{"id":70,"date":"2011-06-15T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2023-01-22T02:45:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T01:45:46","slug":"devenir-membre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/devenir-membre\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a member of the association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In accordance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/statuts\/\">articles of association<\/a>, there are two categories of membership: active members and associate members.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Active members<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Active membership of the Association is open to any natural personal who:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 is working either full-time or part-time as a translator and\/or interpreter for an enterprise or organisation<br \/>\n<\/em><em>OR<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u2013 is working legally either full-time or part-time as a freelance translator and\/or interpreter<br \/>\nAND<br \/>\n\u2013 holds a translation and\/or interpreting degree requiring at least four years\u2019 university study. In the absence of a translation and\/or interpreting degree, the person must hold a degree in a different discipline requiring at least four years\u2019 university study AND demonstrate professional experience as a translator and\/or interpreter equivalent to at least five years\u2019 full-time work immediately prior to applying. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the case of languages other than those featuring as the main languages of a translation and\/or interpreting degree, an official certificate is required of attainment of at least the level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Active members must also have a link to Luxembourg, such as:<br \/>\n\u2013 be employed in Luxembourg as a translator and\/or interpreter;<br \/>\n\u2013 be working legally as a self-employed translator and\/or interpreter in Luxembourg;<br \/>\n\u2013 be a sworn translator\/interpreter at the Luxembourg Supreme Court of Justice;<br \/>\n\u2013 hold Luxembourgish nationality.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Associate members<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Associate membership of the Association is open to:<br \/>\n\u2013 students enrolled on a translation and\/or interpreting course who are officially resident in the Grand Duchy and have not yet completed their studies;<br \/>\n\u2013 translators\/interpreters living in Luxembourg who no longer actively work in this capacity;<br \/>\n\u2013 active translators\/interpreters living outside Luxembourg and having no link with the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nAssociate members may participate in all Association activities but are not listed in the members register and are not entitled to vote. They cannot be members of the Management Board and they pay an annual subscription half that of active members.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Any natural person wishing to join the Association shall apply in writing to the Management Board, which shall examine the application. Its decision is not subject to appeal to any other body and the Board is not obliged to give any grounds for refusal of an application.<br \/>\nOn becoming a member, the applicant is bound to respect in full the articles of association and the code of ethics. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you meet the criteria set out above in respect of one or more categories and it is important to you to defend the interests of translators and interpreters working in Luxembourg, we invite you to attend our next meeting (the dates are announced on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/actualites\/\">upcoming events webpage<\/a> of the Association) and to submit your completed application form, together with the required documentation, to the Association Secretary on this occasion. The Management Board assesses applications at least once every quarter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/fiche-de-candidature-fr.pdf\">Download the application to become an <strong>ACTIVE<\/strong> member of the association<\/a> (currently available in French only)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/fiche-de-candidature-membre-associe-fr.pdf\">Download the application to become an <strong>ASSOCIATE<\/strong> member of the association<\/a> (currently available in French only)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In accordance with the articles of association, there are two categories of membership: active members and associate members. Active members Active membership of the Association is open to any natural personal who: \u2013 is working either full-time or part-time as a translator and\/or interpreter for an enterprise or organisation OR \u2013 is working legally either &#8230; <a title=\"Becoming a member of the association\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/devenir-membre\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Becoming a member of the association\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traducteurs-interpretes.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}