Professional Members of the ITIA with experience in legal translation may be interested in becoming an ITIA Certified Legal Translator
Entry requirements
Only ITIA members who are already in the Professional category (PMs) may apply to take the examination to become an ITIA Certified Legal Translator. Professional Members may apply to become an ITIA Certified Legal Translator for the language combination(s) for which they hold professional membership
The ITIA Certified Legal Translator Examination
Candidates are required to translate two texts for each language combination, a short text and a long text. The short text could be, for example, a birth or marriage certificate, while the long text could be an extract from a longer document such as a contract.
Candidates must achieve a PASS in both examination papers in order to qualify for ITIA Certified Legal Translator status.
Application process
The next Certified Legal Translator examination will take place in November 2023 (date TBD).
The closing date for receipt of applications by email will be October 2023 (date TBD).
This year’s certification webinar (compulsory for exam candidates) will take place in October (date TBD).
The following application procedure documents are for general information only. The documents for 2023 will be available from September 2023: