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Please DO NOT send documents to the S.T.I.B.C. office for translating.

[Data processed on: May 5, 2008. Next update expected: May 26, 2008]

Do translators and interpreters perform identical functions? (no)

Please select language of interest:
Albanian Arabic Bulgarian Burmese
Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin) Czech Dutch Farsi (Persian)
Finnish French German Greek
Gujarati Hebrew Hindi Hungarian
Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean
Lithuanian Macedonian Pilipino/Tagalog Polish
Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian
Slovak Spanish Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian Swedish
Tamil Thai Turkish Ukrainian
Urdu Vietnamese    

Language combinations not including English: some certified members whose certification is not to or from English are listed in the page that covers the non-official language, perhaps the opposite of what you were expecting. Click here: Bulgarian to French , Chinese to French , Farsi to French , French to Chinese , French to German , French to Italian , French to Polish , French to Spanish , German to French , Spanish to French .

Other Options:

If you need services in other language combinations, please contact stibc1@stibc.org. The S.T.I.B.C. office has contacts with other Canadian and foreign professional associations. We are not a translation agency. Please DO NOT send documents to the S.T.I.B.C. office for translating.

Do translators and interpreters perform identical functions?
(No)

Translators work with written documents

  • Hiring a translator: Translation involves rendering a written text from one language into another language, conveying the message as faithfully as possible. Translators who are Certified Members of the S.T.I.B.C. have demonstrated their competence in one or more specific language combinations. 
  • Fees for translation are not set by the S.T.I.B.C. They are negotiated by the individual translator and his or her client. 
  • Translators qualify for certification by passing a written examination in their languages of proficiency administered and adjudicated on a national basis by CTTIC (the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council). 
  • Certified Translators are listed by the language combination(s) in which they have attained certification. 

Interpreters work with the spoken language

  • Hiring an interpreter: Interpreting involves orally restating as accurately as possible a message expressed by a speaker using another language. 
  • Fees for court interpreting are set by the Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia. If an interpreter works for a private client, the fee is negotiated. Conference interpreters also negotiate fees with their clients. 
  • Court Interpreters are certified on the basis of written and practical examinations administered by CTTIC. 
  • Conference Interpreters are certified on the basis of a practical examination administered by CTTIC. 
  • Certified Conference Interpreters and Certified Court Interpreters are listed by language. 


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