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.

Annual NEaT summer picnic on Suomenlinna

Join us on August 19 for our annual NEaT picnic on Suomenlinna!

We will meet at 1pm on Kustaanmiekka, on the far end of the island (see the southernmost point on the map), in the same place as last year. There are stairs leading down to nice, flat rocks by the sea. It can be windy, so dress warm, and bring a blanket to lay out.

Please bring food and drink for yourself or to share. NEaT will provide coffee and dessert.

Our backup plan if it’s rainy is to meet at Suomenlinnan Panimo – we’ll keep you informed closer to the date. For those interested in taking the boat over together, we’re meeting at Kauppatori 12.30.

Annual General Meeting — April 13, 2017

 

The next Annual General Meeting will be on April 13 at 5 pm at the Finnbrit Society (Fredrikinkatu 20 A 9). If you would like to join us for a meetup afterwards at Il Birrifico, please let Julie Uusinarkaus know.

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 chairman, a secretary, two individuals to scrutinize the minutes and two individuals to count the votes at the meeting where necessary
3. Verification that the meeting is lawful and that those present form a quorum
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 2016 and the operating plan for 2017 by the chair. The treasurer will comment on the budget for 2017.
8. Confirmation of the operating plan and the budget
9. Confirmation of the membership subscription
10. Report on education and cooperation by the chair of the Education and Cooperation committee
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. Lauri Mäkelä agreed to be the auditor for 2016 and has agreed to serve for 2017, if elected.
13. Consideration of any other business specified in the invitation to the meeting

We invite all who are interested to come!

Workshop on English variants

British English vs. American English: Untangling the Differences
March 29 at 5 pm
Finnbrit Society
Fredrikinkatu 20 A 9
The Scottish Room

What are the differences between British English and American English? When you work on a text requiring one or the other, what rules do you apply?

Ian Mac Eochagáin and Albion Butters will lead a workshop on the differences and similarities between Englishes and the rules for applying them to various texts. Albion will examine the challenges we face when working with varieties of English in academia, and Ian will look at some less obvious ways in which both varieties are converging and diverging. The discussion and group tasks will encourage the participants to share their knowledge and experience as well.

RSVP to info@nordicedit.fi by March 24.