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    Blog

    SENSE publishes a blog with posts by members on a wide range of topics. If you have any suggestions or wish to contribute please contact our Content Manager. 
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  • Library

    Library

    [Available to members only] SENSE has a large library of industry related files, including guidelines, guides, articles, and links to resources. The library also gives easy access to society documentation, including AGM reports, rules and the constitution, and survey reports.
  • Monthly newsletter

    Monthly newsletter

    [Available to members only] Members receive industry and society news and summaries of blog posts and articles by e-mail every month.
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    Guidelines for Proofreading Student Texts

    SENSE has prepared its own Guidelines for Proofreading Student Texts and a Form to Confirm Proofreading Services. These can be downloaded free of charge.
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  • The SENSE Handbook

    [Available to members only] Nineteen informative chapters with best-practice overviews, authored by a wide variety of contributors from all walks of SENSE life. Chapters include: Basic business skills, Bookkeeping, Selling language skills, Working with agencies, Setting rates, Managing clients, Quality management,…

  • Newsletter archive (1995 to...)

    [Available to members only] Members can read many of the old newsletters and eSense editions going all the way back to 1995.

  • Books by SENSE members

    Many of our members have written, co-written, or translated books, journal articles and chapters of books. Here is a selection.
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(home page) About the society of English-language professionals in the Netherlands (public)

What SENSE is

SENSE is a society for English-language professionals based in the Netherlands. We currently have about 280 members, including technical, style and copy editors, translators, proofreaders, copywriters, interpreters, journalists, teachers, researchers, academics and language/communication consultants. Most of our members either live in or have a professional connection to the Netherlands, but work primarily in English (either full-time or part-time, freelance or in-house).

What SENSE does

SENSE supports its members and the language profession in many ways. The Society:

  • helps language professionals meet the special challenges of working in English in a Dutch-speaking country.
  • organizes a full calendar of workshops, webinars and social events for members and non-members alike.
  • hosts an online Forum where members can ask questions and discuss issues.
  • organizes get-togethers called Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to meet, discuss and learn about topics related to the group's interests.
  • operates a mentoring programme in which more experienced members provide guidance to less experienced colleagues.
  • provides a membership database where members can find colleagues and make useful contacts.
  • provides useful information and resources in our online Library of files.
  • maintains an active presence on Facebook (both public and private), LinkedIn (both public and private) and X (formerly Twitter).
  • engages in advocacy and the promotion of standards on behalf of language professionals in the Netherlands and Europe.
  • encourages communication between societies and institutions involved in language.

History of SENSE

SENSE was founded in 1990 by a small group of English-speaking editors living in the Netherlands. Their objective was to form a society that could deal with the problems of language attrition and linguistic isolation faced by English-speaking language professionals living and working in a non-anglophone country. SENSE has also attracted many native speakers of Dutch, who bring valuable perspectives on working in the English language industry in the Netherlands.

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Publications

The following resources are available to the public:

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