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The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Excel for translators on 28 March in Covent Garden

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:43:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Excel for translators on 28 March in Covent Garden

Hello
Please visit the following page to find out more about the forthcoming powwow: [url removed]

See you there!
Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Next powwow announced

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Next powwow announced

Hello
Please visit the following link to find out more about the forthcoming powwow: [url removed]

Thanks
Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Ideas for future powwows

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Ideas for future powwows

Hello
We had a popular powwow and Trados presentation last Saturday - thanks again to Stan Kulikowski for volunteering. There is another powwow planned for Saturday, 28 February - the suggested topic is ProZ profiles and how to use them to one's advantage. More information to follow shortly. I've just received a further suggestion for the March powwow on 28 March. The suggested topic is all business aspects of freelancing, such as
setting up a translation business, taxation, invoicing, insurance etc. The meeting is to be aimed at beginners. Please let me know, if you would like to volunteer!

Thanks
Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Next (Xmas!) powwow in Covent Garden on Saturday, 13 December

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:44:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Next (Xmas!) powwow in Covent Garden on Saturday, 13 December

Hello
As this is the last powwow of the year and keeping up with the tradition, our next powwow will have a Christmas theme. If you want to find out more, and fancy a pressie :), please visit the powwow page: [url removed]

See you there!
Katharina

[Edited at 2008-11-13 10:44]

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Trados at next powwow

Stanislaw Kulikowski — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:37:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Stanislaw Kulikowski
Post title: Trados at next powwow

It seems that I will be able to come to the next one, after all. So, Katharina, if you keep it in mind when looking for the venue...

Stan

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Trados on October 25

Stanislaw Kulikowski — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:08:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Stanislaw Kulikowski
Post title: Trados on October 25

Oh, I thought you needed sombody for this Saturday...
I won't be able to come on 25 Oct. So, maybe one of the powwows to follow...

Stan

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Trados presentation

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:01:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Trados presentation

Hi Stan
Yes - what you're suggesting sounds perfect for our purposes. I'll check with Fouad when we can have the BBC Bush House again. I was thinking Saturday, 25 October, if you are free?

Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Trados presentation

Stanislaw Kulikowski — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:27:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Stanislaw Kulikowski
Post title: Trados presentation

I am far from considering myself an expert but I have been using Trados for a few years now and bits and pieces of knowledge sipped through to my head. I could say few words but that would not be presenting tip of the iceberg knowing the whole giant but showing the tip and wondering what is under water. Some practical issues, some pros and cons. Few tricks. For sure I wouldn't be able to answer detailed technical questions.

Is this what is expected?

Stan

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | The last powwow and more to come in the future

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:27:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: The last powwow and more to come in the future

Thanks again to Peter Linton, who did a great presentation on handling PDF files and moderated the discussion at the last powwow: [url removed]

The next event - [url removed] , is going to be pure networking again, but please let me know, if you're interested in presenting or moderating a discussion on a topic of your choice in the future. We might be able to use the BBC Bush House again, which I think works very well for your purposes. I'm not sure about the exact dates at this stage. Apart from the already suggested topics, I'm interested to hear from Trados experts, who would be willing to present a quick overview of the tool's main features. It would be by no means an in depth, hands-on workshop, but rather a very generic presentation "where to start" aimed at beginners. Please let me know, if you are willing to volunteer!

I hope to see many of you at the next powwow!

Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | We don't have any presenters as yet!

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:06:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: We don't have any presenters as yet!

Hi Elisa
Once somebody has volunteered and they're prepared to do handouts at all, we might consider this :-) However, nobody has stepped forward so far, so I don't want to raise expectations... We might end up with a pure networking event. I'll keep you updated.

Thanks
Katharina

[quote]Elisa Noetinger wrote:

Hello !

Thanks to all involved for organising this !! I look forward to the next Stammtisch :)

I thought that those who are doing presentations might want to send their presentations in advance for each of us to print ourselves? Just to avoid doing photocopies ;)

Elisa [/quote]

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | We don't have any presenters as yet.

