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.

NEaT Mentoring 2023

The NEaT mentoring scheme is running for the second year in 2023 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 

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.

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 Jessica Blackburn. Jessica has knowledge in this area from her bachelor’s degree study program and has experience consulting about SEO during our mentorship programme. Her study background is in business administration and she is also a freelance proofreader. As the optimum number of participants is 10, Jessica has kindly agreed to do a repeat session on 3 June if registrations exceed 10. Please register at info@nordicedit.fi

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:

  1. Opening of the meeting.
  2. Election of a chairperson, a secretary, two individuals to scrutinise the minutes. and two individuals to count the votes at the meeting where necessary.
  3. Verification that the meeting is lawful.
  4. Approval of the agenda for the meeting.
  5. Presentation of the financial statements and the annual report by the treasurer.
  6. Decision to confirm the financial statements and discharge the Board and other accountable persons from liability, subject to the auditor’s report.
  7. Presentation of the activities in 2022 and the operating plan for 2023 by the Chair of NEaT. The treasurer will comment on the budget for 2023.
  8. Confirmation of the operating plan and the budget.
  9. Confirmation of the membership subscription.
  10. Reports on events, education, cooperation and communications by the chairs of the respective committees.
  11. Election of the Chair and other members and deputy members of the Board for the following year.
  12. Election of one auditor and one deputy auditor. The board proposes Tomi Snellman as the auditor for 2023, with Matthew Paines as deputy auditor.
  13. Consideration of any other business specified in the invitation to the meeting. 

13a) Amend the wording of the English translation of the NEaT constitution https://nordicedit.fi/?page_id=134 to replace (Vice-)Chairman and Chairperson with (Vice-)Chair throughout.

We invite all interested members to join us for the NEaT Annual General Meeting on Friday 21 April 2023. Please RSVP to info@nordicedit.fi by 14 April 2023 to ensure enough coffee and refreshments for all. All members will be sent the Zoom link. You are also welcome to attend without prior notice, in which case coffee and refreshments cannot be guaranteed. 

Best wishes,

The Board of NEaT