About NZSTI: How to join

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Applications from persons interested in joining NZSTI must be made on the appropriate application form, which can be downloaded from this website in PDF format. Applications must also be accompanied by evidence of related qualifications and/or experience. The Membership Subcommittee of the Council of NZSTI reviews membership
applications. After consideration, their recommendations come before the next Council meeting for ratification. Please note that this process can take up to three months, depending on when the application is received. You will be advised of the results in due course. 

Language direction and Translator Membership: Translator membership is language direction specific. Translation direction will be into the native language unless qualifications have been obtained in both directions.

This rigorous system of qualification approval and colleague endorsement ensures the highest performance standard of any member on the list. Each application for membership is considered on an individual basis by the national council of the NZSTI, and results in admission to any one of the following seven classes of membership.

Members (or ordinary members) are those members who:

• have a degree in translation or interpreting,
  
• have passed a National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) translator or interpreter Level examination (formerly Level III) or
• have successfully completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Translation Studies from the University of Auckland with an average grade of B or better, and B+ in the Advanced Translation Practice paper.
  
• have other equivalent qualifications and/or experience, e.g. published translation work.

Affiliates are those persons whose qualifications do not qualify them for ordinary member status. Generally Affiliates will have attended part-time training courses to obtain qualifications in translation and/or interpreting studies. The following qualifications shall qualify applicants for Affiliate status:

• NAATI Para-professional examination, (formerly level II) as the overall benchmark;
• One-year part-time interpreting/translation studies at a recognised educational institute, e. g. AUT, CPIT, (MIT).
• Certificate of Advanced Interpreting, Auckland University
• The Auckland University post-graduate diploma of translation studies or Master of Professional Studies, with any grades below the grade required for Membership.
• A three-year language degree with a certified significant translation component, equivalent to part-time translation studies.
• Other courses deemed to be equivalent in the assessment of the Council.

Observers are those persons who have an interest in the society and profession, without having a qualification in either interpreting or translation.  

Fellows are those members who not only fulfil the requirements for ordinary members but who, by reason of their outstanding translating or interpreting ability on the basis of the work they have done, are deemed to be outstanding professional practitioners.

Retired members are former fellows, or ordinary members who have now retired from professional practice and have been accepted as retired members by the society.

Honorary members are distinguished individuals who have, or are able to offer assistance to the society and the profession.

Foreign members are suitably qualified translators or interpreters resident abroad but with significant links to New Zealand, who have a particular interest in, and contribution to make to the society.

To request further information about the application process, or request additional information about the society itself, please contact the national secretary.

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