16 May @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

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.

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– 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 personally.

Professionally, we benefitted from the advice and support of colleagues shared freely and informally throughout the day. Small-group discussion sessions covered a choice of topics from work-life balance, coworking, business finances, marketing, CPD, agencies & clients, and workflow & productivity.

By sharing ideas and experiences, suggesting solutions to each other’s dilemmas, and listening to each other’s points of view, we enhanced each other’s business practices and enriched our professional knowledge.

We also got to know colleagues with different specialisms, language combinations and subject expertise who may become collaborators on future projects or who we could recommend to clients looking for linguists with particular professional backgrounds.

The insightful Post-it note session, where members were encouraged to post questions on the board for colleagues to answer last year, was digitalised on a Miro board this year. The digital board extends this activity beyond the one-day event, as members can continue to post questions and get helpful advice from colleagues long after the in-person event has ended.

Personally, this year’s event allowed me to reflect upon how my experience of being a member of the network has developed since last year, when I arrived at this event alone. Not knowing many of the participants, I participated in the discussions on collaboration, revision, accountability and mentoring, which led to a few of us setting up a local accountability group which has met regularly ever since. This year, our small group travelled to the event together, and I found myself in a room of familiar faces.

It was also great to see a few new faces, who will have the same opportunity as I did to connect and find their place in the network over the coming year. Thanks to our network organisers Laurence, Kate, and Katell, for creating such a thought-provoking and enjoyable event.

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9 March 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us for a Social Saturday where we’ll take a closer look at the developments in Generative AI being used within our profession, and discuss strategies as to how we can navigate this brave new world without drowning!

The event is aimed at practising translators and interpreters, whether new to the profession or seasoned professionals.

For the first hour, Angela Sigee will present:

• general information on MT, in particular NMT;
• generative AI and its use for translation purposes;
• a closer look at the metrics used to evaluate such tools’ performance, a topic that is rarely explained;
• general trends in the development of AI-based tools for translators and interpreters;
• the impact of these developments on our profession, our work processes, the freelance business model and the language industry in general – a crucial aspect, sadly, being the downward pressure on our rates.

Following a break, we’ll then facilitate a panel discussion featuring the following panellists: Michael Farrell (via Zoom), Silke Lührmann, Louise Killeen and Silvia Terribile (in-person). The discussion will be opened up to the floor, so attendees can raise their fears, hopes and everything else in between.

The event is for NWTN and ITI members and will be face-to-face only, with the chance to submit questions in advance.

One of our panellists, Michael Farrell, is currently running a survey about the use of Generative AI by professional translators. We invite you to complete his survey, whether you use AI tools or not, by following this link: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/use-of-GenAI-by-professional-translators

Ticket sales end on Friday 8th March so don’t miss out! Priced at £5 for NWTN members, £10 for ITI members (+ Eventbrite fee).

Refreshments: tea & coffee, snacks (may contain allergens, consumed at own risk).

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