Working Lunch: Drop-in
2025-02-26 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
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 drop-in Q&A session.

How’s the start of your year gone – did you set yourself any business or personal goals? We’re considering hosting online accountability sessions and would welcome your views 👀 It might just be the boost you need to help you feel a sense of achievement this year!

Update us on your goals and decide which you’d like to be held accountable for!

Do you need an accountability buddy to help you move forward with your plans?

Maybe you have a question about the profession or your daily practice?

Ask if you need to learn more about the NWTN and your benefits as a member!

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Social Saturday: Diversification
2025-03-15 14:00 - 17:00 | Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Saturday 15th March 2025 – 2-5pm

You’ve got the power: A diversification toolbox for freelance translators and interpreters with Ken Paver

Translators and interpreters are often told that their business needs to ‘diversify or die’, and that there is a conventional range of fields into which they should be diversifying in order to boost their income. This presentation will look at what diversification is, and what it isn’t. It’s not necessarily about technology (although it can be), or about doing new things, like having to re-train to work in fields that lie outside your normal area of competence; it’s not about diversification versus specialisation; it’s not even necessarily about identifying and exploiting that killer business opportunity – although we would all love that, of course.

Diversification is about utilising the potential that’s already there in your business: you have potential opportunities for diversification lying undiscovered among your activities. Some will be close to the surface; others will be more deeply buried. Some will involve a greater degree of risk than others.

This kind of theoretical underpinning is all very well, but what the sensible translator/interpreter needs is a set of concrete tools for improving their working practice and, ultimately, their lives: this presentation proposes a diversification toolbox, designed to help language professionals to prepare for diversification, and to identify key drivers of diversification opportunities in their individual business profiles (via a ‘diversification audit’), so that they can maximise their chances of seizing those opportunities when they emerge.

Translators and interpreters already have the power to diversify: it’s simply a question of harnessing that power by building on existing capabilities and contacts, and shedding the inhibitions and misconceptions that can sometimes hold us back.

Audience takeaway

A clearer understanding of diversification, and what it means for freelance translators and interpreters. A diversification toolbox, containing a set of practical tools designed to help freelance translators and interpreters to prepare for and identify diversification opportunities, giving them the best possible chance of seizing opportunities when they arise. A sense of translators and interpreters as business people with powerful, valuable (and often untapped) skills and potential.

Target audience

Translators and interpreters of all levels of experience who want to understand the opportunities presented by diversification and would like a diversification toolbox to help them maximise their chances of success. Input and questions from professionals from a range of backgrounds and with a range of experiences will enrich the discussions around the presentation.

Speaker

Ken Paver has over 35 years’ experience as a translator, interpreter, trainer and technical writer, specialising mainly in the nuclear and technology sectors.

Event details

Join us for this much-needed NWTN Social Saturday at the Friends’ Meeting House in central Manchester! Ken’s presentation will be followed by a tea/coffee break, then a panel of colleagues (including Ken, Dot Roberts, Laurence Bisot and Roz Howarth) will talk about their experiences in diversification and answer questions from the audience.

We anticipate demand will be high, so don’t delay in booking as tickets will be limited and the deadline is 4th March, 4pm (for catering purposes)!

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Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-03-26 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

Spring is here!

Does it put a spring in your step? Does it boost your morale or do you feel more motivated to exercise and go outside?

Do you have any new goal or project? Have you made progress with your goals?

Our AGM is coming soon. Do you have any question about the NWTN, how the committee works and how to volunteer?

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Bookchat Chapter 15
2025-04-08 19:00 - 21:00
Whether you’re a regular or have never attended before, we’ll be delighted to see you on Zoom from 7.00 pm on Tuesday 8th April for Bookchat chapter 15!

🐺 Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?*

Are there authors you don’t (want to) read, maybe because you think you won’t like their work? Did you try? Are there authors you discovered late, and ended up bingeing on to catch up? Do you have favourite authors whose books you never miss, or have you read everything written by certain older authors? Do they always live up to your expectations?

*Laurence didn’t want to read Virginia Woolf at first, bad Uni memories… But when she finally tried, she loved her books!

