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.

ITI: Editing and proofreading – how to get it right

Online workshop: Editing and proofreading – how to get it right

On 7 August and 10 August the Institute of Translation and Interpreting is organizing two online workshops on editing and proofreading.

Learn how to become a more efficient proofreader and editor in this short course with popular trainer, Karen Tkaczyk.

Translators edit and proofread every day – it’s an essential part of the job. In this short course, you will learn ways to make this final stage of checking a text more reliable and to give you more confidence in your edits.  

You will:

  • Discover more about the tools you can use for editing and proofreading
  • Build your confidence in negotiating for editing and proofreading services
  • Learn the skills you need to reduce the time you spend going back and forth on decisions while editing and proofreading
  • Increase your confidence that you are making the right edits in translations
  • Learn how to develop a more defined editing and proofreading process.

There will be two assignments as part of the course to help you practise and develop your skills. 

You can find out more about this workshop on the ITI website. 

Prices:

ITI members: £80 + VAT

Non-members: £139 + VAT