Translation Industry Organizations and Associations

The following is a list compiled by the ProZ.com community of organizations and associations serving the translation community.

Argentina

Abbr Organization Name
ATIBA assoc Asociación de Traductores e Intérpretes de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
ENS Spangenberg school Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas Sofía E. Broquen de Spangenberg (ex J. F. Kennedy)
UBA school Universidad de Buenos Aires

Austria

Abbr Organization Name
UIBK school Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Belgium

Abbr Organization Name
Belgian Courts gov't Belgian Courts
COC school Centrale Ondersteuningscel voor Sociaal Tolken en Vertalen (central support service for community interpreters and trans
ILMH school Institut Libre Marie Haps
SCIC (EU) gov't Joint Interpreting and Conference Service
UCLL school UC Leuven Limburg
ULG school Université de Liège

Brazil

Abbr Organization Name
UEM school Universidade Estadual de Maringá
UFC school Universidade Federal do Ceará
UFPR school Universidade Federal do Paraná

Chile

Abbr Organization Name
USACH school Universidad De Santiago De Chile

China

Abbr Organization Name
WUST school Wuhan University of Science and Technology
XISU school Xi'an International Studies University

Colombia

Abbr Organization Name
MRE other Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Congo, Democratic Republic

Abbr Organization Name
TGI-GOMBE other Tribunal de Grande Instance de Kinshasa/Gombe

Costa Rica

Abbr Organization Name
UCR school Universidad de Costa Rica

Croatia

Abbr Organization Name
UNIPU school University of Juraj Dobrila Pula

Egypt

Abbr Organization Name
Faculty of Arts, Cairo Un school Department of English Faculty of Arts, Cairo University

Estonia

Abbr Organization Name
TU school Tallinn University

Finland

Abbr Organization Name
SKTL assoc Suomen kääntäjien ja tulkkien liitto (Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters)

Germany

Abbr Organization Name
IHK gov't German Chamber of Trade and Industry
German Courts gov't German Courts
Uni Potsdam school Universität Potsdam Fremdsprachenlinguistik

Hungary

Abbr Organization Name
BME school Budapest University of Technology and Economics

India

Abbr Organization Name
Andhra University school Andhra University
school Bharathiar University

Ireland

Abbr Organization Name
WLS other Words Language Services

Italy

Abbr Organization Name
FUM school Foundation Università di Mantova

Latvia

Abbr Organization Name
school The University of Economics and Culture

Mexico

Abbr Organization Name
BUAP school Benemérita Universidad Autonóma de Puebla
ESPM school Escuela de Salud Pública de México

New Zealand

Abbr Organization Name
AUT University school Auckland University of Technology

North Macedonia

Abbr Organization Name
MJ other Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Macedonia

Pakistan

Abbr Organization Name
IIUI school International Islamic University, Islamabad

Portugal

Abbr Organization Name
school Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto

Romania

Abbr Organization Name
school Facultatea de Litere - Universitatea din Oradea
RMC gov't Romanian Ministry of Culture - Central Commission for Granting Translator Certificates
RMJ gov't Romanian Ministry of Justice

Russian Federation

Abbr Organization Name
Bryansk State University school Bryansk State University named after Academician Ivan Georgiyevich Petrovsky
IKBFU school Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
MSU school Lomonosov Moscow State University

Saudi Arabia

Abbr Organization Name
TAI assoc The Institute of Translation and Arabization (TAI)

Spain

Abbr Organization Name
MAEC gov't Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación
MCU other Ministry of Culture

Sweden

Abbr Organization Name
Kammarkollegiet gov't Kammarkollegiet ( Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency)
LiU school Linköpings universitet (Linkoping University)

Syria

Abbr Organization Name
SAR - MOJ gov't The Ministry of Justice

Türkiye

Abbr Organization Name
T.U. school Trakya University

United Arab Emirates

Abbr Organization Name
UAE - MOJ gov't The Ministry of Justice

United Kingdom

Abbr Organization Name
UU school University of Ulster

United States

Abbr Organization Name
John Jay College school City University of New York John Jay College Of Criminal Justice
NLSC gov't National Language Service Corps
NYCOURTS other New York State Unified Court System
PSU school Portland State University
SFSU school San Francisco State University
Tennessee State Courts other Tennessee Supreme Court - State Courts
UNT school Univeristy of North Texas
US DOD gov't US Department of Defense
US DOJ gov't US Justice Department
US State Department gov't US State Department
Washington DSHS other WA - Department of Social and Health Services

Venezuela

Abbr Organization Name
MPPRIJ other Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores y Justicia

Vietnam

Abbr Organization Name
HANU school Hanoi University
ULIS - VNU school University of Languages and International Studies

Yemen

Abbr Organization Name
school Sana'a University

Country Not Entered

Abbr Organization Name
CUHK, Department of Tran school The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Translation

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