A few years ago I came into serious conflict with the N.G.V. (the Dutch Translators Association) because I had stated in an interview that the N.G.V. was totally behind the times. My motivation to make this statement was the fact that INK as a company was not allowed to register as a member of the N.G.V. This seemed utterly strange to me, especially when considering that INK probably was the largest employer of translators in The Netherlands. And, as far as I know, it is the N.G.V.'s primary objective to protect the interests of translators, so why couldn't INK with so many translators in full employment join the Translators Association?

Perhaps the British Association of Translation Companies offered a good alternative... Well, not exactly. INK rejected membership because it seemed to us that the primary objective of this association was to protect translation agencies against their clients.