North West Translators' Network

Book Chat

Calling all bibliophiles! Are you a keen reader? What was your favourite book when you were a child? What literature (in your mother tongue or foreign languages) did you study at school? Did you love it or loathe it? What's your favourite book of all time? Why do you love it so much?What is your
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NWTN Online AGM

You may recall we intended to revist the Britons Protection pub in central Manchester for our Annual General Meeting - the same place where our outgoing Chair, Heidi Kerschl, first joined the NWTN nearly 30 years' ago and volunteered to serve on the committee. Sadly, the current situation has meant that this event will need
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Free

Book Chat – Chapter 2!

We hope that you enjoyed the inaugural Bookchat meeting as much as we did and that you are looking forward to the next instalment… Following on from the interesting discussion we had last time on the subject of libraries, we intend to begin this meeting by talking about bookshops:- Do you have a favourite bookshop?-
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‘Battle of the Kingdoms’ Quiz Slam

Join us for a pub quiz in the comfort of your own home! We're going bigger with our sixth quiz! NWTN members will compete against Yorkshire and NERG ITI members! HINT: brush up on your knowledge of Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East! Here's how it will work: The quiz is just for fun,
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Take Note! An online note-taking workshop for interpreters

A CPD session aimed at practising interpreters who are keen to improve their note-taking skills for long and short consecutive assignments. The first part will briefly revisit the principles of note-taking commonly taught on initial interpreter training programmes, allowing space for discussion and reflection on how well these principles have served participants’ practice to date.
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£5