BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.sense-online.nl///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261024T182202CEST-3120t42Sw3@https://www.sense-online.nl/ DTSTAMP:20261024T162202Z DESCRIPTION:Applying plain language principles to creating accessible\, rea der-friendly texts\nJohn Linnegar\, Belgium\n‘The message is important\, n ot the fancy language wrapped around it.’ (George Orwell)\nIt’s astonishin g how may writers feel they need to ‘dress up’ their writing to the extent that they lose their natural (aka plain) voice completely! Their reasons are no doubt many: from wanting to impress to needing to sound important o r authoritative – and sometimes even because their boss or professor ‘writ es like that\, so it must be good’! But in this day and age we should rath er be ‘dressing down’ writing to make it more accessible and flow better. Where writers themselves are incapable of doing so\, the task usually fall s to us wordsmiths to dress (not dumb!) writing down. \nWe need to make au thors’ words clear and straightforward\, using only as many words as are n ecessary. Plain Language helps us to do so by dispensing with the ‘fancy l anguage wrapped around their words’: obscurity\, inflated vocabulary and c onvoluted sentence constructions. Applying Plain Language principles syste matically\, our aim is to render the authors’ messages readily understood at first reading. \nBy the end of this workshop you will be able\, with co nfidence\, to:\n\nconvert long\, complex sentences into shorter compound o r simple ones\; \nreplace\, where possible\, passive voice (O-V-S) constru ctions with active ones (S-V-O)\; \nremove embedded clauses from complex s entences\; \nreplace ‘difficult’ polysyllabic words and jargon with more e veryday\, accessible synonyms (e.g. ‘remuneration’ with ‘pay’ or ‘wage’)\; \nmake impenetrable noun strings accessible by inserting prepositions and articles into them\; \nsupplant nounisms (nominalisations) with healthier vigorous verb equivalents (e.g. ‘invitation’ with ‘invite’)\; \ndispense with archaisms such as ‘aforesaid’\, ‘herein’\, ‘thereby’\, ‘whereafter’\; \nfind ways to introduce useful visual elements (e.g. lists). \n\nFundame ntally\, we wordsmiths will be asking – and answering – the questions ‘Who is the audience and what are their needs?’ In so doing\, we’ll be using t he approach our writers should have adopted in the first place: a reader-c entredness. \nIn this 3.5-hour workshop\, you’ll have an opportunity to pu t these principles into practice.\nAbout the presenter\n \nAn author and a passionate copy-editor with some 40+ years’ of manuscript improvement beh ind him\, John Linnegar is a former teacher of English at secondary school and undergraduate levels. His specialty as an editor is law. In 2009 he p ublished a book on common errors committed by writers in English in South Africa (NB Publishers\, reprinted 2013)\; in 2012 he co-authored Text Edit ing: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners (UA Press) and in 2019\, to gether with Ken McGillivray\, wrote and published grammar\, punctuation an d all that jazz … (MLA Publishers). He contributes regular articles on the usage and abusage of the English language to professional bodies. https:/ /www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/521-applying-plain-language-pri nciples-to-creating-accessible-reader-friendly-texts DTSTART:20201105T123000Z DTEND:20201105T163000Z LOCATION:Zoom online meeting () SUMMARY:Applying plain language principles to creating accessible\, reader- friendly texts URL:https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/521-applying-plain-la nguage-principles-to-creating-accessible-reader-friendly-texts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261024T182202CEST-3125fLgtcz@https://www.sense-online.nl/ DTSTAMP:20261024T162202Z DESCRIPTION:SENSE Chair Mike Gould will put forward arguments for open acce ss archiving (OAA) and some suggestions for promoting OA among our clients .\nClick 'register' at the top of this page to register for this one-hour online meeting\, which will take place on Friday 6 November from 14.00h. R egistration will close at 09.00h on 5 November and registered participants will then be emailed a link to the Zoom meeting. https://www.sense-online .nl/events/calendar/event/557-unisig-open-access-for-sense-editors DTSTART:20201106T130000Z DTEND:20201106T140000Z LOCATION:Zoom online meeting () SUMMARY:UniSIG - Open access for SENSE editors URL:https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/557-unisig-open-acces s-for-sense-editors END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261024T182202CEST-3126cFINbR@https://www.sense-online.nl/ DTSTAMP:20261024T162202Z DESCRIPTION: \nSo\, you have set up your business and have started messagin g some potential clients. One day\, you are asked: how much do you charge for this translation/edit/copy? \nThe real question is\, perhaps\, how muc h should you charge? To which the short answer is: 'it depends'.