🏝️Desert Island Reads… This time it’s Rachel Jones’s turn to be our castaway and dive into the sea to save her most beloved books from the waves.As those of us who have already done this well know, whittling your choices down to eight is no easy task!How will Isobel get on? Join us on 6th April to find out!

📚 As ever, the session will end with an opportunity to exchange book recommendations. Has anyone attended the London Book Fair? Tell us about it!Please don’t forget to add your recommendations to the Bookchat Forum so people can consult them at any time!

You can also join the chat on WhatsApp with your fellow bookchatters (scan the QR code below).

This is also a great opportunity to meet the regulars if you have not attended before.

Come and tell us what kind of reader you are!

Laurence and Janice

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Meeting ID: 873 8968 0508Passcode: [REDACTED]

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Coworking in Warrington
2025-04-16 09:00 - 17:30 | The Outset, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1NN, United Kingdom
Come and join us for a day’s coworking at The Outset in Warrington, with the chance to meet freelancers beyond our linguist crowd.

Whether you use it as a day to inspire your creativity, boost your productivity by swapping tips or to build connections, we can’t wait for you to join us! If you’re new to the NWTN, it’s also an ideal opportunity to meet our Chair, Laurence, and Events Team Lead, Kate.

We’re going to focus this coworking session on discussing what sort of peer support and help we need with our websites – be it with the creation of a website, updating it with new copy or checking the SEO ranking is the best it can be.

Please let us know if you’re coming by clicking the RSVP button below right up to the last minute, but do ensure you book your ticket through The Outset’s booking portal here.

Warrington Bank Quay and Central train stations are close by, and parking is available in the nearby Golden Square shopping centre (£6 for the day).

Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-04-23 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

Time flies when we’re having fun…our Spring Walk is just around the corner!

Have you been getting your steps in as practice? Does the weather make you feel more motivated to exercise and go outside?

Do you have any new goals or projects? Have you made progress with your goals?

Our AGM is next week. We really need new volunteers to join the Committee and bring fresh ideas! Do you have any questions about the NWTN, how the Committee works and how to volunteer?

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NWTN AGM 2025 (Online)
2025-04-30 16:00 - 18:00
The NWTN committee invites you to attend this year’s NWTN Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 30th April, 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm. We will be holding the meeting entirely online (see joining link below).

This year, we are not combining the AGM with our Annual Dinner, which will take place in Autumn. Look out for further announcements about the 40th anniversary of our network.

The provisional agenda is below. The 2024 AGM minutes and this year’s committee reports will be made available in due course in the Resources page on our website. If you have any ideas, comments or questions, please submit them to chair@nwtn.org.uk so we can add them to the agenda.

Some committee members have been fulfilling their roles for some years, and we need new volunteers. If you wish to help the committee with their tasks and support the network, please come forward.

Also, if you have a specific idea for an event, why not join the Events Team and help us to organise it!

We hope you can attend and we look forward to seeing you there.

The committee are currently working out the exact way in which the online AGM will function, given only full members will have the right to vote, but we would stress that it is vital that all members feel able and willing to attend. As with other events, this will be held via Zoom.

Meeting ID: 892 2438 0844 Passcode: [REDACTED]

We recommend downloading Zoom onto your computer rather than using it with your web browser. All members will be sent further information about using Zoom, the agenda and supporting documents closer to the time.

Spring Walk 2025
2025-05-17 12:00 - 16:00 | Peel Tower and Holcombe Hill, Nuttal Car Park, 1 Nuttall Hall Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0AS, United Kingdom
This walk takes us to the northern boundaries of Greater Manchester and up into the hills above Ramsbottom. We’ll visit the Peel Tower – a local landmark on Holcombe Hill, 1100 feet above sea level, where we’ll stop to admire a view right across the county (sadly you can only climb to the top on certain Sundays). The walk is about 6 miles long, and in places quite steep, strenuous and even precipitous, so it’s not just an easy stroll. Sturdy footwear is recommended, as the paths are sometimes stony and narrow, and tree roots and mud are likely to make it slippery in places if it’s been raining recently.

