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The Voice of Interpreters and Translators
American Translators Association
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o Largest professional association of translators and
interpreters in the United States; 11,000 members in over 90
countries
o National not-for-profit association with an international
orientation, founded in1959
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Full-time Independent Contractor (42%)
Part-time Independent Contractor (29%)
Company Owner (10%)
Full-time Private-sector Employee (9%)
Academia (6%)
Government Employee (4%)
Who belongs to the
Membership of the American Translators Association
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www.atanet.org
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Online Directory Search
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Sample Search Results
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Website: www.atanet.org
o Over 7,000 linguist profiles
o 3.5 million pageviews in 2012
o Most requested language combinations: English into Spanish
Spanish into English
English into French
English into Chinese
English into Japanese
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Certified Translator (CT) seal
A unique certification seal provides clients with
objective evidence of a translator’s professional
competence
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Professional Development
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ATA conference held in a major city every fall
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o 60-minute online educational session offered once
or twice a month
o Watch live or recorded sessions
Webinars are available at
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Priorities
oOutreach to new membership groups
oCommunication strategy
oFurther advances of certification
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The Voice of Interpreters and Translators
American Translators Association
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o First ATA exam administered in 1971
• Developed by practitioners for practitioners
• Three hour paper/pencil examination
o Major/minor errors
o Originally five texts • General
• Semi-technical
• Medical
• Legal
• Literary
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o System in place since 2001 • Three-hour paper/pencil examination
• Keyboarded option just started
• Three source texts
Handout 1 – Example from 2006
• Volunteer graders (also select texts)
• Twenty-five language pairs
• Five error levels
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o Three source texts – 225-275 words (or equivalent)
• Candidates translate two: Passage A (required) and either Passage B
or Passage C
• A: General text that expresses a view, sets forth an argument or
presents a new idea
Newspaper editorial, essay, non-fiction book
• B: Technical, scientific or medical in content
Patient education brochure, operating or installation instructions, encyclopedia
article.
• C: Financial, business or legal in the broadest sense
Contract or lease, financial report, government regulation
o B & C may be written by an expert, but not for other experts in that
field.
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o Graders are all ATA-certified practicing professionals
o Volunteer graders
o Semi-annual training
o Work together by language direction
o Passage-specific guidelines
o Into-English writing guidelines
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o Languages in which there are enough ATA members and
energetic volunteers!
Into English From English
• Arabic
• Croatian
• Danish
• Dutch,
• French
• German
• Japanese
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Chinese
• Croatian
• Dutch
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Ukrainian
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o Source texts selected by language groups • Authentic texts with minor editing
• Passage selection guidelines and review
o Translation challenges • Text level
• Sentence level
• Terminology level
o Translation Instructions (translation brief)
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o Holistic test of language transfer • Five-level point system: 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 point errors (since 2001)
• Fail threshold is 18 error points
o Framework for Standardized Error Marking • Developed 1994, continuously revised
• Specifies types/severities of transfer/mechanics errors
o Flowchart for Error Grading • Since 2002
• Attempts to make a subjective process as objective as possible
o Example 2 – Marked up sample target text
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o Two graders for each examination
o Grade independently
o Then compare scores • If discrepancies, then consult
• Can modify (add overlooked errors, change points)
• Can agree to disagree
• Third grader
o Review and appeal available
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o Specialized testing • ATA exam tests non-specialized translation skill
• Need for specialized testing
• Legal, medical, technical, etc.
• Goes beyond what ATA can do with volunteers
o Expansion • New language combinations possible
• Depend on volunteer availability
• Challenging process to get started
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The Voice of Interpreters and Translators
American Translators Association
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o K = Knowledge
o S = Skills
o A = Abilities
o Competence is described in terms of KSAs
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o ISO 17024 General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons
(2003 and 2012 editions)
• Certification scheme must:
• Be based on a job and task analysis
• Describe competence required to perform tasks
• Be fair, valid, and reliable
• Competence = ability to apply knowledge and skills to achieve intended results
• KSA study establishes validity
o Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, from AERA, APA, & NCME
(many editions; using 1999 edition)
• Certification: dependable identification of competence
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o Ask experts to identify KSAs via focus groups
• Four focus groups; one included government
• Focus group transcript study showed consistency
• 36 KSAs were identified for job “translator”
We are aware that in the USG, job is “linguist”
o Develop survey questionnaire to rank KSAs
• Used Qualtrics survey software
o Conduct survey (1453 completed surveys)
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o Vocabulary
o Grammar
o Idiomatic usage (combinations of words)
o General knowledge
o Subject-matter-specific knowledge
o Ethical obligations
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o Textual analysis
o Terminology research
o General writing
o Editing and proofreading
o Computer (word processing and Internet)
o Organizational
o Personal time management
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o Read source language; write in target
language
o Understand nuances and registers
o Perform language transfer
o Verify correspondence (= congruity judgment)
o Common sense
o Follow specifications
o Think analytically and intuitively
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o Based on results of ATA KSA survey
o Conducted by Breakthrough Consulting Group
o Led by Dr. Paul Fields
o Developed test “blueprint”
o Each measurable KSA must find a home in • Eligibility requirements
• Certification test or
• Professional Development
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o Describe government-specific translation tasks
• Use structured translation specifications
ISO/TS 11669:2012 (Translation Projects – General Guidance)
21 translation parameters
Provide values for a specific type of translation task
o Hold government focus groups for each task
o Conduct government-specific surveys
o Develop test blueprints (as in Fields report)
o Consider ATA to manage USG certification
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o Alignment with ILR Skill Levels • “A level of obvious competence with some room for growth.”
• A passing grade roughly equivalent to a minimum of ILR Level 3
translation proficiency
• NEW: Reading/writing proficiency scores as eligibility option
o Possible “ATA rating"
o Research (NSF grant proposal)
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The Voice of Interpreters and Translators
American Translators Association
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o Local computer 1 Exam computer 1
o Local computer 2 Exam computer 2
o Shared CertSoft server
o All exam computers talk with the same server
o Proctor monitors exams through server
o ATA HQ downloads results from server
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o Layer 1: local computers (temporarily limited) • Only keyboard, screen, and Internet
o Layer 2: remote exam computers • Pre-configured: selected apps and white list
o Layer 3: shared CertSoft server • Actual certification software (browser access)
o Very flexible and modular
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o Currently, “rented” from Amazon • virtual computers
• ATA maintains a master and launches clones as needed
o Could be dedicated physical computers
o Can be anywhere (remote access) • Could even be dedicated local computer
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o Can be rented from a hosting service
o Can be a physical computer in your office
o Currently: Windows 2003 Server w/ ASPX
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o Avoid unauthorized distribution of source texts
o Avoid unauthorized distribution of target texts
o Keep candidate from contacting colleagues
o Make sure target texts get to graders
o Limit website access to a “white list”
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o What follows is actual screens from an
experimental sitting by a candidate named
“Tester Tester”
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Contacting the ATA
Phone
(703) 683-6100
Fax
(703) 683-6122
Website
www.atanet.org
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Thank you for your interest!
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