North West Translators' Network

CAT Tool Clinic

Oppidan Social 23 Edge Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

CAT Tool ClinicmemoQ on Saturday 30 OctoberTrados on Sunday 31 October As we saw at our “Overview of CAT tools” event in April, this market has long been dominated by two industry leaders: memoQ and SDL/Trados. These tools can vastly improve our productivity but require a substantial learning effort. Plenty of training material is available
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£50 – £85

Working Lunch: Volunteering

Join NWTN Comms Coordinator Marjolein Thickett and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc. This week it's all about volunteering. Have you ever volunteered or do you
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Festive Social: NWTN Members’ Day

Oppidan Social 23 Edge Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Think of coworking but without the 'working'. All NWTN members are welcome to this free event which will be an excellent opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues, meet other people for the first time and put faces to names. You will also meet members of the Committee who will answer any question about the Network.  The event
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Free

Working Lunch: Hobbies for Translators and Interpreters

Join NWTN Events Team Leader Kate Lo and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc. As we ease into January, this week's Working Lunch features a topic
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Creative writing for linguists: Unlock your creativity

Two translators and published authors of fiction and poetry will give you the tools to find your own creative voice. Following the success of their workshop in Birmingham in June 2019, we are delighted to welcome published authors Ros Mendy and Alison Layland for a full day of guided creative writing. Even when working with
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Working Lunch: January Accountability Group Review

January Accountability Group Review Session – following our goal setting for the New Year, have we achieved what we wanted to achieve this month? Did any people attend the ITI goal-setting session? Is there anything you would like to shout from the rooftops or maybe ask for advice? Join us for a relaxed review session.

Working Lunch: Conference Season

Join NWTN Chair Laurence Bisot and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc. This week we're discussing conferences. With the ITI conference coming up in May (in
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Working Lunch: February Accountability Group Review

February Accountability Group Review Session – 2 months into 2022 and it's time to evaluate how things are going. Have you achieved what you wanted this month? Are things going better or worse than you expected? Did you attend the Creative Writing workshop and have you managed to implement any skills you learnt into your work? Join us
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Working Lunch: Working from anywhere – is it really possible?

Join NWTN Chair, Laurence Bisot and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc. This week's session will be hosted by Laurence Bisot joining us from France. We're
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