ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
NORDIC DIVISION OF THE
AMERICAN TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION
Saturday, October 9, 2021
11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon EDT
(online)

1. Call to order

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Approval of the minutes of the 2020 annual meeting

The minutes are available here.

4. Nordic Division overview for 2020–2021

▪ Member survey (Dec. 2020)
A summary of the survey results is available here.

▪ Two online meetups (in May and September 2021)

▪ Communication channels:
Facebook
Google Groups email list
LinkedIn group
Website

▪ Certification program
An overview is available here
Nordic language combinations offered: Swedish > English, English > Finnish/Swedish

▪ ATA 62 ND meet-up in Minneapolis: tentatively Thursday, October 28 (venue and time to be shared with confirmed attenders)

5. New business for 2021–2022

▪ Leadership Council
o Introduction of our current members and their status
o Call for new/additional volunteers

▪ Nominating Committee: Call for volunteers

▪ Discussion of topics and speakers for ATA 63

▪ Submission of proposals for topics and speakers (form is usually online by February 1)

▪ Call for volunteers to write content for our website and other communication channels

▪ Call for suggestions for ND events for ATA 63

6. Any other business

7. Closure of the meeting

SLAM! is returning to Malmö for another round of high-level conference sessions. Internationally acclaimed speakers from around the world will fill the historic halls of Sankt Gertrud with tales of industry best practices in specialised fields of the language industry.

More info here

 

The American Translators Association is now accepting presentation proposals for the ATA 59th Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24-27, 2018.

The Annual Conference attracts more than 1,600 attendees, bringing together translators, interpreters, educators, and company owners. Making a presentation to such a diverse audience is an excellent way to gain recognition as a leader and expert in your field!

Submissions are invited from all areas of translation and interpreting, including finance, law, medicine, literature, media, science and technology, terminology, independent contracting, business management, and training/pedagogy. Sessions may be language specific or general.

Submission proposals must be received by March 2, 2018.

For more info, go to the call for proposals section on the ATA website where you will also find the webinar How to Write a Winning ATA Conference Proposal, which takes you through the process step-by-step.

On Tuesday 23 January 2018, 9.30–16.00, the European Commission’s DG Translation’s Swedish Language Department will arrange a workshop for freelance translators.

The workshop will focus on working practices and quality requirements and about future opportunities for translating into Swedish for the European Commission.

The seminar is free of charge, include a lunch sandwich and is open to all external contractors translating into Swedish.

More info here.

A new picture gallery has now been added in the menu under “Nordic Division” – you will find it here.

Do you  have ND-related pictures that you would like to post in the picture gallery? Send them to our webmaster.

Would you like to go to the Lexico Nordica Symposium in Copenhagen in January, to Språkdagen in Oslo in March or to a Finnish Language Seminar in April? You will find more info on these and other events here.