Member benefits

Join us today!

AUSIT is the national association for translators and interpreters

AUSIT seeks to set professional standards, improve public recognition and promote a higher standard of competence across the translation and interpreting profession.

For translation and interpreting practitioners, belonging to a professional association is invaluable. Join AUSIT and have a voice in discussing translation and interpreting in Australia and be supported in making the most of industry opportunities.

Studying translation and/or interpreting? Read about the benefits of AUSIT student membership here.

Just Some of the Reasons to Join:

Professional development & keeping up to date – Enjoy preferential member rates for entry to AUSIT workshops, seminars and online webinars, the annual AUSIT National Conference and biennial AUSIT Excellence Awards, and other local and national events. Find out more here.
Representation – AUSIT is frequently invited to participate in government and other forums dealing with matters relating to the translating and interpreting profession.
Quality assurance – By joining AUSIT, members commit themselves to conforming to AUSIT’s Code of Ethics, which is one of the reasons why AUSIT members are held in high regard by the clients they serve.
Immediate PD points – You can claim 10 PD points each year for NAATI recertification, just by joining AUSIT or renewing your AUSIT membership.
Networking – Participate in AUSIT’s regular networking sessions, workshops and seminars, where you can benefit from presentations on a range of relevant topics and meet with your fellow practitioners.
Language-specific networking – AUSIT’s Language Divisions offer the invaluable opportunity to network with practitioners who have the same working language(s) as you.
Directory of members – The AUSIT website includes a directory of fully qualified members for public viewing by potential clients.
Free access to AUSIT’s own members-only discussion forums on our online hub, AUSIT Engage – Connect with colleagues in language-specific and topic-related groups.
‘Member’ rates for NZSTI’s PD and events (reciprocal arrangement; NZSTI is the New Zealand Society of Translators & Interpreters) – see our ‘how to’ guide in the members-only area of our website – go to ‘Member-only Resources.’
Links to free resources – To save you time and money, we’ve also put together an extensive list of free online learning materials.*
Receive a 30% discount on professional indemnity, public and products liability insurance, covering the specific needs of interpreters and translators, with Fenton Green.*
Receive a 25% discount on Wordfast products. Wordfast LLC – a leading provider of CAT tools – offers AUSIT members a 25% discount on Wordfast Pro, Wordfast Classic and Wordfast Studio (a bundle of Wordfast Pro and Classic) and Wordfast Server.*
Receive a 25% discount on Juremy.com’s freelance plans. Juremy.com is an online terminology search tool designed for concordance search in the published EU corpus (EUR-Lex) and the IATE termbase, and to find terminology/text references in EU legislation, judgments and preparatory documents, across all 24 official EU languages.*

Ready to join? You can find out about membership categories and fees, and fill in an application form, here.

* AUSIT members can log in to find these resources and benefit offers here.

[image: Shutterstock.com/LightField Studios]

What members say:

“Being an AUSIT member ensures I stay abreast of the latest industry & technology developments and encourages and helps me to learn how to be competitive as a translator. The listing in the AUSIT online directory, reduced rates for CAT technology and insurance, the PD program including seminars & conferences, the AUSIT e-Forums and AUSIT social events where you can pick the brains of colleagues are all essential to surviving as a translator in Australia.”

Tea C. DietterichAUSIT Senior Practitioner

Discounted Professional Indemnity Insurance with Fenton Green

Insurance and risk management are important issues for any profession. Loss which can occur as a result of a mistake can be crippling to you, both in terms of your reputation and your financial viability. AUSIT has partnered with insurance brokers, Fenton Green, to ensure that the insurance and risk management needs of AUSIT members are comprehensively met.

Fenton Green has arranged a combined professional indemnity, public and products liability insurance policy to cover the specific needs of Interpreters and Translators at a 30% discount on usual prices. They can also assist with a range of insurance products for professionals, to mitigate loss.

For more information visit the Fenton Green website, www.fentongreen.com.au/interpreters-and-translators.php, or call them on 1800 642 747. To obtain a quotation for professional indemnity insurance click here.

Member benefits

Join us today!

AUSIT is the national association for translators and interpreters

Just Some of the Reasons to Join:

What members say:

Discounted Professional Indemnity Insurance with Fenton Green

Submission form

Details of interpreter and court interpreting assignment

Your interpreting assignment experience

Thank you for taking the time to report your experience. It will assist us in advocating for interpreters to be treated as the skilled and experienced professionals that we are. Your feedback is welcome.

Share This