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Most interpreters around the world are members of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) which represents them internationally and defends their interests. Currently, the Association has some 2500 members based in more than 80 countries. The AIIC Yearbook, which is published annually, contains their names, addresses and language combinations, and is used by most of the major employers of interpreters as a recruiting guide. This brochure being an AIIC publication, you will not be surprised to find it encouraging interpreters to apply for membership of the Association as they start out on their interpreting careers. The first step is to obtain an application form from the Secretariat in Geneva and for would-be members to ask AIIC interpreters with whom they worked at their first two or three conferences, to sign the form, stating that the candidate is working as a conference interpreter. This does not in any way commit the signatories as to the quality of the candidate's work, but it does mean that the candidate undertakes to respect the Code of Professional Ethics and Professional Standards. In return it enables her/his name and language combination to be published on a list of candidate-members. The list is circulated to all members and enables the candidate to become known. By the time the candidate has completed 200 days of work in compliance with the conditions set out in the Code of Professional Ethics and Professional Standards, s/he will doubtless have worked with a large number of AIIC members and can ask five of them for their sponsorship to full membership. They will need to be members of at least five years' standing and have the right language combination. In agreeing to act as sponsor, the member is guaranteeing that to the best of her/his knowledge, the candidate has the necessary professional experience and respects the rules of the Association. AIIC's rules for sponsorship of language combinations are quite complicated but are set out clearly in the application form that the Secretariat sends upon request. Once the application forms are complete, the CACL (Committee on Admissions and Language Combinations) will publish the candidate's name on a list which appears in the AIIC Bulletin. If the application is not challenged within 120 days of publication, the candidate automatically becomes a full member. The AIIC Training Committee hopes that these few pages will be useful to people interested in a career in interpretation. We would encourage you to get in touch with the Association’s Secretariat if further information is needed.
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