NEaT would like to welcome you to a special online English as a Lingua Nordica mini presentation on Tuesday, January 23 at 5 pm on Zoom. If we are going to take these new tools into our own work, we have to know what they do and how they work. Then you start to understand …
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Celebrate the holidays with NEaT
NEaT’s annual holiday party will be in Helsinki on the evening of Friday, 1 December. Join us after work at 6 pm for a relaxed and fun evening focused on getting to know each other. We’ll have a baked potato bar, so bring your favorite potato topping to add to the menu and your own …
NEaTup!
Welcome to a Helsinki NEaTup! Feeling a bit restless after getting back to work? Or just want to meet more NEaT people? We’ll NEaTup for a gaming night at Harry’s Bar at 6 pm on 28 September. We’ve reserved the back room, and we’ll bring games. Join us, and bring a favorite game along if …
NEaT Picnic
We’d love to see you again for our annual sunny and friendly NEaT picnic in August! You can bring family and friends with you to socialize and enjoy the end of the summer with fellow NEaT members. It’s also a dog-friendly park. Bring your own picnic lunch and drinks. NEaT will provide something sparkling for the …
A NEaT holiday party
When: 2 December at 5 pm Where: PAM Office, Säästöpankinranta 4 C 21, Helsinki Cost: Free for members, five euros for non-members At this year’s holiday party, expect the unexpected! Do you do things a bit differently? Then this is the party for you! If you can’t come in person, don’t worry – we’ll have …
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021
Tuesday 20 April 2021 at 18.00 Helsinki time (16.00 London, 17.00 Stockholm) online via Zoom Join Zoom Meeting:https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/68528535185?pwd=RFhjNUxuQkRwNlB0S2RaZjdJbWEvUT09 Meeting ID: 685 2853 5185Passcode: 989129 The agenda, as laid out in our constitution, is as follows. The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall consider the following business: Opening of the meeting Election of a chairperson, …
Book review: Making Your Website Work
NEaT member Jenny Zonneveld (BA, MITI) has written a book review for us of Gill Andrews’s Making Your Website Work: 100 Copy & Design Tweaks for Smart Business Owners. Jenny is a business translator and copywriter at TranslaText based in the Netherlands. She’s also an active member of NEaT’s sister society SENSE, former chair and …
Open to cooperation
Nordic Editors and Translators (NEaT) aims to become a great source of support and networking for language professionals in the Nordic countries. One of our first steps in this effort has been to reach out to our colleagues to let them know about our group. We work in close cooperation with the Finnish-British Society and with Finland’s …
NEaT’s annual picnic in Seurasaari
Once again we had a fine time at the NEaT picnic, held this time in Seurasaari. We ate and drank, discussed work-related matters (and much, much more), and threw various objects in a competitive spirit. The weather gods blessed us, and overall this venue seemed to be a wonderful place. Already looking forward to next year!
English Today IV: A Closer Lens on English Professionals
This year, we focus on you, and on how you use English, both at home and in your work. Chuckle along as we explore the different approaches to humour in the UK and across the pond in the US with translator and author Zoë Chandler. Buckle up for the twists and quirks of being a …
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