Welcome to SENSE-online

SENSE stands for the Society of English-Native-Speaking Editors. Based in the Netherlands, the society serves as a professional networking community for more than 400 members, who work as editors, translators, interpreters, copywriters, and teachers of English writing skills. Every year SENSE organizes a full programme of professional development activities, including lectures and workshops, as well as regular social events. For more information on current and upcoming activities, please visit the EVENTS page. The society also maintains an active forum where members can crowdsource the in-depth knowledge and technical information possessed by fellow language professionals. For more information about SENSE, please see the ABOUT page.

Find a language professional

Our Freelance Search service contains listings for more than 150 language specialists, including their skills, subjects and the services they offer. Visit the FIND page and see which of our freelance members can help you get the job done.

Join SENSE

Are you a native-speaker translator, writer, or editor either working in the Netherlands or with connections to the Netherlands? Would you like to belong to our society? For more information on the benefits of SENSE membership, please visit the JOIN page. To gain a taste of things to come, please feel free to download the latest issue of our newsletter,  eSense 24 (October 2011).

Already a member?

If you belong to SENSE, you can log in to access the private section of the website. There you will find the full range of resources open just to members, including our web forum, useful downloads, publications for and by members, and news from special interest groups.