Dear (oh, dear) Brian (Clarke), Before you continue with your totally uninformed and spurious rant about the supposed futility of certification / accreditation (these are about quality, not costs) and how upset you were with the cost of getting your sink or toilet fixed when you could have totally messed up the job yourself for less, you might like to see the <http://www.naati.com.au/>, where Naati states: What is NAATI Accreditation? NAATI accreditation is the only qualification officially accepted for the profession of translation and interpreting in Australia. All government Translation and Interpreting (T & I) services require translators and interpreters to be NAATI accredited whenever possible. NAATI accreditation has been instrumental in providing quality assurance to recipients of T & I services and to giving credibility to agencies that employ accredited practitioners. To borrow heavily Mel Brooks from The Producers (movie) "Springtime For Hitler" song "Come on Brian, be a smarty. Get a translator accredited by Naati." Michael Granat -- Write Ideas* Plain English Technical Communication. Advertising Copywriting. Business Writing. E-mail: writeideas@xxxxxxxx Web Site: <http://home.pacific.net.au/~megranat/> *Trading As business #0828673K Registered (1987) Corporate Affairs Victoria, Australia. WITHOUT PREJUDICE E & OE ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************