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



