Government
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
- Military language program
- Language program for officers and support personnel of the U.S. foreign affairs community
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides an overview of these career paths and future in the United States.
For information about testing to become a contract interpreter or translator with the U.S. State Department, contact:
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Language Services, 2401 E St. NW., SA-1, Room H1400, Washington, DC 20520-2204
- Language positions include translators, editors, verbatim reporters, interpreters and proofreaders.
Professional Organizations
American Literary Translators Association: http://www.utdallas.edu/alta/
American Translators Association: http://www.atanet.org/
Chicago Area Translators and Interpreters Association: http://www.chicata.org/index.php
Fédération
Internationale des Traducteurs : http://www.fit-ift.org/
International Medical Interpreters Association: http://www.imiaweb.org/
National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators: http://www.najit.org/
PEN American Center Translation Committee: http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/154
- The PEN American Center is an association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship. Its translation committee's website offers information on translation awards, a space to recommend books for translation, and a translation handbook.
Professional Newsletters
American Translators Association
- The ATA Chronicle
- Call Number: 418.0205 AM
- Print: 1989-Present
American Literary Translators Association
- ALTA Newsletter
- Call Number: 418.0205 AME
- Print: 1986-Present
Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs
- Translatio (the newsletter of FIT)
- Available freely online
- Bilingual (French/English)
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