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Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
Verenigde Staten
Local time: 00:41
Lid 2003
Spaans naar Engels
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Not currently Mar 31, 2018

When I lived in Washington, D.C., I was active in both the American Translators Association, headquartered there, and the local ATA chapter. I have not joined the chapter here in San Diego.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 08:41
Lid 2007
Engels naar Portugees
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Yes Mar 31, 2018

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Anna Herbst
Anna Herbst  Identity Verified
Australië
Local time: 17:41
Engels naar Zweeds
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Yes Mar 31, 2018

I am a member of AUSIT.
 
Jennifer Levey
Jennifer Levey  Identity Verified
Chili
Local time: 03:41
Spaans naar Engels
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Please define "local" in the context of the question Mar 31, 2018

If pollsters on a translators'/interpreters' website can't get a grip on the proper meaning of words, what hope for our so-called "profession"?

If by "local" the pollster really means "local" (or even, in my circumstances, "regional"), my answer is "There are none where I live".

If by "local" the pollster means "national", my answer is "No". There is a "national" associa... See more
If pollsters on a translators'/interpreters' website can't get a grip on the proper meaning of words, what hope for our so-called "profession"?

If by "local" the pollster really means "local" (or even, in my circumstances, "regional"), my answer is "There are none where I live".

If by "local" the pollster means "national", my answer is "No". There is a "national" association here in Chile ( www.cotich.cl ), of which I am not a member. Its HQ is over 700 km from my workplace, so hardly "local". And, as Graucho Marx is reputed to have said (approximately): "If they’d have me as a member, I wouldn’t want to join - unless they promised to reimburse me 3 days' worth of viaticos to attend each of their meetings in Santiago."

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Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 16:41
Lid 2011
Japans naar Engels
Yes Apr 1, 2018

JAT

No prize or cigar for guessing what this stands for.

 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazilië
Local time: 04:41
Lid 2014
Engels naar Portugees
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No Apr 2, 2018

And I don't ever intend to be.
 


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