Information on NAATI certificate
Thread poster: Manjeet
Manjeet
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Nov 18, 2019

Hi
Can anyone provide some information about the NAATI certification of Australia. I would like to know how helpful is this certificate? How is the language assessment done? Can we use machine translation in the test? Do I need to have any specialization? What is the pattern of the test and are mock tests available online?

Your advise will be of great help to me.
Thanks,


 
Dylan J Hartmann
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Look online www.naati.com.au Nov 18, 2019

Almost all the information you’re asking about is on the NAATI website.


Start by looking here: https://www.naati.com.au/certification/the-certification-system/

My experiences since becoming certified 2x years ago:

Instant acceptance and verification of credentials > acknowledgement of translation capability > access to high v
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Almost all the information you’re asking about is on the NAATI website.


Start by looking here: https://www.naati.com.au/certification/the-certification-system/

My experiences since becoming certified 2x years ago:

Instant acceptance and verification of credentials > acknowledgement of translation capability > access to high value jobs requiring certified & skilled translators > doubled earning capacity compared to pre-certification.
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Vanda Nissen
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It depends Nov 19, 2019

Manjeet, it really depends - customers outside Australia do not care about this certificate, however if you want to get some translation jobs from Australia (mostly, public sector), then it might be a good idea to get it.

Jorge Payan
 
Dylan J Hartmann
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Certification requirements Nov 19, 2019

Vanda Nissen wrote:

Customers outside Australia do not care about this certificate


I’ve found that many of the major agencies look out for certified translators as a quality standard. NAATI is the only body that provides certification for my language pair, and this has given me a huge international advantage.


 
Manjeet
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Is Specialization required Nov 20, 2019

The information provided by you was of some help.
Do you need to have a specialized field to get assessed by NAATI? I usually do general translation. How helpful are the Diploma courses for translation available in Australia? Do they prepare for the NAATI test?


 
Dylan J Hartmann
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Specialisation not required Nov 20, 2019

You don’t need to be specialised to get certified.

I can’t answer regarding the diploma courses because I became accredited (certified) prior to these being a requirement.

I think requiring courses to be completed for certification was an effort to try reduce the 90% failure rate.


 
Jiaying Ma
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no need to have a specialized field Nov 21, 2019

Manjeet Hundal wrote:

The information provided by you was of some help.
Do you need to have a specialized field to get assessed by NAATI? I usually do general translation. How helpful are the Diploma courses for translation available in Australia? Do they prepare for the NAATI test?



No need to have a specialized field. The test is also general translation.
I've never studied any Diploma courses, I just took the test directly, but the requirement for sitting the NAATI test might have changed. You should read the NAATI official website thoroughly.


 
Manjeet
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Thanks for the information Nov 24, 2019

I'm glad that I could collect so much of information through this forum!
Thanks for your time and information.


 


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