New England Translators Association
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New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 Translators Association
(NETA) is a professional organization of translators and interpreters with approximately 200 members.

Membership is open to anyone who is a practicing translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...

, interpreter
Interpreting
Language interpretation is the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between users of different languages...

, translation editor, or teacher. However, NETA does not have agency memberships; members must derive at least 20% of their "translation-related" income from their own translation, interpreting, editing, or teaching work.

NETA is an independent, non-profit organization unaffiliated with the American Translators Association
American Translators Association
The American Translators Association was founded in 1959 and is now the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the United States with more than 10,000 members in 90 countries....

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