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October 2, 2008, 12:30 pm
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Hello,

I thought it would be nice to have an informal lunch to meet local colleagues and break up the working day. (Children are welcome if you can't find a babysitter, I'll most likely bring my baby boy along as well.)

As a venue I'd suggest the Slug and Lettuce at the Riverside, as the menu looks great and it can easily be reached from both the station and the Oracle car park. (Here's a rough map http://www.slugandlettuce.co.uk/reading/about/where_to_find_us_and_how_to_contact_us/) Please can you confirm by 25.09. if you'll be able to make it so I can book us a table, thanks.

With regards to discussion topics, I'd be particularly interested in the "translating into one's native language only" debate, but again any topic is possible of course.

Nicole

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Interested members (18) / Confirmed: 5 / Tentative: 5
Name NoteWill Attend
Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.  \"Organizer\" \"Reporter\" ...  y
Ricarda Brucke   Thanks for organising this!  y
XMichaela Hanbuerger   Good idea ... I would be keen to meet up. Michaela  m
Marijke Singer   I am interested.   m
Textklick  \"Photographer\"  I'd love to be there (as discussed). Look forward to hearing about the venue. Flexible on dates ,BTW  y
Jo Bennett   Hello Nicole - I think I am a maybe, and am afraid I shall have to say I am now a "Can't". Hope you have a good time though.  n
XAstrid Vallero (X)   really sorry but thursdays are no longer good for me - I have back to back lessons from 10 to 7.30... hope there will be another one soon. thanks  n
Aleksandra Lercher-Szymanska   willing to attend but not sure whether my daughter will allow me :) / I'm really sorry, but there's no chance I can make it, after all. Looking forward to meeting u all next time!  n
Julieta Moss  \"Reporter\" \"Photographer\" Would like to attend from Basingstoke, but not sure if I may until the date is closer. Would help if it was rescheduled for a weekend (Friday or Saturday).  n
XValesca Vos (X)   I'm in!  y
Helen Shiner   I'd be interested in attending, too./Please put me down as a 'yes', though I may have to pull out at the last minute as am expecting a large contract around that time./Really sorry, but I shan't be able to come after all. Hope to meet up another time.  n
Lancashireman   It's a bit far from Nottingham but the calibre of potential attendees is a strong inducement to make the journey. // Sorry, have had to pull out owing to commitments here in Nottm. Hope you all have an enjoyable and productive day. AJS  n
Garry Britton   Now I have a translation to do, so I can't make it! Sorry  n
DefeoG   ...  m
Pauline Teale   Sorry, more work has already arrived this morning (from the Southern hemisphere, so my orders were waiting even before breakfast!), so I won't be able to come today, I'm afraid. Have fun!  n
BeatriceE   Beatrice Earland, very much look forward to meeting everyone!  y
carol so   I am interested but wouldn't know my schedule until the date is closer.   m
Karen Rutland   Still hoping to attend but won't know for certain until the last minute  m


Postings about this event


Powwow: Reading - United Kingdom
Julieta Moss
Julieta Moss
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:25
Spanish to English
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Proposed change to October 2nd Aug 18, 2008

This is again a Thursday, so I cannot guarantee if I can make it until closer to the date. I will try my best though.
 
Julieta Moss
Julieta Moss
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:25
Spanish to English
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Cannot make it this time Sep 30, 2008

As anticipated, impossible to attend on a Thursday as the expected miracle has not taken place. Maybe another time (weekend please!).
 
Textklick
Textklick  Identity Verified
Local time: 18:25
German to English
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Post mortem Oct 3, 2008

Hi Nicole and thanks for organising. Pleasant lunch, nice to meet new faces and weren’t we lucky to have weather like that while we skyved off for half a day?
Jamie was great. Sitting there clearly making mental notes and showing no signs of boredom about translator chit-chat. Du sollst auch Deutsch mit ihm reden, damit er ein Top-Übersetzer wird.icon_wink.gif

@Beatrice
You might find these sites inte... See more
Hi Nicole and thanks for organising. Pleasant lunch, nice to meet new faces and weren’t we lucky to have weather like that while we skyved off for half a day?
Jamie was great. Sitting there clearly making mental notes and showing no signs of boredom about translator chit-chat. Du sollst auch Deutsch mit ihm reden, damit er ein Top-Übersetzer wird.icon_wink.gif

@Beatrice
You might find these sites interesting in the light of what we discussed:
http://www.iti.org.uk/indexMain.html
Check the forums here: http://www.proz.com/forum/getting_established-15.html
Find U.K. interpreters here: http://www.proz.com/?sp=interpreter_search
If you mail me, I can send you an interesting sample file from one of the applications we talked about (it doesn’t matter that you don’t have the program: I can send it as a PDF so that you can see what can be done)

@Ric
If you go to Berlin in the summer of 2009, don’t miss out on Steffen’s ‘AGM’
This was this year’s one: http://www.proz.com/powwow_report/1664

@Valeska
You mentioned Düsseldorf, I think. Coming up soon.
http://www.proz.com/powwow/1946

Finally: to enjoy the World Service (plus 6,000 odd further stations) through the comfort of your own hi-fi and without needing laptops, small speakers etc., here is the widget I talked about.
http://www.lusonic.com/products.asp?cat=90 ▲ Collapse
 

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