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Stronger Together

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How connection and collaboration make membership a must – by Nina Hasinski – 16th november 2024 – Focusing on the principles of collaboration and support amongst colleagues, this November’s Stronger Together 2 meet-up, organised by the NWTN, built upon the foundations of last year’s event and reminded us how valuable being part of a network is, both professionally and
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Member Monday presents: Nick Hubble

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Nick Hubble (he/him) Where do you live/work? I live in Manchester and work in the city centre – I have made use of various co-working opportunities in the city for a good ten years and currently work from a Grade-2 listed loft in an old mill in Ancoats. Are you mainly a translator or interpreter or both? What languages do you work with? I translate exclusively from German to
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Festive Social 2023

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Having recently returned to the NWTN fold after a few years in the professional-networking wilderness, I couldn’t think of a better occasion to connect with the group than the annual Festive Social. On registering my interest with event organiser Kate in advance, I was reminded of the two conditions of attendance: wear something festive and bake something for the buffet. Thus, clad in my faithful
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Member Monday presents: Rachel Jones

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Rachel Jones Where do you live/work? I live and work in Liverpool. I grew up on the Wirral, but after six cities and 12 houses in ten years, it was time to return and put down some roots! Are you a translator or interpreter or both? Which languages do you work with? I’m an audiovisual translator, working from French and German into English, but I also do text translations. What are your
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Member Monday presents: Marta Cisa

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Marta Cisa Where do you live/work? I live and work in Liverpool, Merseyside. Are you a translator or interpreter or both? Which languages do you work with? I am mainly a translator from English and French into Spanish and Catalan, but I am also a DPSI-qualified interpreter. What are your specialist fields? Literary translation, linguistic services for businesses in the cosmetics,
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Rose Jenkinson 1981-2023

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Written by Roz Howarth - Rose Jenkinson (née Oakes) sadly passed away in August 2023, following a two-year battle with bowel cancer. She is survived by her husband, Russ, and her two young daughters Iris and Amy. I first met Rose in Chester at a Translators’ Powwow event organised by Michaela (Pschierer-Barnfather) at around the time of International Translation Day in 2008. The three of us
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Summer Walk 2023

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This year’s NWTN summer walk set off from the village of Arnside in Cumbria, a former fishing port on the estuary where the River Kent enters Morecambe Bay. A generously sized group of intrepid translators gathered at the glamourous meeting point of the public conveniences on the front ready to set out on a circular walk around the headland. Everyone was in high spirits despite the looming
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NTWN Tour of RHS Garden Bridgewater

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When my regional ITI network, the North West Translators' Network (NWTN), advertised a trip to the RHS Garden Bridgewater I signed up immediately. I had seen spectacular aerial pictures of the enormous walled garden on TV when the garden first opened a couple of years ago, so the opportunity to join a private group tour was too good to miss. Named after the Bridgewater Canal, which runs past
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Member Monday presents: Sandrine Grenier

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Sandrine Grenier Where do you live/work? I live and work in the Greater Bordeaux Area Are you a translator or interpreter or both? Which languages do you work with? I’m a translator. English>French is my pair. What are your specialist fields? Environment (marine and water-related fields), Life Sciences, Nautical and Education. What’s the strangest/most interesting project you’ve
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Boost Day 2023

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Thursday’s heavy snowfall made me wonder why I had booked the in-person event when I could so easily have logged in from the comfort of my home, but by Saturday the snow had almost cleared and my regret had faded by the time I arrived at the venue, which was the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester. A renovated industrial brick building with quotations on the windows and a
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