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:14:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: We don't have any presenters as yet.

Hi Kate
Once somebody has volunteered, I guess it will depend how much time and effort they're willing and able to invest. I'd be already grateful, if somebody agreed to talk briefly about a topic of their choice.

Thanks
Katharina

[quote]Kate Warren wrote:

Hi

Thanks so much for organising this. I think it's a great idea.

If it's not too much to ask, could presenters bring handouts?

Looking forward to it...

Kate

[/quote]

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Send handouts by email?

Elisa Noetinger — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Elisa Noetinger
Post title: Send handouts by email?

Hello !

Thanks to all involved for organising this !! I look forward to the next Stammtisch :)

I thought that those who are doing presentations might want to send their presentations in advance for each of us to print ourselves? Just to avoid doing photocopies ;)

Elisa

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Presentation handouts

Kate Warren — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:43:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Kate Warren
Post title: Presentation handouts

Hi

Thanks so much for organising this. I think it's a great idea.

If it's not too much to ask, could presenters bring handouts?

Looking forward to it...

Kate

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Next powwow at the Bush House (home of the BBC World Service)

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:56:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Next powwow at the Bush House (home of the BBC World Service)

Hello
The next powwow will be hosted at the Bush House on the Strand from 3pm on Saturday, 30 August. Please go to [url removed] to sign up and for further information. Since we're able to benefit from a nice location, we could consider turning our next meeting into more than just a pure social networking event and offer some short presentations. We've previously had some great suggestions, so get in touch, if you'd like to volunteer :-)

Suggested topics included:
- How to use online networking platforms that are not translation-related to promote yourself as a freelance translator. How to find business advice, make contact, find potential customers, make the best of your online presence.
(Franziska Hardmeier)

- How to use online tools such as GoogleAds, YahooAds to promote yourself and get listed in search results.
(suggested by Franziska, volunteer presenter needed)

- Subtitling (Esther Hay)

- Quality assurance (Constanze Andel)

- Moving to Spain, basic web design, sharing notes from HMRC course on Becoming Self Employed and Self Assessment (Julieta Suarez Lopez)

The forum is obviously open to more topics and suggestions!

We've already had a similar event at the Grafton Arms, where we covered topics like starting out as a freelancer, marketing, rates, coping with peaks and troughs of income, working with direct and indirect clients, supplementing income from other sources etc.

I'd like to keep the presentations short and simple, e.g. a 15min presentation followed by a group discussion. We could also split into groups and offer different discussion "circles, " while still allowing enough time at the end for some informal mingling and networking.

Tell me what you think!
Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | New venue for the London Stammtisch?

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:51:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: New venue for the London Stammtisch?

Hello
I've remembered another nice pub in the area and decided to pay them a visit today. It's called Carpenters Arms and the address is 68-70 Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 4EY.

For the exact location check out:
[url removed] ,+68-70+Whitfield+Street,+Fitzrovia+W1T+4EY&near=whitfield+street+london&sll=51.521439,-0.136486&sspn=0.008064,0.021265&ie=UTF8&ll=51.522122,-0.136492&spn=0.008064,0.021265&z=16&msa=0&msid= [phone removed] 5276163.0004456a6c3b92c2785ec

There are two downstairs bars, an upstairs area and a roof terrace, but unfortunately the nice upstairs bit and the terrace only open in the evenings at weekends, so we can't have them. The good news is that we can have the smaller of the two downstairs bars for a our sole use. The area is not as secluded as the upstairs room at Grafton's, but at least there is no telly and there are also some outside tables, should the weather get hot again. They also serve food and a good selection of wines, beers and soft drinks.

So... I decided to go ahead and book the bar for Saturday, 21 June from 2pm (the pub opens at 12pm at weekends). I'm going to announce the powwow shortly, so watch out for it on [url removed] I suggest to keep it simple the first time and have a straightforward networking and socialising event, rather than a seminar or presentations. Let's see how we like the venue first!