It’s an opportunity to explore some of the places in Lancashire where the Industrial Revolution began 250 years ago. On the way back, we’ll pass through the Holcombe village conservation area and quench our thirst at The Shoulder of Mutton pub, which was built in 1751 and survived being bombed by Zeppelins in World War I.

Peel Tower

Organisers Mike Hanson and Andrew Wilson

Start 12.00 pm from Nuttall Park car park in Ramsbottom (BL0 0AS), which is accessed via Nuttall Hall Road. It has plenty of free parking, a small café and toilets. Alternatively, you can meet us 15 minutes later outside Ramsbottom railway station (part of a heritage railway not linked to the national network), which has limited free parking but is easier to find and access if you arrive on public transport (tram to Bury, then a 20 min bus ride to Ramsbottom). The station too has a café and toilets.

If you arrive late at the car park and need to catch us up, walk past the tennis courts and the bandstand, under the railway and through the Cormar Carpets factory yard, then turn right towards Aldi and Ramsbottom station.

Food and drink Bring a packed lunch and water to drink, as well as a mat to sit on when eating/resting as we’ll stop for a picnic lunch at some point.

Family members, friends and dogs are welcome, but this walk may not be suitable for younger children. Active kids aged about 7 and upwards should manage the walk without too much difficulty provided they’re appropriately shod. If you’d like more information to help you decide whether to come, please contact one of the organisers.

IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ AND ONLY COME ON THE WALK IF YOU ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING DISCLAIMER:

Everyone is welcome but participants must consider themselves to be on an unofficial day out with friends – neither the organisers nor NWTN or ITI can accept any liability for accidents or injuries sustained by anyone involved.

Booking Please indicate your attendance by clicking on the RSVP button below.

Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-05-28 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

How is business going?

Do you diversify? How? Maybe you have a question about the profession or your daily practice?

We just had our AGM. Do you have any questions for the committee?

This event is yours: bring up your questions, your ideas, or just come and chat🙂

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-07-02 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

What have you been up to in June? What plans do you have for the second half of the year? And most importantly, what are you up to this summer?

Working, holidays, visiting family in another country, brushing up your source language abroad?

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!

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Bookchat Chapter 16
2025-07-22 19:00 - 21:00
Whether you’re a regular or have never attended before, we’ll be delighted to see you on Zoom from 7.00 pm on Tuesday 22nd July for Bookchat chapter 16!

🤣We will start with our discussion topic: humourous writing of all kinds. Tell us about the books that made you laugh and exhange recommendations about the best comedies to read. Don’t we need a good dose of laughter nowadays?

🏝️Desert Island Reads… This time it’s Roz Howarth’s turn to be our castaway and dive into the sea to save her most beloved books from the waves.As those of us who have already done this well know, whittling your choices down to eight is no easy task!How will Roz get on? Join us on 22nd July to find out!

📚 As ever, the session will end with an opportunity to exchange book recommendations. Has anyone planned to catch up with some reading this summer? Any beach books to recommend?Please don’t forget to add your recommendations to the Bookchat Forum so people can consult them at any time!

You can also join the chat on WhatsApp with your fellow bookchatters (scan the QR code below).

This is also a great opportunity to meet the regulars if you have not attended before.

Come and tell us what kind of reader you are!

Laurence and Janice

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Meeting ID: 878 3259 1985Passcode: [REDACTED]

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Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-08-27 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

What have you been up to this summer? Have you spent any time practicing your source language(s) abroad?

Maybe you’re a student and you have burning questions about the profession that can’t wait until you start in September?

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-09-24 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.What have you been up to this summer? Have you spent any time practicing your source language(s) abroad? Is September a time for starting new things? Maybe you’re a student and you have burning questions about the profession as you are starting your course? No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues! Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457 Password: [REDACTED]

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Bookchat Chapter 17
2025-10-14 19:00 - 21:00
Whether you’re a regular or have never attended before, we’ll be delighted to see you on Zoom from 7.00 pm on Tuesday 14th October for Bookchat chapter 17!

Our topic this time: To be or not to be translated… and in which languages? We will be discussing the translation of works of literature and how they can be shaped by the social, cultural and political environments of the target market countries.

