ATIA Mentorship Program - Call for Certified Member Mentors
Experience the power of knowledge sharing by becoming an ATIA mentor!
If you are a certified ATIA member, you have the opportunity to benefit from developing a reciprocal mentorship relationship with an associate ATIA member.
As ATIA is piloting this project, we are currently in the first phase: mentor recruitment. If you are interested in the possibilities below, email our Development Coordinator, Nakita Valerio, at development@atia.ab.ca today to be listed in our online directory as a willing mentor. Associate members can then search mentors in their language combinations.
Both members will agree to the ATIA Letter of Agreement/Understanding and your relationship will be underway!
- Mentors assess mentee translations and provide feedback
- Mentees gain insight into the practicalities of translation
- Mentees may ask mentors to proofread client work
- Mentors may assign certain texts for translation, may ask for glossaries or research to be conducted, and can provide first-draft translations for students to learn from
- There is the possibility for a mentorship relationship to count towards ATIA Professional Development Policy requirements (To be announced) in the near future