Malaysian Translators Association (MTA) is a voluntary professional body established under the auspices of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), a statutory body under the Ministry of Education Malaysia on the awareness of the need to establish an organization in an effort to promote, protect and further sustain professionalism among translators in Malaysia. It is also hoped that this body will be able to fight for and recognize their position internationally.

MTA was registered on 4 October 1979 and has begun to be active in activities related to translation collectively among translators, interpreters, linguists, terminologists and lexicographers, professional editors in Malaysia. Today, MTA has more than 1,600 members comprising scholars, scientists, writers, editors and researchers in the field of translation, and practitioners of translation and interpretation, both full-time and part-time.

Among the fundamental purpose of the association headquartered in Kuala Lumpur include deepen and strengthen cooperation between them in order to deepen knowledge on and improve the quality of their translations as well as to contribute positively to the efforts to increase the reading and enrich the literature in Malay covering all areas of knowledge.