ATA 為專業譯員提供資格認證考試，旨在確定候選譯員是否有能力在翻譯要求界定的框架內提供專業可用的譯文，其考試結果在行業具有較強的公信力。對于很多尋找專業翻譯服務的公司和組織而言，通過 ATA 認證是對翻譯質量的一種額外保證。
對譯文的評價一般基于以下四個維度：
維度一：
Does the translation demonstrate compliance with the specifications of the Translation Instructions?Yes, if:
The translation is usable and intelligible in the speci?ed context.
Register, style, and wording match comparable documents written in the target language.
中文參考：
譯文應完全遵守題干中列出的翻譯需求：譯文適用于指定的語境，易于理解
譯文的語域、風格、用辭等與使用目標語言書寫的同類文檔相符
維度二：
Does the translation demonstrate understanding of the overall content, purpose, and argument of the examination passage?
Yes, if:
Attention to and understanding of the topic are used to help solve challenges and arrive at a correct rendering.
Attention to and understanding of the topic help the candidate use dictionaries competently.
Everything integral to the source text is included in the target text and nothing that is not implicitly or explicitly stated by the author is added.
Accurate analysis of the source text ensures that the target text re? ects the view, argument, or presented information on all levels (text, sentence, and word)
中文參考：
譯者應透徹理解原文的整體內容、主旨，以及論證：關注文章主題，并利用對主題的理解來解決翻譯中的難點部分，得到正確得體的譯文
關注文章主題，并能夠利用對主題的理解來有效地查閱字典
原文中不可或缺的內容應全部在譯文中得到體現，不得擅自增加原文中不曾明示或暗示的內容
精確分析原文，確保譯文在行文、造句、用辭等所有層面表達出原文的論點、論證，及其提供的信息。
維度三：
Does the translation demonstrate competent familiarity with translation strategies of various kinds?
Yes, if:
View, argument, and information are presented appropriately for the target culture.
Syntax is appropriate to the target language; the target text does not necessarily imitate the sentence structure of the source text.
Idioms in the source text are rendered so as to convey a comparable meaning the target text.
Wording is as unambiguous as possible.
中文參考：
譯者應熟練掌握各類翻譯技巧，并在譯文中得到體現：譯文的論點、論據及論證應符合目標語言的文化背景
譯文應符合目標語言的標準句法，不得盲目模仿原文的句子結構
原文中的成語應對照翻譯為目標語言中意義相近的成語
措辭應盡量清晰明確，避免歧義
維度四：
Does the translation demonstrate good writing in the target language?Yes, if:
The target text ? ows smoothly and does not contain awkward expressions that mark it distinctly as a translation.
There are few or no mechanical errors (relating to grammar, usage, spelling, or punctuation).
中文參考：
譯者應表現出使用目標語言寫作的良好水平：譯文語言流暢，不應存在生硬的表達方式、使人一望而知本文系翻譯而來
譯文應盡量排除機械性錯誤（與語法、習俗、拼寫、標點相關的錯誤）
總體而言，這套評分維度相當嚴格。對嚴復提出的“信、達、雅”標準進行了詳細的闡釋，給出了明確的評價標準。其中，維度中的第 2 條對應“信”，維度中的第 3 條對應“達”，而維度中的第 4 條則對應“雅”。
（ATA 資格認證考試：http://www.atanet.org/certi? cation/aboutexams_overview.php）