If you have any alternative suggestions, please let me know!

Take care and happy translating
Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | London Powwow in need of a new venue

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:29:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: London Powwow in need of a new venue

Hello
Thanks to everyone who made it to Grafton Arms in April! Unfortunately, I have some bad news to report - the manager told me after the event that she was told by her boss to start charging us a £50 booking fee... This is obviously not an option, as we don't have a budget to pay for the hire, so it looks as if we have to search for a new venue. I will scout the area for alternatives, but I would be also grateful for any suggestions! What we are looking for is a quiet venue with good transport links. Since the London Powwow goes on holidays to Brighton in May ( [url removed] - for any queries, please contact Clément, the organiser), we don't need to worry about this month, but it would be nice to have a new venue for June.

See you in Brighton!

Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | May Stammtisch in Brighton

Frances Bryce — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:27:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Frances Bryce
Post title: May Stammtisch in Brighton

Any idea of what time people will be arriving for the Brighton powwow yet? Is it likely to be an afternoon or evening event?

Really looking forwad to meeting you all!

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Thanks, Oleg!

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:01:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Thanks, Oleg!

Let me know once your travel plans have been finalised - we usually meet on the last Saturday of the month.

Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | My possible contribution

Oleg Rudavin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:18:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Oleg Rudavin
Post title: My possible contribution

I'm planning a few trips to Europe later this year and woiuld be happy to join one of the Stammtisch events and even more happy to run a short presentation on how to start a freelance career - or, possibly, current trends in the global freelance translation market.

Cheers,
Oleg

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Argentinian stranded in London

Eduardo Pérez — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:53:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Eduardo Pérez
Post title: Argentinian stranded in London

Hello to everybody!
I´ve been a Proz. com member for some time now and I´ve attended many powwows in Argentina (also organized some of them), but I´ve never been to one abroad, so I´m really excited about meeting you all.
For the time being, I don´t really know for how long I´m going to stay here, but let´s say I´ll be for a while. Unfortunately, I won´t be able to attend this powwow because I already booked a flight to Sweden, but I really hope you can organize some other meeting next month or on a date I can make it! Besides, I´ve been working inside this flat since the minute I came here, so it would be nice to go out and get some fresh air :))
By the way, I think your idea of having presentations is really interesting. We never had that on Argentinian powwows, at least not so far, I think; although we tend to talk a lot about things related to our profession, and of course, about the quality of the wine and food served on every meeting ;))
Anyway, it would be lovely to meet colleagues from London, so I hope I can make it some other time. Good luck on this one!

[Editado a las 2008-04-17 14:03]

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Thanks for your reply!

Julieta Moss — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:39:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Julieta Moss
Post title: Thanks for your reply!

Many thanks for your welcome message. I am here to help where necessary and I hope I will also benefit from the expertise/advise of everyone else at the meeting.

[quote]Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart wrote:
The topic "working in Spain as a freelancer" might not be relevant to everyone, but I'm sure that your knowledge of the Spanish market could be very valuable for those who work with Spanish and are interested to find out more. [/quote]

Actually, I am not sure if I worded it right, but in the area I used to work and live in, (Costa del Sol) and several other areas with a high European resident population, the need for language combinations excluding Spanish is rather high, so a German/Dutch/Swedish or Finnish to English translator could equally make good business irrespective of their command of Spanish (I.e., business owners, real estate agents, etc speak only English most of the times and have many other European non-English speaking clients to address, and neither of both speak Spanish)

In any case, I look forward to meeting you all soon!

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Welcome in the UK Julieta!

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:58:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Welcome in the UK Julieta!

Thanks for your long message and useful suggestions. It would be great, if you brought along your notes and material from the HMRC course and talked about it at the Powwow. The topic "working in Spain as a freelancer" might not be relevant to everyone, but I'm sure that your knowledge of the Spanish market could be very valuable for those who work with Spanish and are interested to find out more. Personally, I like your idea about a presentation on web design - perhaps this could become a separate session at the next month's powwow? Just to avoid cramming in too much into one session. Your offer to bring along your new laptop is certainly very much appreciated, perhaps not for the next session, but for future presentations. As you will see Grafton Arms is more of a cosy pub than a snazzy presentation venue, so portable equipment with long battery life might definitely come in handy!

