Please submit your application below. See detailed Active Member admission requirements here, or Associate Member admission requirements here.
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 worked at least one hundred (100) days of conference experience in simultaneous and/or consecutive interpretation.
I am an interpreter and 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 for at least two years and who confirm that they have worked with and have listened to my interpretation.
I am asking for a waiver from above requirements for the following reason:
FOR TRANSLATORS
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 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 am asking for a waiver from above requirements for the following reason:
I have read TAALS Bylaws at https://www.taals.net/en/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 in future within 5 years of admission.
I have all the required associate member sponsorship 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.
I understand that such attestations are not an endorsement of language combinations nor of quality of work.
Free-Lance
Staff
Working languages (according to the A, B, B* and C ratings explained below)