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Join us for the 2026 SENSE Professional Development Day
on Saturday 31 October 2026 in Ede, Netherlands.



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Browse our events calendar for upcoming webinars, workshops, professional development days and informal get-togethers.



Living in the Netherlands? Doing language work? Working in English?

Join the society for English-language professionals in the Netherlands!

What is SENSE, and what does SENSE do?

SENSE is a society for English-language professionals based in the Netherlands. We are a community of language workers who work from or into English, with a connection to the Netherlands.

Attend informal get-togethers

SENSE regularly hosts meetings (SIGs) for members based on region or special interest. These meetings can be in person or online.

Forum for members only

SENSE's web forum is where members can post questions, give answers, and chat with other members. There is also a jobs category where jobs are posted from potential clients who visited the SENSE website.

Get a mentor to guide you

SENSE has a mentoring programme whereby experienced SENSE members can help inexperienced members for a small fee (subsidized by SENSE).

Event calendar / agenda

Never miss an event! Discover upcoming webinars, workshops and social events on the SENSE Calender, or browse through the ones that you have missed.

Contact other members easily

SENSE members are encouraged to make contact with other members. That is what being in a society is all about. All SENSE members can search for or browse the list of current SENSE members.

Read our regular blog

SENSE members and guest authors post meeting reports and interesting articles on the SENSE Blog. It also represents an opportunity to budding copywriters to get their name on screen.

Guidelines for student texts

SENSE has prepared its own "Guidelines for Proofreading Student Texts" and a "Form to Confirm Proofreading Services". Download them free of charge.

Best practices

The Dutch Convenant explains what freelance translators and translation agencies in the Netherlands typically consider good practice in their dealings with each other. Visit sense-online.nl/dutch-covenant.

2025 SENSE Summer Social

The Kralingse Bos, Rotterdam's largest city park, covers approximately 250 hectares, with a harmonious balance between water, forest and open spaces.

Join us there on 20 September for an afternoon stroll around the lake and through the forest, overlooking the distant skyscrapers of downtown Rotterdam.

We'll gather from 12:30 at De Eekhoorn, ready to start our walk at 13:00. 

Following our hike we'll return to De Eekhoorn and enjoy some afternoon coffee and cake (cost covered by attendees).

 

 

Date: 20 September 2025

Location: Kralingse Bos, Rotterdam 

Getting there: From Rotterdam Alexander train station, catch RET bus 36 to Bushalte Jacob van Campenplein. From there it's a 15 minute into the forest to De Eekhoorn (see walking map below).