BDÜ represents the interests of its members vis a vis policymakers, courts, official authorities and agencies, organizations and clients.
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With its rigorous membership criteria and broad range of professional development opportunities, the Association fosters a high degree of quality awareness for its members and also communicates this to the public.
BDÜ offers working groups or affiliate associations for the different types of language professionals: Verband der Konferenzdolmetscher im Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer e.V. (professional association of conference interpreters in BDÜ - VKD), for example, represents the interests of conference inter-preters. A dedicated adviser group for legal interpreters and patent translators at the state and federal level acts on behalf of the special interests of sworn translators and interpreters and, for example, advocates standardization of the certification and remuneration practices that continue to vary widely depending on the German state.