NEaT is pleased to announce ELN2025 The Human Touch which will be held at the University of Helsinki and online on Friday 3 October 2025.

English as a Lingua Nordica ELN is a seminar series by Nordic Editors and Translators NEaT. The ELN2025 Human Touch is one of NEaT’s regular events for language professionals working with English and the Nordic languages.

About ELN2025 The Human Touch

The theme of this year’s one-day seminar is the human touch in editing and translation. There will be a mix of workshops and talks.

Call for proposals

We welcome proposals for talks or workshops on the theme of the seminar.

Submit your proposal here by 09.00 EET (08.00 CET) on Monday 5 May 2025.

There will be 2-hour workshops and 45-minute talks (talk 30 minutes, Q&A 15 minutes). Proposals which do not fit into the programme in October will be considered for future NEaT education events throughout the year.

Registration

Registration for ELN2025 The Human Touch will open in the summer of 2025.

Speakers will receive a speaker fee and free registration, but are responsible for their own travel and accommodation if attending in person.

Wondering what a NEaT ELN seminar is like? There’s a write-up of last year’s ELN seminar in Mikael by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson, translated into Finnish by Tuuli Ahonen.