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North West Translators' Network

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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Knitting and Crafts Social Saturday

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“Knitting and Crafts Social Saturday: a cosy afternoon to knit, sew, fix, and chat about the translation of crafts and hobbies.” What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon? As soon as I saw the details of the event hosted by my neighbouring ITI network the NWTN, I bought my ticket and put the date in my diary. The location was the YHA at Potato Wharf in Manchester, by the side of the
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What is Expertise – Managing Imposter Syndrome 

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An in-person and online Social Saturday event I attended this event as, during my long career, I have on several occasions been called upon to translate some documents or sections of documents with which I was not as comfortable as those relating to my specialism of [re]insurance and contracts. This was particularly the case when translating larger volumes of insurance texts, which might then
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Member Monday presents: Helen Jones

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Helen Jones Where do you live/work? I live and work in Urmston, Greater Manchester. Are you mainly a translator or interpreter or both? What languages? I translate from French and German to English. What are your specialist fields? Patents, predominantly in the fields of biology and chemistry. I also work on other chemistry and biology-related texts. What’s the strangest/most
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Rod Riesco awarded life membership for his contribution to NWTN 

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Three months on from our memorable 35th anniversary dinner, one final task was completed to round off these celebrations: the handing-over of a life membership certificate to express the NWTN’s gratitude to its founder member, Rod Riesco MITI.  Rod was unable to attend the dinner for health reasons, so he missed out on receiving his certificate alongside co-founder Norbert Hermann MITI,
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DTP for translators event report

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Online conferencing is wonderful when it works. This wasn't quite the case at the start of 'Desktop Publishing (DTP) for Translators', but, despite the technical hiccups, we were all treated to a fantastic presentation by Chris Thompson, MCIL. His engaging talk broadly covered how the translation process fits into multilingual DTP projects and where the pitfalls lie. Now, I'm a complete
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Subtitling workshop: an introduction to subtitling guidelines and Subtitle Edit

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In a post-lockdown era, I’d find any excuse to enjoy a day out, let alone a day spent with fellow translators. Thus, the Northwest Translators’ Network’s subtitling workshop which I attended – with immense pleasure – on 18 June 2022, came in handy and was indeed very useful.   It was such a nice opportunity to meet new colleagues. The workshop methodology was a good balance between
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Member Monday presents: Rowie Watkeys

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Rowie Watkeys Where do you live/work? Ilkley, near Leeds. Are you mainly a translator or interpreter or both? What languages? Translator, from French and German into English. What are your specialist fields? Marketing, fashion, food and drink (particularly wine/champagne), retail and luxury goods. What’s the strangest/most interesting project you’ve ever worked on? The most
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