National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)

NAATI is the only body in the country, which issues accreditation for professionals who wish to practice their careers in Australia. The corporation has been appointed by Minister of Immigration and Citizenship to act as the assessing authority under Migration Regulation 1994 for the occupations of Translator and Interpreter. Its’ services are all available throughout the nation and in New Zealand.

An accreditation award could be obtained through one of the three ways mentioned below:

·         Providing the obtained qualifications in translation and interpretation from an overseas institution;

·         Providing documents and evidences of membership from an authorised international translating and/ interpreting association; or

·           Providing evidence of high status and credit in the  professions of translating or interpreting.

Henceforth NAATI awards accreditation at the:

·         Professional Translator, Conference Interpreter and Advanced Translator levels based on international qualifications;

·         Professional Translator (Senior), Conference Interpreter (Senior) and Advanced Translator (Senior) based on the applicant’s membership at international translating or interpreting associations;

·         Professional Translator (Senior), Conference Interpreter (Senior) and Advanced Translator (Senior) based on evidences of high status; and credit in the professions of translating and interpreting.

NAATI roles and responsibilities:

·         Maintaining and developing standards of translation and interpretation of the country;

·         Applying and supervising a national quality-assurance system for practitioner;

·         Providing courses for those who are interested;

·         Hosting workshops for candidates to help them successfully acquire NATTI accreditation;

·         Revalidating the requirements of candidates who have not met the requirements for accreditation;

·         Grading and measuring the tests of translation and interpretation; and

·         The authority conducts examination of different languages as such: Arabic, Malay, Russian, Polish and so forth.

The list of occupations assessed by NAATI can be found below:

Skill Assessment Procedure for migration:

Overseas professionals that choose to pursue their career in Australia and migrate are needed to have their qualification and skills assessed with Australian standards. Applicants must meet the requirements and provide the required documents. 

·         Migration officers to determine the suitability of the applicant for migration under the General Skilled Migration Categories;

·         Registration as a Translators and Interpreters with NAATI; and

·         Eligibility for relevant jobs.

For further information as to fees and assessments please contact us. 

Here is the list of links that may be useful:

Immigration

·          www.naati.com.au

·          www.immi.gov.au

·         www.immi.gov.au/asri