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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.

Co-working: Does it make SENSE?

Are you co-working already? Or does the mere thought of it send shivers up your spine? And whatever you think about co-working, how could it enhance your work as a language professional?

This year's Free Lecture will be given by SENSE member Lloyd Bingham from the UK. In Co-working: Does it make SENSE?, Lloyd will explain the concept of co-working and talk about the benefits of co-working with fellow editors and translators as well as with professionals from other sectors. He will share examples of existing co-working models in the UK from inside and outside our profession, with a view to determining whether SENSE members can replicate a similar setup in the Netherlands.

About Lloyd Bingham: 

Lloyd runs Capital Translations in Cardiff, Wales, translating marketing, business, education, technology and legal texts from Dutch, German, French and Spanish into English. In addition to being a member of SENSE since 2018, he is a qualified member of ITI and a committee member of ITI Cymru Wales. Lloyd has co-worked in different formats and at various venues since 2015.

 

Programme

17:00 to 17:30 Doors open (tea, coffee & biscuits available)
17:30 to 18:30 Lecture
18:30 to 19:00 Time to chat over tea and coffee

Sworn translators please note that this event is worth 1 PE point.

As the lecture is relatively late in the day, we will not be organizing informal drinks and snacks afterwards. However, there is a café opposite De Eenhoorn for anyone who wants to have a drink, and a Chinese restaurant if anybody wants to stay on for a meal.  

This event is free to attend for SENSE members. Non-members can purchase a ticket for €40 that includes membership for the remainder of 2019.

Places are limited, so make sure you reserve yours by registering now!