Welcome to the Organization Created By Translators and Interpreters For Translators and Interpreters
The Translators and Interpreters Guild (TTIG) is an organization of independent professional language translators and interpreters formed to serve the needs of this vital and growing industry. The efforts of Guild members create the understanding necessary for today’s increasingly interdependent world. The Guild’s aims are to establish and maintain the highest linguistic standards, to serve as a forum for increased communication between translators and interpreters and their employers and clients, and to foster lasting, productive and mutually rewarding individual relationships for Guild members and their customers.
The Guild emerged in 1991 from the collective efforts of independent translators and interpreters who felt that the compensation and respect we receive are not commensurate with the effort we exert and with the talent and knowledge we bring to our work. Translators and interpreters join the Guild because they want to have more direct control over the conditions of their working lives. The Guild’s mission is to help raise the standard of living for translators and interpreters by focusing on bread and butter issues: assistance in finding work, lobbying for favorable legislation, helping beginners get into the field, and improving pay, benefits and working conditions.