🏝️Desert Island Reads… This time it’s Roz Howarth’s turn to be our castaway and dive into the sea to save her most beloved books from the waves.As those of us who have already done this well know, whittling your choices down to eight is no easy task!How will Roz get on? Join us on 14th October to find out!

📚 As ever, the session will end with an opportunity to exchange book recommendations. Has anyone caught up with some reading this summer? Any beach/travel books to recommend?Please don’t forget to add your recommendations to the Bookchat Forum so people can consult them at any time!

You can also join the chat on WhatsApp with your fellow bookchatters. If you are already a member of our WhatsApp NWTN Community, just join the Bookchat group. Otherwise, you can scan the QR code below.

This is also a great opportunity to meet the regulars if you have not attended before.

Come and tell us what kind of reader you are!

Laurence and Janice

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NWTN Ruby Anniversary Celebration
2025-10-25 19:00 - 2025-10-26 01:00 | Dukes 92, 18 - 25 Castle St, Manchester, M3 4LZ, United Kingdom
🎉 Celebrate 40 Years of the NWTN in Style! 🎉

This year marks a Ruby milestone for the NWTN – and you’re invited to an unforgettable evening of fun, food and festivities as we celebrate our 40th anniversary!

Join us for a sparkling night of celebration, including:💎 A warm welcome and presentation💎 A fun-filled quiz with plenty of laughs💎 A delicious buffet catering for all dietary needs (please specify when booking)💎 Two drinks included with your ticket💎 Music and mingling until late

Tickets are just £40 and include everything above – a fantastic value for a night to remember.💃 Partners welcome!🎟️ Limited spaces – first come, first served. Our charming venue may be small, but it’s perfectly formed!

Where’s it happening?Did you have a go at guessing the venue via our social media competition?! We had a few entries but none were correct! Fear not, there will be more chances to enter on the night…

📍 Join us at The Gallery Bar inside Dukes 92 – it’s one of the most visited bars in Manchester due to its prime canalside location, right in the heart of Castlefield.

Please check the dress code requirements via their website – but we hope you’ll be leaving your trainers at home and will be donning your finest (Ruby-coloured!) gladrags in any case! Please note that the Gallery Bar is located on the mezzanine level and can only be accessed via steps (pictured below).

There’s free parking available in the adjacent car park, as well as on the cobbled streets outside, but it’s first come, first served, and you must remember to enter your vehicle registration in the iPad on your way in!

✨ For a chance to win an entry into the prize draw for a free ticket to the 2026 ITI Conference 🎁:✔️ One entry with every ticket purchased✔️ Wear something Ruby-coloured (in honour of our Ruby anniversary)The prize draw will take place on the night – you must be there to win!

🏨 Staying over? Book your accommodation early!Manchester’s a popular spot in autumn, and prices will rise as the date approaches – secure your room now to avoid disappointment (and save some cash!).

Don’t miss out on this fabulous night with fellow linguists past and present – a chance to toast our shared history and the bright future ahead.

🎈 Let’s make it a night to remember – book now! Ticket sales end at midday on Friday 10th October!

Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-10-29 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

👻Have clients become ghosts ahead of Hallowe’en, or are you working like a Zombie to meet many deadlines?🤯

⏰ How do you deal with the clocks going back? Does it affect your working day? How do you organise your workflow and a healthy life/work balance? 😴

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-11-19 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

Winter is coming…

🧣Wrap yourself and make a nice cuppa before you join us for a comforting chat with your peers.☕

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Festive Social 2025
2025-12-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Join us at the Friends’ Meeting House in Manchester for another fun-filled festive catch-up!

Sharpen your wits and test your knowledge as we team up to do battle in a festive quiz!

We encourage attendees to partake in their seasonal traditions by sharing any party games with us.

Make sure you don your best festive outfit as there’ll be a prize for the best dressed.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided on the day.

Please click on the RSVP below so we can inform the venue of our numbers by 26th November.

Let’s keep the festive spirit going with a mulled wine or two when we head to the Manchester Christmas markets afterwards!

For any queries about this event, please email events@nwtn.org.uk.