See you soon!
Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | New in the UK

Julieta Moss — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:53:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Julieta Moss
Post title: New in the UK

Hi, I am new here, just moved from Spain 1 month ago. I am a relatively new freelancer, only started about 10 months ago, and I am still applying/processing my VAT/NI registrations in UK.

I used to work in-house in the Costa del Sol for over 3 years for two firms. Actually, I was appointed as a secretary but 60% or more of my work was translating and interpreting, and also relying on so-called "professional" translators to do the combinations I could not do and that still are very demanded in the area.(German/French/Finnish>English/Spanish).

I consider myself lucky because I have been able to live on my translation work since almost the very first day I started, only doing some one-off not related jobs for fun, some extra money and to get to talk to REAL people.

If anybody is interested in moving to Spain or working for the Spanish tourism or conveyance sector, working in-house or even starting out as a freelancer, I might be able to give you some clues that could extend to around 10-15 minutes. Maybe I could do some research to expand it more and offer a more professional point of view, rather than my personal and limited experience.

Also on 21st April I will be attending a HMRC course on Becoming Self Employed (and another one on 24th June on Tax self assessment), so I could save whatever notes or material I might get at it to introduce at the Powwow.

Also I am the proud owner of a newish laptop that could be used for presentations of up to 2,5 hours without requiring a socket, so if anybody doing the presentation would be interested in bringing it along in cd, dvd, external HD, or even SD card or USB stick it would be a good idea (or sending them to me via ftp/email prior to the date of the Powwow to check if the formats are compatible and the file actually does run!).

Another idea for a presentation I could do is maybe very basic web design adapted to frontpage or dreamweaver (I own and work with both and could explain it on the go with my laptop). Or maybe I could get my boyfriend to do a more intermediate presentation on the subject, as he is who has designed my website (I only update it).

I would definitely be interested in learning about networking sites (I have joined one that used to be called Neurona but never really understood how it works and what it can do for me) and how to promote my website in GoogleAds, etc, but most importantly, what are the real benefits you get for the price.

Look forward to your comments!

[Edited at 2008-04-09 09:57]

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Starting with the basics

Justin Hillier — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:32:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Justin Hillier
Post title: Starting with the basics

I agree that we should maybe start with the nitty-gritty, practical stuff. We all come from different backgrounds and can probably learn a lot about the everyday stuff. For instance I worked for a translation company as Production Manager for six years which has given me a great perspective of the "other side"!

As many of us work in different languages there is a great opportunity to help each other win new business, etc. and pass on recommendations (and even those who work in the same language combintations can see there is enough work for everybody).

We should use this as a real networking and learning opportunity - as well as a nice and friendly way to do it.

Then when we have discussed this, we can go into other topics in detail.

Justin

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Thanks for your suggestion, Hannah

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Thanks for your suggestion, Hannah

What do others think? Do you like Hannah's idea? I think some of the points she raised in her post can be interesting for beginners and established translators alike, e.g. have rates gone down or do you supplement your freelance income from other sources. We could have ca. an hour of a moderated discussion on a number of points, where people can share their experiences with the group. I'm happy to act as the moderator unless somebody else would like to volunteer. After the official part is over we can go back to informal socialising and networking and people can continue their conversations privately. With the powwow kicking off at 4pm, we could schedule the discussion for 5-6pm.

Some points for discussion (as suggested by Hannah):
- How did you start out?
- Do you work with mainly direct or indirect clients?
- How do you market yourself?
- Do you feel that your rates have gone down (or gone up) over the years?
- Do you supplement your freelance income with income from other sources?
- How do you cope with the peaks and troughs of income in any given month?

Thanks for any comments of feedback. If the idea takes off, I will post it on the powwow website.

Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | I would love there to be some tips on how to start out as a translator

Hannah Sandford — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:08:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Hannah Sandford
Post title: I would love there to be some tips on how to start out as a translator

Hi. I like the idea of a get-together but I would love it if there was (one or more) people willing to talk briefly/comment/discuss on how they started out in the business - did they have direct client/s or just take work from agencies? How did/do they market themselves? Do they do their book-keeping themselves? Have rates per 1000 words gone down as much as people say over the last few years? Do they supplement their freelance income with income from other sources? How do they cope with the peaks and troughs of income in any given month? etc. etc. - As someone researching the possibility of leaving the security of full-time employment and "going freelance", these would be fascinating points to hear some views on!
Thanks for your time to read my long message!
Hannah Sandford

[quote]Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart wrote:

Hello
As some of you know, Arianna Tremayne and myself have been organising monthly powwows in the friendly Grafton Arms for translators based in the London area. Our Stammtisch has been going strong for over a year now and we usually draw a friendly crowd of regulars and first-timers.

So far the London Stammtisch has been a very informal affair, mainly devoted to chatting and getting to know each other. I think this format works and we should keep it this way, but we could also start experimenting with a new format by offering short presentations followed by Q&A on a topic related to the art and business of translation. We could aim at having a talk every two or three months.

What is obviously needed are volunteer presenters, as well as ideas and suggestions from the community! As we all have different backgrounds, interests and areas of expertise, we could start sharing them with others in a slightly more formal way. Following some feedback from regular participants, this thread can serve as a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas as to how to take this forward.

To sum it up:
- Do you think this is a good idea?
- Would you like to be our first volunteer presenter?
- What topics would you be interested in?

I look forward to your suggestions!

Katharina

[/quote]

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Next powwow in Grafton Arms on 26 April at 4pm

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:17:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Next powwow in Grafton Arms on 26 April at 4pm

[url removed]

See you there!
Katharina

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | It's gone quiet in the forum...

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:36:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: It's gone quiet in the forum...

Hello
No volunteers have stepped forward so far, so please don't be shy and volunteer to be our first presenter! It doesn't have to be a very formal affair, just a little talk with optional handouts or something similar. You can also suggest a date, as long as it is the last Saturday of the month.

Unfortunately, Grafton Arms is already booked out on the last Saturday of March - I got there too late. Sorry, but life's been too busy of late... Unless we find an alternative venue, we'll have to skip the March event to be reunited again in April - Grafton has already been booked. I'll keep you updated in case there are any changes. There might be a possibility of an alternative venue in March, but nothing has been confirmed as yet, so I don't want to make an announcement.

Best regards to all!

Katharina

P.S. I'm away this weekend, so please bear with me, if you don't get an immediate reply.

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Looking for...

mirnanina (X) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:11:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: mirnanina (X)
Post title: Looking for...

Hi, I'm from Venezuela and I'm studying "Modern Languages". I'd like to do something related to my career this summer and I'm looking for a subtitling course or training in the U.S.A. I'm aiming to learn how to understand "everything" in English and subtitle the movie or documentary, etc in english too. I've searched for days in the www but It's difficult to find something serious with all the advertising, so if someone could tell me if what I'm looking for exists for non American people, it would be great!! =D

The London Stammtisch - call for ideas | Thanks for all your suggestions

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:01:00 +0000

Forum: Language Industry Events & Announcements
Topic: The London Stammtisch - call for ideas
Poster: Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
Post title: Thanks for all your suggestions

Hello
Just a reminder that the next Stammtisch will take place this Saturday, 23 February and will be hosted by Arianna Tremayne. You can sign up here: [url removed] I'll be in Germany this weekend, so I won't be attending and will have only limited access to email.

As you've already contributed some great ideas, we could set a date for our first workshop. Keeping up the tradition, I'd like to suggest the last Saturday in March from 3pm with the "official part" starting at 4pm.

If you've already suggested a topic and would like to be our first presenter, please make yourself known via the forum :)

Thanks!
Katharina