Becoming a member

Our members are listed free of charge in our well-known and highly regarded “Green List” directory. This and our online database is where prospective clients can quickly find a language professional suitable to match their needs.

How do I count lines? How do I make out an invoice? Our members are not left to their own devices; on the contrary, for questions relating to their profession, they are given support by the members of the Executive Committee and by various specialist advisors.

Every second month, in the odd-numbered months, a colleagues get-together takes place.

Also active in the association are various working groups on particular topics. Currently these are as follows:

Regular newcomers’ gathering
French working group
Italian working group
Russian working group
Spanish working group
English working group

ADÜ Nord members can avail themselves of the following advisory services:

Legal advice: Regarding legal matters, ADÜ Nord members can make use of a lawyer’s telephone-based legal information service free of charge – available twice a month.

Tax advice: We offer advice for all tax-related matters. For one hour each working day, tax-related questions are answered that directly relate to your work as a language professional.

CAT advice: All questions about translation memory systems, terminology management, etc., can be referred to our email-based CAT advice service.

Those only just starting out as self-employed translators or interpreters can enlist help from the association’s “old hands” in terms of know-how. There are also regular get-togethers for newcomers to our professions: these help new members to exchange their experiences, views and ideas.
Furthermore, membership is free of charge for students!

The group insurance contract, in force for many years now between ADÜ Nord and Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV), offers our members and their families the possibility of a tailor-made health insurance policy, subject to a satisfactory check of financial status. This can be in the form of a basic health insurance or as additional insurance for certain specific areas of medical care.

For our members, the main advantages of the group insurance contract are:

Premiums offering an advantage of up to 5%,

Waiver by the DKV of its right to decline to offer insurance cover

Insurance cover with immediate effect (no waiting times)

Possibility of partial reimbursement of contribution in the event of non-use of the services made available

Family members can be insured on the same conditions as the language professional herself/himself; the same applies to an extended circle of insurable individuals (co-habiting partner, stepchildren, adopted children and foster children).

When the subject is that of securing one’s needs, people’s wishes are very individual; members are therefore recommended to make contact with the insurance company directly. The ADÜ Nord Treasurer will be happy to set up this contact with the insurance company’s relevant regional adviser.