NCATA's Mission

  • Promote the translation and interpreting professions in the greater Washington, DC area
  • Advance standards of professional ethics, business practices, and competence
  • Foster professional contacts among translators, interpreters, and translation consumers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
  • Provide career support to translators and interpreters through professional development and mutual assistance
  • Advance the interests and concerns of professional translators and interpreters
  • Assist with accreditation of professional status
  • Maintain contact with related professional organizations, educational institutions, government agencies, private industry, and the media