In this guest blog post, ITI West Midlands Group member Robin Humphrey writes about our Boost Day event on machine translation post-editing that was held on 26 September 2020. It nearly didn’t happen, but the Northwest Translators’ Network (NWTN) made it and it was so well run by Mike Hanson at the controls.  I’d been looking forward to this since March when it was postponed at the last
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In this blog post, Deborah Borderiau recaps the NWTN's weekly Working Lunch chats. If you want to find out what to expect, keep an eye on the NWTN's social media channels for the theme each week and join us here. What could be nicer during these gloomy times of the Covid pandemic than a weekly chat session with our NWTN colleagues? It’s great to see smiling faces and have an informal discussion
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Anna Strowe Where do you live/work? Manchester/ University of Manchester. Are you mainly a translator or interpreter or both? What languages? These days I’m mostly a university lecturer on translation and interpreting, rather than a practising translator or interpreter. I did some freelance translation work (IT>EN) in the past, and my favourite work was in academic subjects (art
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Nicole van den Wittenboer Where do you live/work? Moved from South Manchester to Hawarden, North Wales in 2014. Are you mainly a translator or interpreter or both? What languages? I’m a qualified interpreter having passed the DPSI Law in 2003 but have never really enjoyed it so tend to focus on Dutch<>English translation work only. What are your specialist fields? Probably easier
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Agnieszka Kwiecien Where do you live/work? Blackburn, Lancashire. Are you mainly a translator or interpreter or both? What languages? I do translation and interpretation, as well as remote interpretation and transcription in Polish-English. What are your specialist fields? Translation: legal, local government, supply chain, logistics, charities and community organisations, schools and
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Rosie Eyre Where do you live/work? Blackpool, Lancashire. Are you mainly a translator or interpreter or both? What languages? Translator – French and Spanish to English. What are your specialist fields? I focus mainly on the creative fields, including marketing & advertising, literature, tourism, gastronomy, and academic texts within the arts and humanities. What’s the
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What’s the greatest invention since sliced bread? For many linguists, stuck at home during the current pandemic and far from the opportunities on offer in London, the answer would be high-quality, interactive and easily available CPD sessions that can be enjoyed from the comfort of our own homes. This quickly sold-out event, the first of its kind to be organised by the NWTN, was delivered by Dr
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Andy Davis We publicise a member profile every Monday here on our website, on our Facebook page, on Twitter @NWTN_UK and on LinkedIn. If you want to join us in this opportunity to share a little about yourself with your fellow NWTN members, download the questionnaire from the Member Resources area and send it to our Comms Officer. Where do you
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Sarah Cutts We publicise a member profile every Monday here on our website, on our Facebook page, on Twitter @NWTN_UK and on LinkedIn. If you want to join us in this opportunity to share a little about yourself with your fellow NWTN members, download the questionnaire from the Member Resources area and send it to our Comms Officer. Where do you
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