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 …
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 …
Want to chat about ChatGPT?
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.
Light introduction to SEO, 1-hour online session, 31 May, 16.00 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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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023
Friday 21 April 2023 at 16.45 University of Helsinki, Room 203, Fabianinkatu 26, Helsinki, Finland The agenda, as laid out in our constitution, is as follows. The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall consider the following business: 13a) Amend the wording of the English translation of the NEaT constitution https://nordicedit.fi/?page_id=134 to replace (Vice-)Chairman and …
English as a Lingua Nordica 2023: Language, Media, and Machines
The ELN series highlights the ways we can use language to contribute to a just society. This year’s seminar #ELN2023 will delve deep into two current issues in sociolinguistics affecting English use globally and in the Nordics. Robert Lawson, Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics at Birmingham City University, will speak on “Language maketh man: exploring positive …
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Workshop on Translating and Editing Gender
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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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 …
NEaT online panel: Communicating with Clients 29 September
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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