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ATA Certification Exam Presentation
ATA Certification Exam Presentation
Certification Exam
Delaware Valley Translators Association
Armando Ezquerra Hasbun
Philadelphia, May 28 2016
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Armando Ezquerra Hasbun
ATA certified ENG>SPA
Former Spanish Group Grader (2013)
NAJIT certified
Federally certified Court Interpreter and Exam Juror
2015 recipient of the Harvie Jordan Award
Accreditation by Examination
• Accreditation Committee in 1963; first implemented in 1973
• Assessment of ability quality, professional translation in specified S-T pair
• Objective evidence of professional competence”
• Associate membership > Active/Corresponding: Voting rights
• Eligibility: ATA membership 4 weeks prior to exam administration
• Handwritten or keyboarded exam
Exam pairs and directions offered
Pay $35 processing fee and meet one of the 5 criteria listed below:
1. Currently certified by the Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs
2. Those with an approved T & I degree or certificate
3. Bachelors’ or higher degree plus evidence of 2 years’ activity as T or I
4. Bachelors<, evidence of 5 years’ activity as T or I
5. ACTFL’s Advanced test scores in Reading (source) Writing (target)
Eligibility for exam and for recertification
https://www.atanet.org/certification/eligibility_requirementsform.php
• Terminology https://www.atanet.org/certification/
aboutexams_error.php
• Unfinished
GRADING GUIDELINES AND DOUBTS
• FUNDEU
• https://www.atanet.org/certificatio • ACADEMIA REAL DE LA
n/Into_English_Grading_2013.pdf LENGUA ESPAÑOLA
• Diccionarios de autoridades
Failing results
https://www.atanet.org/certification/ab
outexams_tips.php
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