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Member Profile Questionnaire (New Member)

Thank you for your interest in joining CATI. Please fill out the following online Member Profile Questionnaire and press Submit at the bottom of the form.

If you would prefer to print, fill out, and mail a hardcopy Member Profile Questionnaire, please click on your preferred format: PDF or MS Word.

The information you provide on this form will be entered in the database from which the CATI membership directory is compiled. Even if you expect some of the information to change, please respond now and submit an update later if necessary. Completion of the first two sections (Basic Information and Working Languages) is essential if you wish to be included in the language index. The remaining sections are optional.

If you have questions, call (919) 698-0721 or send an e-mail to Heather Hille, CATI Administrative Manager, at catiadmin@catiweb.org.

Type of membership and annual dues
Please select the type of membership that you are applying for. Membership is valid until the end of the calendar year.

Before July 1 or after November 1
Note: New members joining after November 1 pay for the coming full year and receive the remainder of the current year free of charge.

Individual member: $60
Individual member plus additional family member at same address: $110
Corporate member: $100
Institutional member: $75
Student member: $20*

After July 1 but before November 1
Individual member: $30
Individual member plus additional family member at same address: $55
Corporate member: $100
Institutional member: $37.50
Student member: $20*

* Student membership is open to graduate and undergraduate college or university students enrolled in any program or part-time in a translation- or interpreting-related program, including foreign language study. Membership is limited to 4 years. Student membership is no longer valid upon passage of an ATA certification exam — members must convert their membership if they become certified. Students must provide a photocopy of student ID and contact of a professor/instructor who can verify status/program.

Please mail proof of student status to CATI, c/o Janet Austin, 7907 NC Hwy 57, Rougemont, NC 27572.

ATA affiliation (optional)
Affiliation with the American Translators Association (ATA) is optional. Chapter members cannot claim ATA membership unless their dues for 2007 have been paid to the national association. Please indicate your 2007 ATA membership status:

Active Corresponding Associate Associate student
Corporate Institutional Non-member Intend to join/renew soon

Name and contact information
Alphabetization will be by last name you supply here; please be sure that all particles, hyphens, etc., are properly placed.

Note: For corporate and institutional membership, please indicate the name of the primary contact person here.

Last name

First name

Middle name or initial

Street address

City
 State

 ZIP code

Daytime phone

Evening phone

Fax

E-mail address

Pager/cellphone

Website

Native or dominant language and country of origin
Your native language is the one you first acquired as a child. Your dominant language is the one that comes more easily to you now. List a dominant language only if you have become more proficient in this language than in your native language.

Native or dominant language

Country of origin

Working languages (required)
List only language pairs in which you are professionally competent, up to a maximum of five source and three target languages. One language in each pair must be English.

From (Source) To (Target) Please specify:
T (for translation)
I (for interpretation), or
T/I (for both)

ATA Certification
List only current ATA certifications (subject to verification).
From To

Fields of specialization
List up to six fields in which you have specialized knowledge or experience. Listing preferred fields does not imply that you accept work only in these fields. Do not use this space to list more general categories, such as "technology." You may mention these in your descriptive paragraph if you wish. List your specializations separated by commas. For example:

Insurance, education, accounting, marketing, patents, family planning

See also Some examples of specializations.

Other Affiliations
Please indicate other translator and interpreter associations that you are affiliated with:

CCIA JAT MICATA NAJIT NCTA NYCT

Other (please specify)

Biographical or Descriptive Paragraph
Use this input field to submit:

  • A biographical paragraph (individual members), or
  • A descriptive paragraph (corporate and institutional members)

This paragraph will be included in the CATI Directory and on the CATI website. Please limit the paragraph to a maximum of 100 words (individual members) or 150 words (corporate and institutional members) and use paragraph formatting only (no bulleted or numbered lists).

For guidance on writing your biographical paragraph, see “New CATI directory format offers more latitude” by Ann C. Sherwin. State your credentials (education, professional certification, experience) and other facts you wish to convey to potential clients. Subjective claims about the quality, reliability or cost of your services will not be included. Remember, the intent of this biography is to state objective information. Use abbreviations only if unambiguous and readily recognized. CATI reserves the right to edit submissions.

Note: Claims of certification must include the name of the certifying body and the specific skills, language pair and direction tested for. Blanket claims of "certified translator" or "certified interpreter" without this information will not be published.

Biographical or descriptive paragraph

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