Translation Industry Organizations and Associations

The following is a list compiled by the ProZ.com community of organizations and associations serving the translation community.

United States

Abbr Organization Name
ADEPLHI school Adelphi University
AOUSC gov't Administrative Office of the United States Courts
ACTFL school American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
ALTA assoc American Literary Translators Association
ASTD assoc American Society for Training & Development
ATA assoc American Translators Association
AU school American University
school Arizona State University Spanish Translation Certificate Program
ALC assoc of comps Association of Language Companies
ATIF assoc Association of Translators and Interpreters of Florida
ATA-TCD assoc of comps ATA Translation Company Division
AAIT assoc Atlanta Association of Interpreters and Translators
AATIA assoc Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association
school Barry University
BCC school Bellevue Community College
Bennington College school Bennington College
BU school Boston University
BYU school Brigham Young University
CFI assoc California Federation of Interpreters
CHIA assoc California Healthcare Interpreters Association
CATI assoc Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters
CCHI other Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters
CHICATA assoc Chicago Area Translators and Interpreters Association
CUNY HUNTER school City University of New York (Hunter College)
John Jay College school City University of New York John Jay College Of Criminal Justice
CSN other Client Side News
COFC school College of Charleston, Graduate Program in Bilingual Legal Interpreting
CTA assoc Colorado Translators Association
Columbia school Columbia University in the City of New York
DLPT - DLIFLC school Defense Language Proficiency Test - Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
DVTA assoc Delaware Valley Translators Association
IU school Department of Comparative Literature, Indiana University
DTCC school Durham Technical Community College
TOEFL assoc Educational Testing Service - TOEFL
EPITA assoc El Paso Interpreters and Translators Association
EPITA assoc El Paso Interpreters and Translators Association
Evergreen school Evergreen State College
FATA assoc Finnish American Translators Association
FLATA assoc Florida Chapter of ATA
FIU school Florida International University, Department of Modern Languages
FIU school Florida International University, Department of Modern Languages
FSU school Florida State University
GU school Gallaudet University, Department of Interpretation
Perimeter GSU school Georgia Perimeter College (Georgia State University)
GSU school Georgia State University
GTI other Global Translation Institute
GALA assoc of comps Globalization and Localization Association
Hampshire College school Hampshire College
HITA assoc Hawaii Interpreters & Translators' Association
HITA assoc Houston Interpreters and Translators Association
IAL school Institute for Applied Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University
TREMEDICA assoc International Association of Translators and Editors in Medicine and Applied Sciences
ILTI school International Language and Translation Institute
KZOO school Kalamazoo College
KSU school Kennesaw State University
KENT school Kent State University
La Salle school La Salle University
MMIA assoc Massachusetts Medical Interpreters Association
MITA assoc Metroplex Interpreters and Translators Association
MSU school Michigan State University
MiTiN assoc Michigan Translators/Interpreters Network
(Opted out of this database; no data available)
MATI assoc Midwest Association of Translators and Interpreters
MSU school Montclair State University
MIIS school Monterey Institute of International Studies
MIIS school Monterey Institute of International Studies, Graduate School of Translation & Interpretation
NAJIT assoc National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators
NBCMI assoc National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters
NCATA assoc National Capital Area Translators Association (a chapter of the ATA)
NCITRP assoc National Center for Interpretation Testing, Research and Policy
NCSC gov't National Center for State Courts
NCIHC assoc National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
NHU school National Hispanic University
NLSC gov't National Language Service Corps
NATI assoc Nebraska Association of Translators & Interpreters
NATI assoc Nebraska Association of Translators and Interpreters
NITA assoc Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association
NETA assoc New England Translators Association
NMSU school New Mexico State University
NMTIA assoc New Mexico Translators and Interpreters Association
NYCT assoc New York Circle of Translators
NYCOURTS other New York State Unified Court System
NYU school New York University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies
(Opted out of this database; no data available)
school Northeastern State University
NCTA assoc Northern California Translators Association
school Northern Illinois University
NOTIS assoc Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society
DSEELL school Ohio State University, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
school Oklahoma State University
OSTI assoc Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters
Translations for developm other Organization of Translators for Development NGO
PSU school Pennsylvania State University
PSU school Portland State University
PAATI assoc Professional Association of Albanian Translators & Interpreters
QC Queens College school Queens College, The City University of New York
RCNJ school Ramapo College of New Jersey
RID assoc Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
SAS school Rutgers, School of Arts and Sciences, Department in Spanish and Portuguese
SLTIN assoc Saint Louis Translators and Interpreters Network
SSA school Salem State University
SFSU school San Francisco State University
SCCC school Seattle Central Community College, Health & Human Services Division
Shippensburg University school Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
STC assoc Society for Technical Communication
SOMI assoc Society of Medical Interpreters
SCATIA assoc Southern California Area Translators and Interpreters Association
school Southern California School of Interpretation
SUNY Albany school State University at Albany
SUNY Binghamton school State University of Binghamton (SUNY)
school State University of New York at New Paltz
TESOL assoc Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Tennessee State Courts other Tennessee Supreme Court - State Courts
TOEIC school Test of English for International Communication - TOEIC
TAALS assoc The American Association of Language Specialists
CCIA assoc The California Court Interpreters Association
CCIA assoc The California Court Interpreters Association
Strose school The College of Saint Rose
TTIG assoc The Translators & Interpreters Guild
KU school The University of Kansas
USM school The University of Southern Mississippi
UTexas school The University of Texas at Austin
UTulsa school The University of Tulsa
TRIP school Translation Research and Instruction Program, Binghamton University
Tulane school Tulane University
Unicode other Unicode Inc.
UNT school Univeristy of North Texas
UC Davis school University of California at Davis
UCSD school University of California at San Diego
UC Berkeley school University of California, Berkeley
UCLA school University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension, Programs in Interpretation & Translation
school University of Central Florida
Univ of Charleston school University of Charleston, South Carolina
UC school University of Cincinnati
school University of Colorado at Boulder
DU school University of Denver, University College
school University of Florida
UGA school University Of Georgia
UH Hilo school University of Hawaii at Hilo
CITS school University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Interpretation and Translation Studies
UH school University Of Houston
U of I school University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CCL school University of Iowa, Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature
school University of Louisville
UMW school University of Mary Washington
UMASS Amherst school University of Massachusetts Amherst
UMB school University of Massachusetts Boston
UMICH school University of Michigan
UNCAsheville school University of North Carolina Asheville
UNC-CH school University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Romance Languages
UNT school University of North Texas
USF school University of South Florida
school University of Tennessee-Knoxville
UTD school University of Texas at Dallas, Center for Translation Studies
UVa school University of Virginia
UW school University of Washington, Department of Asian Languages and Literature
UWP school University Of Wisconsin Parkside
UW-Whitewater school University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
UWM University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
UMTIA assoc Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association
US DOD gov't US Department of Defense
US DOJ gov't US Justice Department
US State Department gov't US State Department
UTIA assoc Utah Translators and Interpreters Association
TEFL-Via Lingua school Via Lingua
Washington DSHS other WA - Department of Social and Health Services
WFU school Wake Forest University, Department of Romance Languages
WSENGLISH school Wall Street English / Wall Street Institute
WITS assoc Washington State Court Interpreters and Translators Society
school Wesleyan University

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