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Welcome to SENSE

Society of English-language professionals in the Netherlands

SENSE is a professional association for language workers who have a connection with the Netherlands and who work in the English language.

Most of our members live in the Netherlands and can also speak Dutch.

Networking

SENSE organizes professional development such as webinars, workshops, and get-togethers.

Curious about past or upcoming events? Click here for a list of regional or topical special interest group (SIG) meetings or click here for workshops and webinars.

Feel free to sign up for a meeting as a guest.

Forum for members

SENSE members get access to a web-based Forum where they can ask and answer work-related questions and share their views and experiences.

The Forum is easy to use, and is frequented by both new and long-standing members.

SENSE Blog

The SENSE Blog features regular articles and news written and edited by a dedicated team and guest authors.

Click here to read our blog.

Special Interest Groups

SIG meetings are get-togethers organized by region or special interest.

Visit our Calendar here to see upcoming meetings, or click here to see past meetings.

Feel free to sign up for a SIG meeting as a guest.

Keep up to date
Get-togethers
Reaching out

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 month, SENSE sends out notices about upcoming events, society business, and important news from the industry. Members can also access past occasional mails via the website.
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.

Convenant Vertaalsector Nederland

What freelance translators expect of agencies, and vice versa.

Guidelines for proofreading students

For copy-editors who work with students, or students who work with copy-editors.

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Find a freelancer

SENSE freelancers offer copywriting, editing, indexing, interpreting, language teaching, journalism, proofreading, training, transcription, translating, and subtitling.

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