We can’t wait to see you there with a ho ho ho!

Working Lunch: Drop-In
2025-12-17 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

Winter is here, but the lights are on!

🎄Do you have a proper break between Christmas and New Year? Do you prepare some good resolutions for the new year? ✨

🎇What special celebrations do you attend… or avoid? 🎭

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457 Password: [REDACTED]

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Epiphany Coworking
2026-01-08 09:00 - 17:00 | The Outset, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1NN, United Kingdom
Join us in Warrington for a ‘January Special’ coworking session featuring a ‘Galette des Rois’, a cake the French eat at the Epiphany (well, all through January…) – will you win the little token in your slice? If you find it, you become the ‘King/Queen for the Day’! Our galette comes from Gourmand café nearby.

The NWTN has booked a private room and paid for this coworking session on behalf of our members, so all you have to do is bring your laptop and friendly chit chat! Why not use this opportunity to plan the new year ahead with support and encouragement from fellow colleagues? If you have work to do, the office is spacious and offers three private phone booths, plus all the mod cons we’ve come to expect.

The coworking space has a café with reasonably-priced breakfast and lunch goodies. Just make sure you leave enough room for your slice of Galette!

Parking is available in the nearby Golden Square shopping centre (£6 for the day). Hope you can join us!

Pre-booking is required so we can keep a slice for you! Please tap the RSVP button below!

Bookchat Chapter 18
2026-01-20 19:00 - 21:00
Whether you’re a regular or have never attended before, we’ll be delighted to see you on Zoom from 7.00 pm on Tuesday 20th January for Bookchat chapter 18!

🎄 Our topic this time:

Did you receive any books for Christmas? Do you like them?

Did you offer any books for Christmas? How do you choose a book for someone else?

Does the festive period influence your reading? Did you have more/less time to read?

Any reading resolution for the New Year?

🏝️ Desert Island Reads… This time we don’t have anyone to tell us what 8 beloved books they would take to a desert island. We are looking for new readers to join the bookchat and the desert island list is an excellent way to introduce yourself as a reader. Please contact Laurence ahead of the bookchat for any guidance and to inform us you’re coming.

🤔 If we don’t have a castaway reader this time, we could talk about the classics we would like to read… one day. Or the ones we tried and abandon, or the ones we would never read… prepare your arguments for the discussion! ⁉️

📚 As ever, the session will end with an opportunity to exchange book recommendations. Has anyone caught up with some reading this summer? Any beach/travel books to recommend?Please don’t forget to add your recommendations to the Bookchat Forum so people can consult them at any time!

You can also join the chat on WhatsApp with your fellow bookchatters. If you are already a member of our WhatsApp NWTN Community, just join the Bookchat group. Otherwise, you can scan the QR code below.

This is also a great opportunity to meet the regulars if you have not attended before.

Come and tell us what kind of reader you are!

Laurence and Janice

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Social Saturday: DeepL Workshop
2026-01-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Debunking the Myths of DeepL and other Machine Translation Packages

Do you work with DeepL or any other MT package(s) – whether via MTPE assignments from agencies/direct clients, by your own choice in your translation assignments or your clients’ choice?

Join us for an NWTN Workshop led by Nicole van den Wittenboer MITI as we take a ‘deep dive’ into all matters DeepL, as well as other machine translation packages.

This interactive workshop will aim: to compare Linguee.nl and DeepL (both free and paid subscription versions); to examine examples of errors to look out for when editing machine-translated texts; and how to advise your clients on the pros and cons of MT and their implications on the time needed for translation/compensation. By the end of the workshop, we hope attendees will feel more confident and positive about using machine translation packages.

Audience takeaways

You will establish if machine translation is for you and whether you should use it. Should you offer it as a service to your clients? Establish which package to choose: DeepL or an alternative? Learn how easy it is to work with and what the benefits and drawbacks may be. How would it affect your way of working and the time it would take you to do an assignment? Can it be integrated into your CAT tool? Can it be used with your clients’ translation platforms? How would you advise your clients? Would you potentially earn more?

