Initiative to establish ATA accreditation for Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian

[Paula Gordon]

Dear Colleagues,

A volunteer effort is underway within the Slavic Languages Division of the
American Translators Association (ATA) to establish separate translation
accreditations for Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian into and from English.
Results of an initial survey (conducted in January 2003) indicate broad
interest in establishing accreditation in one or more of these pairs.

However, because the ATA Accreditation Committee strongly weighs the number
of potential test-takers when considering the approval of any new language
pair, we, members of the Volunteer Committee for Establishing New South
Slavic Language Pairs, are continuing our efforts to collect documentation
of interest in pursuing accreditation*.

Each language pair will proceed at its own pace, based on interest expressed
in this survey. Expressions of interest in accreditation are not binding.

The questionnaire with instructions is posted at
http://hometown.aol.com/planbusa/questionnaire.html. If you would like a
questionnaire sent to you directly, write to dbaPlanB at aol.com. Please feel
free to share this information with your colleagues working in these
languages. We have set a May 8th deadline, but will continue to accept
completed questionnaires after that date.

Thank you for your attention!
Paula Gordon,
Chairperson of the Volunteer Committee for Establishing New South Slavic
Language Pairs

* Please note: You need not be an ATA member to participate in this survey.
At this time, ATA offers accreditation to its members only, but this policy
is under review. There is a possibility that within a few years
accreditation will be available to non-ATA members as well. ATA membership
is open and unrestricted; U.S. citizenship is not required; there is an
annual membership fee. Please see www.atanet.org for general information
about ATA and www.atanet.org/bin/view.pl/285.html for information about the
ATA Accreditation Program.

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