{"id":1435,"date":"2021-05-25T12:49:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T16:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.acjt.ca\/?page_id=1435"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:04:05","slug":"becoming-a-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/becoming-a-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1553189687736{padding-right: 32px !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;padding-left: 32px !important;background-color: #e8e8e8 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: -8px;\">Forms<\/h2>\n<p>Apply for a new membership or renew an existing membership using the following online form:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;]<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"\/en\/becoming-a-member\/membership-form\/\" target=\"_self\" data-hover-background-color='#446287' data-hover-border-color='#446287' data-hover-color='#ffffff' class=\"qbutton  small default\" style=\"\">Application form<\/a>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;]<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/becoming-a-member\/membership-form-new-student-members\/\" target=\"_self\" data-hover-background-color='#446287' data-hover-border-color='#446287' data-hover-color='#ffffff' class=\"qbutton  small default\" style=\"\">Application form - Students<\/a>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;]<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"\/en\/becoming-a-member\/membership-renewal-form\/\" target=\"_self\" data-hover-background-color='#446287' data-hover-border-color='#446287' data-hover-color='#ffffff' class=\"qbutton  small default\" style=\"\">Membership renewal form<\/a>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;]<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/becoming-a-member\/membership-renewal-form-students\/\" target=\"_self\" data-hover-background-color='#446287' data-hover-border-color='#446287' data-hover-color='#ffffff' class=\"qbutton  small default\" style=\"\">Membership renewal form - Students<\/a>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>MAKE A PAYMENT<\/h2>\n<p>Make a payment via Paypal without filling out a form<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;]<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/becoming-a-member\/payment\/\" target=\"_self\" data-hover-background-color='#446287' data-hover-border-color='#446287' data-hover-color='#ffffff' class=\"qbutton  small default\" style=\"\">Make a payment<\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1553189845549{padding-left: 24px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Why become a member?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>To be part of a network of qualified experts with recognized skills<\/li>\n<li>To learn more about current issues in the legal translation field and contribute to group reflection<\/li>\n<li>To attend targeted and relevant training workshops, at no additional cost<\/li>\n<li>To contribute to the development of legal terminology and share the results of research in this area<\/li>\n<li>To participate in the networking activities organized each year by the Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Member categories<\/h2>\n<p>To become a member of ACJT-CALT, you must meet the criteria of one of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Jurist-translator<\/strong>: holds an undergraduate degree in law and works in legal translation;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal translator<\/strong>: (i) holds an undergraduate degree in translation and works in legal translation; or (ii) holds an undergraduate degree in another field and has acquired two years of full-time experience in legal translation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student member<\/strong>: (i) is registered in a university-level translation program in Canada; (ii) is registered in a university-level law program in Canada; or (iii) has graduated within the last two years from a university-level translation or law program in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Student members may participate in the activities of the CALT, provided they pay the fees set by the Board of Directors for this member category for a given activity. They do not have the right to vote and are not eligible to be directors. Student members are not included in the Corporation\u2019s Directory of Member<\/p>\n<p>All applications are subject to the Board of Directors\u2019 approval.<\/p>\n<h2>Membership dues and payment methods<\/h2>\n<p>Membership dues are $100 per calendar year for jurist-translators and legal translators, and $25 per calendar year for student members. These dues can be paid in two ways:<\/p>\n<p>a) <strong>Payment by PayPal:<\/strong> click the \u201cSend\u201d button at the bottom of the form below and follow the instructions;<\/p>\n<p>b) <strong>Payment by cheque:<\/strong> Please make the cheque payable to the Canadian Association of Legal Translators (CALT), and send it to<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian Association of Legal Translators (CALT)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>c\/o Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interpr\u00e8tes du Qu\u00e9bec (OTTIAQ)<\/strong><br \/>\n2021 Union Avenue, Suite 1108<br \/>\nMontreal, Quebec<br \/>\nH3A 2S9<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>New applicants are asked to wait until they receive approval by the Board by email before paying their membership dues.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1553189687736{padding-right: 32px !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;padding-left: 32px !important;background-color: #e8e8e8 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text] Forms Apply for a new membership or renew an existing membership using the following online form:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_column_text] MAKE A PAYMENT Make a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1435"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2249,"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1435\/revisions\/2249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acjt.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}