Translators of all levels of experience who want to understand the opportunities presented by machine translation packages and would like to maximise their chances of success when using them.

Target audience

Speaker

Nicole has over 30 years’ experience as a freelance translator between Dutch and English, user and trainer of CAT tool packages (Déjà Vu (DVX) and Trados) to translator colleagues and MA students and has used DeepL for over 5 years.

Event details

Join us for this NWTN Social Saturday at the Friends’ Meeting House in central Manchester! Nicole’s workshop will include a tea/coffee break.

We anticipate demand will be high, so don’t delay in booking as tickets will be limited and the deadline is 16th January, 4pm (for catering purposes)!

Working Lunch: Drop-In
2026-01-28 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

The New Year is here, it is time for a new start!

Did you have a proper break between Christmas and New Year? Do you have some good resolutions for 2026?

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Working Lunch: Drop-In
2026-02-25 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

Spring flowers are out – does it make you feel optimistic?

How is work going? And your CPD? Are you attending interesting events this year?

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Working Lunch: Drop-In
2026-03-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-29 13:00 - 14:00
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 drop-in Q&A session.

We had a lot of events recently, and more to come. What did you attend? Why not?

Our AGM is coming soon. Are you planning to attend? Do you have any ideas to share for the future of the network?

No matter what you have in mind, come along and share with your colleagues!

Zoom meeting ID: 870 5200 3457

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Stronger Together 2026
2026-03-28 09:00 - 16:00 | Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY, United Kingdom
Our most popular event is BACK for a new edition! Why are you part of a local network like the NWTN?

Remind yourself why by joining us for a one-day face-to-face workshop in Manchester, geared towards collaboration and support among colleagues!

Whether you’re a newbie to the profession or an experienced translator and/or interpreter, let’s explore the varied ways we can support and help each other to progress our businesses and, in doing so, we’ll demonstrate we’re “Stronger Together”! Think you’ve heard it all before? Think again – this edition promises to be the best yet as it’s been updated and enhanced following feedback from Stronger Together 2023 and 2024.

What’s in store?

What have you put in place since 2024?

What’s been on your ‘To Do’ list and now needs to be ‘Done’?

A review of the Miro board and discussion about any questions and issues raised last time

Facilitated group discussions about experiences and current business needs

Interpreters: more chance to exchange ideas and support

Discussion about technology needs, including website content ideas and inspiration

Discussion about AI and machine translation – the risks to clients, pitfalls, positives and what we can do to communicate our unique qualities as ‘human’ translators.

The outcome? By the end of the day, you’ll have a better understanding of the concepts discussed and will appreciate how we can help and support each other. The event will be the perfect forum for networking with your peers on a local level and for planning future collaboration and accountability opportunities.

Book your ticket now so you don’t miss out!

How much?

This event will be heavily subsidised for our members as we’d like as many of you to attend as possible – lunch will be provided. You’ll be able to indicate any dietary requirements upon booking. All you’ll need to pay is the sign-up fee priced at £10 (£5 for student members)+ Eventbrite fees.

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Westwords (Un)Conference
2026-04-25 09:30 - 17:00 | The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison Street, Birmingham, B5 5TH, United Kingdom
Westwords is an initiative between five networks in the west of Britain: ITI Cymru Wales, ITI Western Regional Group (WRG), ITI South West, ITI West Midlands Group (WMG) and North West Translators’ Network (NWTN).

We want to bring members together to share knowledge and stimulate discussion on translation and interpreting topics.

We will have both a conference stream (with traditional presentations and workshops) and an unconference stream (with free-flowing discussions on topics raised by attendees). Attendees are free to attend a session in either stream at any time.

Conference stream 🎤

❤️‍🩹Health & wellness at work, Courtney Greenlaw (ITI Cymru Wales)🎬Subtitling, Hannah Keet (ITI South West)🤖The Tech Gap in the Translation Profession, Nicole van den Wittenboer (NWTN)

⚽Kicking off linguistic futures, Jae Marple (ITI West Midlands Group)🎭Translating comedy for the stage, Charlie Gobbett (ITI West Midlands Group)😄Utter Balderdash!, Amanda Merbis-Kirk (ITI Western Regional Group)

Unconference stream 🗣️An unconference session is an unscripted, free-flowing group discussion on any given topic. When you register, we’ll ask you to submit a relevant topic for discussion related to your practice or the profession.On the day itself, we will vote on which topic to discuss in each session using Slido on your mobile (instructions to follow).If your topic is chosen, there’s no need to give a presentation or speech! Simply introduce your topic briefly and say what you would like to learn or gain from it. A facilitator will support you and help keep the discussion on track.

