The total number of founding members is approx. The association operates nationwide.
Elections are by postal vote only.
The registration documents have been filed, but the association has not been registered as yet. Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. resolved at separate general meetings held in Cologne on 3 May 1997 to merge the two organizations. Key activities will include lobbying in Brussels and in Bonn, liaison with universities offering translation and interpreting courses, training, public relations, conference organization, collection of statistical data, publication of a journal, fight against malpractices, provision of bad debt information to members, promotion of research and development and support of in-house translators and interpreters.