Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> "Marc" <box526TR@spamtrap.net> wrote in message
> news:O5pPb.111368$8H.258631@attbi_s03...
> 
> There is no official translator certification in the US or Japan. The ATA
> offers "accreditation", probably the JTF is similar.

Certification and accreditation are the same thing. The school wants to
see that the translator has some kind of
qualification(/certification/accreditation) to do the translation.