10th anniversary cruise and Stockholm NEaTup

Stockholm NEAtUP 2024

We’re meeting in Stockholm! Join us on 28 September for our first NEaTup in Sweden!

We are meeting for lunch in Stockholm’s Old Town with NEaT members, anyone interested in NEaT, and friends from the Federation of Authorised Translators in Sweden (FAT) and Swedish Professional Translators and Authorized Interpreters (SFÖ-SAT). Let us know you are coming and preorder your meal: RSVP here.

Afterwards, there is an optional visit to the Royal Armouries aka Livrustkammaren in the Royal Palace – with plenty of time to get to know one another and talk.

  • 12.00 lunch at Österlånggatan 17. We are all paying for ourselves. RSVP here.
  • 14.00 optional visit to the Royal Armouries.
  • 16.00 we say our goodbyes

For those coming from Finland, please let us know at info@nordicedit.fi. If you would like to join us on Silja Line we’ll add you to the chat group for tickets and to plan our cruise, which will leave Friday, September 27, and return on Sunday, September 29.

Book on Silja Line for the Stockhom day cruise from Helsinki leaving on the 27th. Make sure it returns on Sunday.

If you want a roommate, sign up on the roommate form and book a cabin together.
Make a reservation for the buffet on Friday night for the 19:30 seating.
On the way home there is time for the spa and sauna, if you wish. It fills up quickly, so reserve a spot when you reserve your cabin.

Cruise timetable Friday to Sunday, September 27-29

Friday

17:00 Departure on Silja Line

19:30 Buffet dinner together

Saturday

10:00 Arrival in Stockholm, free time until lunch

12:00 Lunch meetup in Old Town with FAT and SFÖ

14:00 Tour of the Royal Armory at the Royal Palaces

16:00 Depart for the ferry; ship departs at 16:45

On ship: free time, make a reservation for the spa or join us for karaoke at 20:30

Sunday:

10:30 Arrival in Helsinki

NEaT event – Our autumn eVent

Friday 6 September 2024, 15.30–16.30 CET, 16.30–17.30 EET

Make yourself a nice hot cup of tea and settle down to NEaT’s new Autumn eVent on Friday 6 September.

eVent has no formalities and a simple agenda: unwind, share a few laughs, and vent about the highs and lows of our professional lives. It’s an opportunity to connect with colleagues, share experiences, and recharge. All members are welcome.

Feel free to bring up any topics you’d like to discuss or simply join us to relax and enjoy the company.

We’re looking forward to catching up.

Autumn Vent

Hosted by NEaT, moderated by Alicja Fajfer

NEaT Picnic

Welcome to the NEaT picnic! We’d love to see you, and please bring family, friends and your pet to enjoy the end of the summer with us.

Bring your own picnic lunch and drinks. NEaT will provide something sparkling for the welcoming toast and some delicious treats to share. We also promise our annual Mölkky game!

Let us know you are coming below so that we can send out the exact location or alternate instructions for bad weather. Please also let us know if you prefer alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages, and if you have any allergies or food preferences. 

Tokoinranta park, Helsinki

Saturday, August 17, noon

NEaT Mentoring 2024

The NEaT mentoring scheme is running for the third year in 2024 for members to share experience and expertise.  Mentors provide a few hours of their time to mentees to work on a particular issue. This can be core skills in a specific area of translation or editing, or specific business, marketing, IT or other skills related to our work. Regardless of how long you have been working, there are always new skills you might need to learn. Mentees will have a clear goal or skill related to their work as translators or editors that they want to work on over three one-to-one sessions.

NEaT mentors offer the following:

Specialisms: medical, sciences, academic, historical texts (primary and secondary sources), nonfiction books, public service, audiovisual and subtitling, plain and easy English

Linguistic core skills: Finnish and Swedish to English translation, Finnish authorised translator certification, copy-editing, proofreading, book editing 

Writing: blogging, copywriting, nonfiction, academic, grant applications, marketing, SEO, content creation

Tech: Overleaf, tech tools for (academic) editing, audiovisual and subtitling

Business skills: navigating the LSP market, networking, setting up and working as a sole trader/toiminimi, business/entrepreneurship skills and practice

Other: if you are moving into a new field or developing a new skill not listed here, contact the mentoring coordinator who will try to match you to a more experenced mentee.

The programme is open to NEaT members only. If you are interested, contact Kate Sotejeff-Wilson for more information on admin at nordicedit.fi.