List of UK interpreting and translation associations

There are numerous associations within the United Kingdom aiming in various ways to assist local translators, interpreters and/or translation/interpreting companies/agencies, as shown below (in approximate order of age).

Charity founded 1910; around 6000 members. Name changed from IoL to CIOL in 2005.

Former part of the IoL; broke away to form the ITI (see below).

Trade union founded in 1958, as part of the Society of Authors. For literary translators.

Founded 1974. See http://www.apciinterpreters.org.uk/

Founded in 1976; around 180 member companies.

Founded in 1976; around 140 members, of whom 75% are translators.

Non-profit organization founded in 1986; over 3000 members.

An independent regulator for interpreters working with public services, founded in 1994 and administered by the CIOL until 2011. Around 2000 registrants. See also SPSI (below).

Founded in 2001. Part of Unite, the largest trade union in the UK; around 100 members. See http://www.unitetheunion.org/nupit

Formed in 2009 to represent Metropolitan Police interpreters. Its purpose is to make representations on behalf of its members, to advocate for their rights and interests, and to liaise and negotiate with work providers and official bodies. See http://www.somiukltd.com/

Founded in 2009 (incorporated in 2010) primarily due to concern about the effect of arrangements between Applied Language Solutions and certain police forces regarding the hiring of interpreters. Around 300 members. See http://profintal.org/ (previously profintal.org.uk and rpsi.name), and see also PI4J below.

Formed in April 2011 as successor to some of the functions of the NRPSI. Website dead since 2013 (archive copy)

Umbrella group formed in 2012 by 10 interpreters’ organizations to campaign against the new Ministry of Justice framework agreement for public service interpreting. See NUPIT page and https://twitter.com/united4justice

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