 Translation Advisory Council
Translation Advisory Council in Need of New Members
The Translation Advisory Council needs members who can speak and write Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Spanish, Somali, and Vietnamese.
Council members review professional translations of state and county Voters’ Pamphlets to ensure they are accurate and serve eligible voters whose first language is not English.
To fill current vacancies, Secretary of State Tobias Read invites applicants who read and write Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Spanish, Somali, and Vietnamese to consider serving their language communities in this dynamic role. New member service begins August 1, 2025.
To be a member of the Translation Advisory Council, a person must be a resident of Oregon and have civic service and lived experience in a community served by translated voters’ pamphlets and be proficient in English and one of the Council languages: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Iu Mien, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Marshallese, Nepali, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, or Vietnamese.
There is no deadline to apply; applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. However, for most competitive consideration for current vacancies, applications should be submitted by June 30, 2025. Previous and current applications are kept on file and may be used in selecting members for current and future vacancies.
For more information about the Translation Advisory Council, visit our website or contact us at (971) 358-3075 / TAC.info@sos.oregon.gov.
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