Please submit your application below. See detailed Active Member admission requirements here, or Associate Member admission requirements here. Candidates wishing to apply as both translator and interpreter must fill out a separate application for for each service.
IMPORTANT: Applicants must be sponsored by current TAALS members in good standing. Before you fill out the form below, please make sure that you have all the required sponsorship forms signed by sponsors to be attached to this application.
I am applying for:
Active membership
Associate membership
I am applying for readmission
I am a current TAALS member and am applying for language reclassification
I am a current TAALS member and am applying for language addition
I am a current TAALS associate member and am applying for active membership
I am applying as:
Interpreter
Translator/Reviewer/Reviser
FOR INTERPRETERS
I am an interpreter and have at least one hundred (100) days of conference experience in simultaneous and/or consecutive interpretation, AND select one of the following:
I am sponsored by at least three (3) active TAALS members in good standing who have been members of the Association for at least two years in the Interpreter category and who confirm that they have worked with and have listened to my interpretation.
I am asking for a waiver from below requirements for the following reason:
FOR TRANSLATORS
One of the first two boxes below must be selected.
I am a Translator or Reviewer/Reviser and am sponsored by at least two (2) active members in good standing who have been members of the Association in the Translator category for at least two years.
I am asking for a waiver from below requirements for the following reason:
I satisfy the following requirements (check all that apply):
Service in a recognized organization for at least one (1) year in a full - time post as translator or reviewer/reviser, or three (3) years in a closely related position in which a substantial portion of the time is spent translating.
Freelance translation under contract in a recognized organization for one year during which time remuneration for this work represents a substantial portion of the Applicant's earnings.
Published and credited translations.
I am a freelance translator working mainly on the private market and am submitting with this application three (3) references from public or private entities per target language. Such references are provided by clients for whom I have worked during the past three (3) years, specifying the relevant dates and working languages.
I am also submitting a list of other translations, indicating relevant dates and working languages.
I have read TAALS Bylaws and I fully agree with the content.
Although I lack the requisite experience set forth in Article 7 of the Bylaws, I aspire to qualify for active membership within 5 years of admission as an associate member.
I have the required associate member attestation forms signed by at least two (2) active members in good standing who have been members of the Association for at least two (2) years and who can attest that I work as a conference interpreter (translator/reviewer for translator applications) and that I support the mission of TAALS. Applications for associate membership that do not include the required attestation forms will not be considered.
I understand that such attestations are not an endorsement of language combinations nor of quality of work.
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