Come and listen to a panel discussion between Vanessa Fuller (Revisor and Instructor in Finland) and David Ordoubadian (Translator in Sweden). Thursday, 30.11.23 @ 16-17.30 Finnish time Now’s your chance to hear two experienced language professionals talk about the secrets to their success! Want to know how they decide what to charge a client? How …
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Everyone’s talking about it….so let’s talk too!! Join us on Zoom to discuss ChatGPT. Have you experimented with it yet? What does it mean for language professionals? Is it an opportunity for us, or a threat? 8th July, 18.00 FINNISH TIME.
Are you curious about SEO? Join our first-ever online introduction to Search Engine Optimization and find out what it is, how it works and why you should use it! See how it may also affect you as a translator/copywriter/copyeditor/etc. All NEaT members are welcome to attend regardless of your background or profession. This webinar will be hosted by …
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Tuesday, 21 March at 17.00-19.00 at the University of Helsinki, Kielikeskus, room 205, Fabianinkatu 26, Helsinki How can we navigate gendered language while translating? How can we edit a text to make it more gender-inclusive? Come find out about the theory and practice of gender in language with us! Translator Anna Merikallio and editor Meri …
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Freelancers – we all struggle with clients occasionally: communicating, invoicing, deadlines… and it’s easy to feel you’re the only one grappling with such things! You’re not alone! Come and hear about how our members handle clients in different countries. Päivi Tikkanen will talk about Finnish clients, Robin Blanton about Swedish clients, and Linda Turner about …
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The dramatic events of the last year and a half or so have given us many new words in English and Finnish. Would you like to hear more about them? Have you come across any yourself in your work that you’d like to share? Sign up by emailing info@nordicedit.fiand join us on Tuesday 8th June …
Wednesday 10th March, 4–6 pm Ever wonder how other editors approach client texts? What choices they make? Often we get stuck in our own habits and patterns of working, and taking a peek into someone else’s editing approaches and ideas can be very beneficial for refreshing and developing our own skills. This spring Alice Lehtinen and Alyce Whipp will host an …
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“What you mean is what you get” – an introductory primer to the LaTeX document creation system This will be a brief introduction to the plaintext document preparation system, LaTeX: its history, applications, and strengths, and the challenges it presents. NEaT member Kenneth Queck will explain how LaTeX works and why it is popular among …
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