Linguist Register

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Our registration form is attached to a sophisticated computer search programme designed to achieve this, so please give your entries careful thought. We do not require a full personal history and sending us a C.V. will not get you onto the database! Data needs to be entered by you to ensure 100% accuracy.

The process is a simple step by step one: before you start, it helps to have your CV to hand with the dates for education and professional qualifications, past employment activities, professional memberships etc.

We also suggest that you print off the first page of the registration form and consider: which activity sectors you have a background knowledge of (Maximum 5 entries) which business categories you understand in detail (Maximum 20 entries) Generally speaking, we will only accept your registration and offer you work for services and in subjects for which you have qualifications or experience.

The following table describes each ENTRY BOX / BUTTON per page of the Wizard, and shows what is required from the registrant.

PERSONAL DETAILS PAGE
ENTRY BOX / BUTTON	ACTION TO COMPLETE
Title	Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Prof/Dr as per your country's form and style.
Given Name	First / Christian name as you wish to be addressed or only the initial if you prefer to be addressed by your title and family name.
Family Name	Your legal last name as you use it in an address format.
E-Mail	Please be very careful to get this 100% right! If you change this address in the future we strongly recommend you to put forwarding link in place and certainly advise us of the change when you do so. You can do this by logging on to Linguist Register site with your username and password and clicking My Details. Then, update your e-mail address using the Registration Wizard. Remember to check your e-mail regularly! Most people check their e-mail about three times a day, every day of the workweek and also do so at weekends.
Telephone, fax and mobile numbers	We ask for day, evening and weekend numbers as we receive work at all hours of the day and night, right through the seven-day week cycle. Please enter the number as from the UK if you live elsewhere e.g. Germany would be (0049) as country code plus the number. We will not contact you by phone before 8am nor after 10pm (22:00) local time but we may e-mail or fax you at any time if urgency requires. If you do not wish to give your mobile or the week end number then type "no" in the relevant box(es). If you do not have a fax then type "none" in the box. Remember: the more accessible you are, especially by e-mail, the greater the likelihood of assignments coming to you.
Address	Several lines are left blank as address information by line sequence does change from country to country. Please enter the lines as they would appear on an envelope addressed to you.
Postal Code	This is clearly important and should be entered in the form which electronic sorting expects in your country.
Country	Select from the list box.
Activity Sector and Business Category	Look at both the activity sector and the business category before completion of either list. The activity sector is generic-thus if you have been a farmer, food processor or retailer, hotelier or restaurant owner then the label "food" would generally cover all these and should be ticked. This is the "value chain". Enter activity sectors of which you have a general working knowledge. The business category then selects where you are in the value chain per the above. Select categories for which you have detailed experience or expertise. The search programme first looks at the activity sector and then the business category so consistency helps. Do not tick more than five of the activities and no more than twenty of the business categories (you must tick at least one of each). We will not accept entries over these levels.
How did you hear about us?	Select one from the list
NEXT > (button)	Click this to complete the next page: PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS PAGE
ENTRY BOX / BUTTON	ACTION TO COMPLETE
Professional Memberships (you can enter up to five)	The full name of any body of which you are a member and which has relevance to the language service sector, or the business activity and category areas entered above. For each entry the year you joined is required as is the end year: if you are still a member then in the end year box, select "current year".
NEXT > (button)	Click this to complete the next page: ENTER LANGUAGE

ENTER LANGUAGE PAGE(S)
ENTRY BOX / BUTTON	ACTION TO COMPLETE
Language	Select from the list. Tick Native if this is your first LANGUAGE PAGE.
Professional Experience	Follow the screen instructions generally: complete up to five "experience" boxes to cover academic and teaching posts (not classes or courses attended), business positions, free lance language services provided etc as evidence of your professional experience in this language.
Professional Qualifications	Enter details of courses taken or qualifications achieved, which are relevant to your academic track record, language services or knowledge of business activity and category areas entered above.
	NOTE:In 'professional qualifications' and 'professional experience' also include courses and work experience where this language was the main medium of communication. In 'professional experience' you can use previous employment details or examples of projects you have worked on. Entries for non-native languages will not be accepted without at least one entry in either 'professional qualifications' or 'professional experience'.
Services You Offer in this Language	Tick services for which you have experience. High-level services such as translation will always be offered from a foreign (or other native) into a native language; hence we do not ask for 'from' or 'to'.
NEXT > (button)	If you have completed only one language page so far, click this to complete another ENTER LANGUAGE page (you must complete at least 2, and no more than 7 languages). Otherwise, click this if you have completed entering langauages to move to the SUMMARY PAGE and review your details.
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (button)	Click this if you can offer language services in more than 2 languages.

SUMMARY PAGE
ENTRY BOX / BUTTON	ACTION TO COMPLETE
Summary Page	This page allows you to review your entries for mistakes. If there is anything to change, click on the link for the page to be changed e.g. CHANGE PERSONAL DETAILS. Then, make your changes and click the GO TO SUMMARY PAGE button to return.
Registration Agreement	Click the "I agree" box. These are an outline only. Full details of how we work with linguists are available on the secure part of this web site once your registration has been accepted.
FINISH	You MUST click here to complete your registration and submit it to the Linguist Register.

When accepted, you will be given a USERNAME (based on your family name and initial) and PASSWORD. Please keep a careful note of these and do not allow others access to them under any circumstances.

At any time in the future, you will be able to go back to the Linguist Register and make changes to your registration, as appropriate. On your first such visit, you will be able to change the password to one of your own choice. You must enter the Registered Linguists' area of the site to do so, by clicking Registered Linguists Logon