What is expertise? Researching your projects and managing impostor syndrome.
Do you have to be a mechanic to translate for the automotive industry? How much legal training is necessary to work on legal texts? Linguists are frequently confronted with highly specialised source material. Even seasoned professionals have knowledge gaps in their areas of specialisation. What is ‘subject-matter expertise’ and when do we have enough? This talk outlines how to evaluate your knowledge level, decide whether a project is within your range, and remedy knowledge gaps with background research. It is aimed at translators and interpreters alike.
For this Social Saturday event, we will meet at Oppidan Social and discuss the issues we all encounter when estimating our own level of expertise. Thanks to the methodological approach suggested by Maureen Cohen, a PhD Candidate in Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, we will discover how to keep that pesky impostor syndrome at bay, and how to opt for a more realistic and confident approach to expertise.
The venue offers tea, coffee and biscuits to help you relax and mingle, so this is also an opportunity to socialise with fellow translators and interpreters!
If you are unable to attend in-person, fear not! The event will be accessible online (via Zoom) and a recording will be made available to registered attendees shortly after.
Tickets are a bargain at £5 for NWTN/ITI members, and £10 for non members (+ Eventbrite booking fees), but in-person places are limited so do book early!
Network member fee: £5
ITI member fee: £5
Non-member fee: £10
Location: Oppidan Social, 1st Floor, 23 Edge Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1HW
Contact email: [email protected]
Contact names: Katell Sevellec
Booking closes: 19 November 2022
CPD hours: 2