NEaT addressed the needs of Finnish communication professionals on 18 August 2015 at an event arranged by the International Communication Group of ProCom ry, the largest communication professionals’ network in Finland. Many communicators employed by international companies operating in Finland work with translators, editors, revisers and other language professionals to produce texts for reports, press …
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We celebrate International Translators’ Day in the Messukeskus (Fair Center) of Turku on 2 October together with SKTL and KAJ. The theme of the event is “The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpretation”. A short introduction of NEaT ry. is part of the program at 14:00. Please have a look at the program in more detail …
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English Today is a seminar evening brought to you by NEaT and the Finnbrit Society for translators, editors, teachers and anyone working with English or simply interested in the English language. For our first English Today evening, we focus on the actual language that professionals working with English encounter, and a range of perspectives on it as professionals. Topics range from the challenges that arise in translation to observations on how English works and how it is used.
Members of NEaT met at Kaisla Oluthuone to share some company, conversation, and of course, beers. Discussions were wide-ranging, and covered topics such as: chess, horses, knitting, Star Trek, sci-fi authors, Midsummer plans, work, more Star Trek, raising teenagers, weather and climate change.
