Christmas party 2017

Photo: Albion Butters

The fourth annual NEaT Christmas party was held on December 5 starting at 5 pm at PAM’s premises in Hakaniemi, Helsinki. The party was free for paid members of NEaT and five euros for non-members. This year, the focus was on the British and Irish, with a programme and food focused on Britain and Ireland. NEaT provided the food and a welcome drink. We celebrated NEaT’s third year in operation and Finland’s 100th year among about 20 colleagues.

The “pikkujoulu” party was again a wonderful time to break bread (or, in this case, sausage rolls) and lift a glass, celebrating Suomi 100. We pulled party poppers and decoded Scottish poetry (actually Robert Burns’s “Tam o’ Shanter”) and wrote creative sentences using period vocabulary (see Merriam-Webster’s Time Traveler) and wore paper crowns. Thanks to all who attended and made it so much fun, especially to the Brits who put on the spread!

Roundtable Discussion on Punctuation

A number of different punctuation problems will be presented, so be ready for an extremely active discussion! Ian Mac Eochagáin will address problems with commas, em and en dashes, colons, and semicolons that he runs into in translation and post-translation editing. Alisdair McLean will present the scientific use of hyphens, commas, semicolons, primes vs inverted commas, decimal points, and other uses of periods/full-stops in scientific writing.

November 9
5 pm
Finnbrit Society, Fredrikinkatu 20

 

Suomenlinna Picnic — A Win Despite the Rain

Despite thunder and torrential rain, the annual NEaT picnic was held at Suomenlinna. Picnic blankets were kept stowed away, however, as we sought shelter in style at Suomenlinnan Panimo. We ate, we drank, and we contested our knowledge of the English language and trivia (thanks to Rebecca’s quiz!). Congratulations to Ian and Daryl (two-time champion now) for their victory! We are happy to know that the Brewery is a good fallback in case of inclement weather, and we are already looking forward to next year!

Seminar: Electronic Resources for Language Professionals

September 14, 2017

Time: 16.00–18.00

Venue: Vuorikatu 5C, Multimedia room, 1st floor (with 20 computers available for participants)

Open with no fee to NEaT members

 

Electronic Resources for Language Professionals

Have you ever wondered what on-line tools other language professionals use to improve the efficiency and accuracy of their work? In this training we will look at some of the cutting-edge resources that can be found on the net. We will discuss and practise using easily-accessible aids such as corpora, concordances and vocabulary profiles.

Whether you work with translating, editing, teaching or writing, this is a great opportunity for you to update your working toolbox.

Teacher: Rebecca von Bonsdorff. Rebecca is a published author, teacher, editor and translator. She has been working with and studying the English language for the past 14 years.

Registration by September 10 at https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/81679/lomake.html

Please note that there is a possibility for remote participation. Tick the box in the form, we will send you the participation link before the event begins.