Poll: Being an ATA-certified translator... 论题张贴者: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Being an ATA-certified translator...".
This poll was originally submitted by Linda Gueye. View the poll results »
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Ana Vozone 
Local time: 09:47
正式会员 (自2010)
English英语译成Portuguese葡萄牙语
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| It did help me get a few clients... | May 9, 2017 |
I was an Associate Member for several years (till this year) and got a few (good) clients who had "found" me on the ATA website.
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I don’t know. I thought about that when I started out but then never followed through…
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| Helps get more clients | May 9, 2017 |
In the sense that when new clients see that I have it they may sometimes be more likely to pick me over someone who doesn't.
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| Other - I don't know | May 9, 2017 |
I missed the choice: "I don't know". As I am not ATA-certified I have no idea if it could help or not. I am a certified translator for translations from English, Russian and Spanish into German and vice versa for German courts and boards, but have not used this too often during the last years.
I was a member of the German translator association BDÜ, but didn't feel that it helped me in any way, so I quit about 12 years ago.
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neilmac
西班牙
Local time: 10:47
Spanish西班牙语译成English英语
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| Is cheaper than | May 9, 2017 |
... joining the UK one I checked out several years ago (ITI?) when I was still interested in this kind of thing. It was horrendously expensive and demanding. Too many hoops.
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It depends on the translator. I am myself not an ATA-certified translator.
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Since I'm Spanish and not American, I can't know if it helps. But I'm not a member either of ASETRAD (Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes)- although I'm a Sworn translator after passing an official exam in Spain.
Or can foreigners take the exam too?
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Ricki Farn
德国
Local time: 10:47
English英语译成German德语
| I wonder if it depends on your sector | May 9, 2017 |
I suspect it makes a difference whether you translate legal, technical, financial, literary ... but I have no data to prove it, it's just a hunch.
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C. Mouton
法国
Local time: 10:47
正式会员 (自2007)
English英语译成French法语
| What does ATA mean?? | May 9, 2017 |
I don't even know what that means.
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C. Mouton wrote:
I don't even know what that means.
American Translators Association
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| I'm not American so n/a | May 10, 2017 |
Had the question been about the ATIO or "the organization of your country" it might have been better for answering in an international forum
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Mario Freitas
巴西
Local time: 05:47
正式会员 (自2014)
English英语译成Portuguese葡萄牙语
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| Good to know | May 10, 2017 |
I love to learn that I'm not alone in a boat. Every time I answer a poll and I think I'll be with the minority, then I find the vast majority is with me, it feels good.
I have never realized what would be the real benefits of ATA or any other association. I vehemently refuse to join any association or labor union, and nobody was ever able to convince me otherwise. I don't like the kind of people who run these entities (at least in my country), as I see them making lots of money for ... See more I love to learn that I'm not alone in a boat. Every time I answer a poll and I think I'll be with the minority, then I find the vast majority is with me, it feels good.
I have never realized what would be the real benefits of ATA or any other association. I vehemently refuse to join any association or labor union, and nobody was ever able to convince me otherwise. I don't like the kind of people who run these entities (at least in my country), as I see them making lots of money for very little benefits in exchange.
And, no it does not help you get better prices. This is an illusion. Perhaps a few clients, but nothing that could possibly make it necessary for any competent professional. ▲ Collapse
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