\nYes – in this Starters SIG meeting\, we will endeavour to navigate the wild seas o f rates and fees. Together\, we will explore different pricing strategies available to language professionals and address various factors at play wh en determining a certain rate for a certain service.\nMembers are once aga in more than welcome to invite non-members to join us.\nThe meeting will t ake place on Tuesday 3 November 19.00-20.30 on Zoom. Please register by cl icking the button at the top of this page by 10.00 on the day of the event .\nHope to see you there.\nMartina AbagnaleDanielle CarterAnne Oosthuizen https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/560-starters-sig-pricing -your-work DTSTART:20201103T180000Z DTEND:20201103T193000Z LOCATION:Zoom online meeting () SUMMARY:Starters SIG - Pricing your work URL:https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/560-starters-sig-pric ing-your-work END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261024T182202CEST-3128aWpBb4@https://www.sense-online.nl/ DTSTAMP:20261024T162202Z DESCRIPTION:\nData protection laws affect us all. But what do you need to d o to comply\, and how can you get started? Is compliance with the GDPR rea lly possible? And what does all this mean for translators\, interpreters a nd other wordsmiths?\nSteven Segaert will give a short talk and there’ll b e plenty of time for discussion about GDPR matters for language profession als.\nSteven Segaert\, an English-to-Dutch translator\, faced the same que stions. And because he thought it could be smart marketing towards clients \, he decided to get to the bottom of GDPR. After too many trips through t oo many rabbit holes\, he felt he had spent enough hours on the subject to have a pretty good idea what it's all about.\nSo\, whether you haven't re ally done anything yet\, or would like to make a fresh start\, Steven will help you on your way. During the Tech SIG meeting Steven will talk briefl y about why data protection is a good idea and what you can do to be compl iant. After this brief talk\, there will be plenty of time for questions. \nClick the register button at the top of the page so you receive the Zoom links for this lunchtime meeting.For more information about our speaker\, see Steven's LinkedIn page https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/ev ent/567-tech-sig-gdpr-matters-for-language-professionals DTSTART:20201104T120000Z DTEND:20201104T130000Z LOCATION:Zoom online meeting () SUMMARY:Tech SIG: GDPR matters for language professionals URL:https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/567-tech-sig-gdpr-mat ters-for-language-professionals END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261024T182202CEST-3129m8rMzZ@https://www.sense-online.nl/ DTSTAMP:20261024T162202Z DESCRIPTION:Translating Europe Forum 2020 goes virtual\nTranslating Europe Forum 2020 – virtual conference: 4 November 2020\, 13:30 (Brussels time) – 6 November 2020\nIn line with the ongoing global efforts to prevent the s pread of Coronavirus the 7th edition of the Translating Europe Forum will be held online. This year’s topic will be: Platforms: digital ecosystems f or translation\nOnline platforms have become part of many people´s every-d ay lives. Examples include social media platforms\, digital market places and online services. They facilitate contacts between groups that don´t ne cessarily know each other.\nTEF 2020 will look at digital platforms from t wo angles:\n\nThe effect of digital platforms on the translation professio n (new business models and workflows for translators and language service providers)\ndigital platforms and their translation needs\, or how transla tion supports digital platforms\n\nRegistration will be open also during t he conference.\nA conference app and event platform will provide an enhanc ed conference experience (including interactive features and virtual netwo rking). However\, if you just want to watch the conference you can simply follow the web-streaming. Links to the streaming will be activated on this page no later than one week before the event.\nJoin the discussion on soc ial media using our hashtag: #2020TEF\nWe are looking forward to your virt ual participation!For further information and registration: https://ec.eur opa.eu/info/events/2020TEF_en\n  https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calend ar/event/569-translating-europe-forum-2020 DTSTART:20201104T123000Z DTEND:20201106T170000Z LOCATION:Zoom online meeting () SUMMARY:Translating Europe Forum 2020 URL:https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/569-translating-europ e-forum-2020 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR