelphia to New York City

The Delaware Valley Translators Association is a regional non-profit professional association that acts as a regional talent bank for individuals, business and industry seeking assistance with translation and interpretation and defending the rights of translators, interpreters, linguists, educators, and other individuals interested in these fields.

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Translating New England

The New England Translators Association was established in 1975 in Boston and has more than 150 members, who work in all of the major European languages and in a number of Asian languages as well.

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A union of regional translators associations

The Canadian Translators,Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC) was founded in 1970, as legal heir of the Society of Translators and Intepreters of Canada (STIC) which had been created in 1956.

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California Interpreting

The California Court Interpreters Association (CCIA) is a non-profit professional translators association, based in El Centro, California, United States of America. Its main purpose is to contribute to the advancement of standards of court interpreters.

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Fighting for the rights of Workers Compensation Interpreters

The California Workers Compensation Interpreters Association (CWCIA) is a translation association formed by a group of interpreters and interpreting and translation agencies with the purpose of improving the professional environment.

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Two Carolinas in one translators association

The Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI) is a non-profit translation association that serves both North and South Carolina. Membership is open to anyone interested in translation or interpretation who supports the aims of the organisation.

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The needs and concerns of the community

The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) was founded in 1978, with the purpose of assisting both translators and interpreters with all challenges they meet in the profession.

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A discussion forum for professional translators and interpreters

The New Mexico Translators and Interpreters Association (NMTIA) is a professional organisation of translators and interpreters, based in Albuquerque, United States of America. It wishes to assist all possible clients find professionals in the state of New Mexico.

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Networking translators and interpreters from Michigan

The Michigan Translators and Intepreters Network (MiTiN) was initially created as an informal network in 1991 by local Michigan translators and interpreters, and was later professionally established in 1995.

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Support and guidance for Houston professionals

The Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA) was founded in 1993 with the purpose of providing a discussion forum for individual professionals, translation companies and institutions interested in sharing their experiences.

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A "strategic position in international trade"

The Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS) is an organisation for professionals in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America. It was established in April 1988 as a communication tool for translators and interpreters in the area.

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Representing the state of Washington since 1988

The Washington Interpreters and Translators Society (WITS) is a non-profit, professional translation association from the state of Washington, USA. It was officially established in September 1988.

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A collective voice

The Association of Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters of Manitoba, Canada (ATIM) was founded in 1980 by a small group of professionals who wished to be heard. Their efforts led to the creation of this non-profit translation association.

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With eyes set in the future

The Southern California Area Translators and Interpreters Association (SCATIA) is a non-profit professional translators association whose members are individuals and translation companies. It was founded in 1976 by a small group of professionals.

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Integrity in Alberta

The Association of Translators and Interpreters of Alberta ( or Association des traducteurs et interprètes de l’Alberta), ATIA, is the only court interpreters, conference interpreters and certified translators association in the province of Alberta, Canada.

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A collective voice for professionals in New Brunswick

The Corporation of Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters of New Brunswick (CTINB) is a translation association founded in Fredericton in 1970. It became a member of the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC) in 1972.

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Elevating the status of legal translators in Canada

Founded in 1988, the Canadian Association of Legal Translators promotes the professional status of legal translators in Canada and is based in Montréal, Québec.

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The highest standards of professional integrity, competence and ethics

The Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada believes that people have the right to interpreters who are professional, competent and ethical.

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Contributing to high quality inter-language and intercultural communication

Based in Ontario, the Canadian Translators, Terminologist and Interpreters Council was established in 1970 and is generally recognized as the national body representing professional translators, interpreters and terminologists.

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Promoting collaboration between academic and professional milieus

The Canadian Association for Translation Studies (CATS) was founded during the Learned Societies Congress at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1987, and brings together researchers, teachers and practitioners interested in the study or teaching of translation and related disciplines.

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The bridge between English and French

The Canadian Network of Translators in Education (NTE) is a professional translation association made up of translators, revisers, terminologists and writers who work as freelancers or for employers such as translation companies. It was founded in 1985.

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Joint action for the competitiveness of the Canadian language industry

The Language Industry Association/ Association de L'Industrie de la Langue (AILIA) was created to be the voice of the Canadian language industry.

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An association for translation students at Concordia

Based in Montreal, Quebec, GSAT is an association for graduate students enrolled in Translation programs in the Department of French Studies of the Concordia University.

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Certifying professionals in Québec

The Order of Certified Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters of Quebec, Canada, (OTTIAQ) was founded, under a different name, in 1940. It went through many changes until it reached the current designation.

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Translating Canada

The Association of Canadian Corporations in Translation and Interpretation (ACCTI) was only founded in 2003 but it’s rapidly become a successful example.

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Translating in Saskatchewan since 1980

The Association of Translators and Interpreters of Saskatchewan (ATIS) was founded over thirty years ago in that province of Canada.

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Translating in the Peach State

The Atlanta Association of Interpreters and Translators is a non-profit organisation from the state of Georgia, USA.

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Translation in Texas

The Austin Area Translators & Interpreters Association has been standing for professionals in Texas since the 80s.

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Serving the profession and the public

The Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia (STIBC) was founded in 1981. It is a non-profit professional Canadian interpreters and translators association, affiliated with CTTIC, the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council.

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Tradition in translation

The Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO) is the oldest organisation joining together translators, conference interpreters, court interpreters and terminologists in Canada. It was founded in 1920.

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The Stars and the Stripes of Translators Associations

The United States of America are seen by many as the land of freedom, and that includes all the translators associations that have established along its territory.

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The invisible art of literary translation

The Literary Translators Association of Canada (LTAC) was founded in 1975, to promote literary translation and widen the interests of literary translators in Canada.

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Canada: Translators Associations in the country of Evangeline Lilly and Leonard Cohen

Canada is a North American country that consists of ten provinces and three territories. Spanning over 9.9 million square kilometres, Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area. Before being known as Canada, this land was inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples.

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United States of America: Translators Associations in the land of freedom and prosperity

There are approximately 20 translators associations in the United States of America. The world’s political and economic power has 50 states and a federal district. There are over 300 million people living in the USA, coming from all parts of the world.

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California: Translators Associations in the state of Diane Keaton and Steve Martin

California, a state located on the West Coast of the United States, is by far the most populous U.S. state. It has eight of the nation’s most populated cities. Even though Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco are probably its best known metropolises, the actual capital of the state is Sacramento.

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Québec: Translators Associations from the province of Saul Bellow and William Shatner

Québec is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose only official language is French at the provincial level. Canada's east-central province is its largest by area. It is also Canada's second most populous province, after Ontario.

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Washington: Translators Associations in the state of Richard Brautigan and Raymond Carver

Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, located north of Oregon, west of Idaho and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia, by the Pacific Ocean. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area.

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North America: translators associations in the US and Canada

North America is the third-largest continent of the world in area, has over 529 million inhabitants and is the second world region with more organizations devoted to translation, after Europe.

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Texas: Translators Associations from the state of Jennifer Garner and Tommy Lee Jones

Texas is the second most populous and the second most extensive of the 50 United States. The state’s name, based on Caddo language’s word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the region of their settlement in East Texas.

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Be one of the speakers at ATA's annual conference

American Translators Association is accepting suggestions to be presented at its 53rd annual conference, which will take place in San Diego, California, in October.

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