Included ✅

Access to all sessions on both streamsTea, coffee & biscuitsNot included ❌Lunch – Bring your own or join a lunch group that we’ll organise at a later point.Mugs/cups – Please bring your own reusable water bottle and/or hot drinks flask

NWTN AGM 2026
2026-05-13 16:00 - 18:00
The NWTN Committee invites you to attend this year’s NWTN Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 13th May, 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm. We will be holding the meeting entirely online (see joining link below). As with last year, we are not combining the AGM with our Annual Dinner, which will take place in the Autumn. Look out for further announcements via our social media and Update newsletter.

The provisional agenda is below. The 2025 AGM minutes and this year’s Committee reports will be made available in due course in the Resources page on our website. If you have any ideas, comments or questions, please submit them to chair@nwtn.org.uk so we can add them to the agenda.

We need a few enthusiastic volunteers to join the Events Team now that Kate, our Events Team Lead, is stepping down after six years. If you wish to help the Committee with their tasks and support the network, now’s the time to step forward. There are a multitude of benefits to you personally, including the opportunity to:

Learn how to plan, promote and run events – from the first idea to the feedback

Shape the future direction of our events – did you attend an event where you thought the speaker had great ideas and needs to be heard by NWTN members?

Get hands-on with WordPress, Eventbrite, Zoom, MailChimp and Canva Pro

Boost your profile and visibility in the translation and interpreting world

Expand your circle and get to know more colleagues

Collaborate with a warm, welcoming team of peers who actually like meetings!

Enjoy free NWTN membership and free access to Canva Pro

No experience needed – just enthusiasm and a can-do attitude.

We hope you can attend and we look forward to seeing you there.

Please remember only full members will have the right to vote, but it is vital that all members feel able and willing to attend. As with other events, this will be held via Zoom.

Meeting ID: 848 0081 0019 Passcode: [REDACTED]

We recommend downloading Zoom onto your computer rather than using it with your web browser. All members will be sent further information about using Zoom, the agenda and supporting documents closer to the time.

Build a Better Website
2026-05-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Ready to get your website working for you?

After her hugely popular events in other regions, we’re delighted to welcome Bex to the NW. She’ll help us to look at the core ingredients that go into a website and practically show you how to apply them. Over the course of the day we’ll delve deeper into brand voice, website strategy, website content and SEO basics.

Throughout the workshop, we’ll have breaks to start to practically implement what’s been discussed and you can ask any questions along the way.

By the end of our time together, you’ll have:– basic brand voice guidelines you can apply to ensure consistent messaging (with exercises you can do in your own time to go deeper)– A plan on the web pages you want to create and how you’ll lay it out– An overview on how to write your key pages with a template you can use to think about keywords for discoverability and CTAs for user experience– The beginnings of some web copy– Answers to burning questions

Bring your laptops, creativity and questions!

About our speaker

Bex is a freelance French and Spanish to English translator and copywriter, specialising in marketing and creative texts. Bex graduated from Heriot-Watt with a 2:1 in Interpreting and Translating in 2017 and has been working as a freelancer since then. From a business perspective, Bex is passionate about helping other small businesses smash their goals by creating web copy and translations that people actually want to read. When she’s not working, Bex loves reading, running (sometimes!), playing board games, cheering on the Scottish rugby team and trying out new gins.

Tickets

To join us for this super useful, all-day event, tickets will be available at an early bird price of £25 for NWTN members (valid for the first month of ticket sales), rising to £30 thereafter, and to ITI members for £35. The cost includes a buffet lunch and tea/coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon – excellent value for money! You’ll be able to indicate any dietary needs at the time of booking.
