• Keep up to date

    A newsletter from SENSE drops into members’ e-mailboxes once a month. Each newsletter brims with news about the society, training opportunities from sister societies, and notices of various kinds. There are also handy links to upcoming SENSE events and links to the latest blog posts. And if you haven’t been on social media for a while, the newsletter provides an insight into that as well.

    About three times a month, SENSE sends out notices about upcoming events, society business, and important news from the industry.

    SENSE members who use Facebook and LinkedIn can join SENSE’s members-only Facebook and LinkedIn pages. Around 100 members are on the Facebook group and around 150 members are on the LinkedIn group. SENSE also has a public presence on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, where our social media manager very regularly posts news about SENSE events, events from sister societies, and various other interesting posts related to our industry. These pages are accessible to the public.

  • Get-togethers

    SENSE regularly hosts meetings for members based on region or special interest. These meetings can be in person or online. There are several SIGs (special interest groups), such as one for educators, for medical translators and editors, for academic editors, for starters, etc.

    The society hosts workshops about 3-6 times a year that are open to both members and the public. Some of these are in person, while others are in the form of webinars. Some workshops are interactive, while others feature a guest speaker.

    An established tradition in SENSE is our annual summer social and our annual winter dinner. At these two events, members may bring their partners or a guest. The summer social is usually some kind of touristy outing. The winter dinner may be a formal sit-down or an informal buffet dinner.

  • Reaching out

    Potential clients can use the SENSE freelance register to find suitable freelance translators, editors, interpreters, copywriters, etc. etc. from among SENSE members. The register is right there on SENSE’s public website. Any member of SENSE may join the freelance register for no extra charge.

    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. As a member, you can edit your own profile page via our website and ensure that only the information that you wish to reveal, are visible to other members.

    The society has had a monthly newsletter pretty much since the beginning in 1992. Most of these newsletters have been preserved and can be viewed by members via the website. This is a very interesting way of getting to know the society and its members, or to get new ideas from past events and activities.

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March Utrecht SIG meeting

From 11 March 2020 19:30 CET until 11 March 2020 21:30 CET
Posted by Maartje Gorte
Categories: SIG meetings
Tags: #networking, CDP
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 The Utrecht SIG is back! In an entirely new venue! After almost a year of peregrination, we found a new place that is accessible and hopefully easy to reach for people coming by car, train, bike and public transport.

The next meeting will be held on 11 March, from 19:30 to 21:30.

Address:
Buurtcentrum OASE, zaal 3
Cartesiusweg 11
3534 BA Utrecht

From Utrecht Zuilen train station, go south (towards the side that has the most bike stands) and then take the first right onto Vlampijpstraat. Oase is the first building on the left. 
The room is on the second floor, but there is a stairlift. It's a community center, so we'll have a room all to ourselves, albeit without fancy coffee.

The meeting will be classical Utrecht SIG style: discussing and translating a text together, followed by good old-fashioned shop talk. 
If anyone has an interesting text for us to look at, please send me an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Please click register above if you plan to come to the meeting.
This event is free to members and guests.