ProZ.com Newsletter: April 2010

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The Translation Workplace Jobs | Kudoz | Go to site --------------------- ProZ.com Newsletter --------------------- Your ProZ.com username: (See bottom for more details related to your ProZ.com account) Promote yourself - become a member! Join now: http://www.proz.com/join (1) Professional guidelines expanded to address rates (2) 7th international conference set for Prague in October (3) Job activity at new highs after down year (4) Changes to job posting system well-received (5) Suggest / vote for what you want to see at ProZ.com (6) ProZ.com seminars successfully launched (7) New interface and sessions for ProZ.com training (8) Webinar, training and video offers for May (9) Second ProZ.com Brazil conference in São Paulo, August 7-8 (10) Around the WorldFast - Wordfast Training in Amsterdam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Professional guidelines expanded to address rates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Professional guidelines for translation service providers have been expanded, as part of the recent changes being made to the ProZ.com job posting system, to include the following line: "[Professionals] set their rates at levels that allow them to deliver, on an ongoing basis, the quality levels that their clients require" Over 1,900 translators have endorsed this set of guidelines already. The guidelines can be reviewed and endorsed at http://www.proz.com/professional-guidelines/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) 7th international ProZ.com conference set for Prague in October ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 7th international ProZ.com conference will take place in Prague this year, on the 2nd and 3rd of October. Organized by Pavel Janoušek -- http://www.proz.com/profile/139176 -- this event, which has now become a tradition among the ProZ.com community, features the theme "How to achieve recognition and prestige as a translator?" See: http://www.proz.com/conference/157 Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Spring Offers Buy or upgrade to the latest version of SDL Trados Studio 2009 SP2 and save up to 25%! Discover more about our products or buy online - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_NL Hurry, offer ends 15th May 2010 ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Spring Offers Buy or upgrade to the latest version of SDL Trados Studio 2009 SP2 and save up to 15%! Discover more about our products or buy online - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_NPRO Hurry, offer ends 30th April 2010 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Job activity at new highs after down year ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Job activity at ProZ.com has been up over the first quarter of 2010, after 2009, in which job postings fell in relation to numbers in the previous year. An all-time high in job posting numbers was reached in March of this year. Set your jobs preferences at http://www.proz.com/?sp=dashboard&sp_mode=jobs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Changes to job posting system well-received ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The changes to the ProZ.com job posting system, announced at the end of March, have so far been well-received. 95% of members generally approve of the changes being made. Three updates have been posted so far, with favorable feedback from members. For details, visit: http://www.proz.com/about/ipetition Advertisement ------------------------------------ The world’s #1 provider of platform-independent translation memory software invites you to experience an idea whose time has come - Free TM http://www.FreeTM.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Experience two industry-leading tools for one low price. Wordfast Translation Studio consists of Wordfast Classic, the industry’s #1 MS Word-based TM tool, and Wordfast Pro, the #1 multi-platform TM tool designed to handle more complex file formats. Try them out FREE today – http://www.wordfast.com/store_download.html ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Suggest / vote for what you want to see at ProZ.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new channel for feedback and ideas on how to improve ProZ.com has been introduced. Members can propose new suggestions, and vote for those they would like to see at ProZ.com. Several suggestions submitted through this new feature have already been implemented, and others are in the pipeline to be developed. To participate, just look for the "Ideas" link at the top right of any page on ProZ.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) ProZ.com seminars: the kick-off of a new type of in-person event ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first ProZ.com seminar (mini-conference) took place in Montevideo, Uruguay on April 24th. View feedback and pictures at http://www.proz.com/conference/166 This was followed on April 25th by the very first ProZ.com event in the Arab world, in Egypt: the ProZ.com Cairo seminar 2010. View this event at http://www.proz.com/conference/148 Thank you to the organizers, sponsors, and all the members who attended and made these events a success. Advertisement ------------------------------------ Special Limited Offer! Purchase Alchemy CATALYST 8.0:Translator/PRO for €199. (RRP€499). Alchemy CATALYST 8.0 is used by 25,000+ professional translators to grow their business, handle more files and translate more content types for their clients. This offer is only available for a limited period of time. Visit http://www.proz.com/tgb/341 to participate ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) New interface and sessions for ProZ.com training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new interface for the ProZ.com training area has been released. Improvements include new calendars, sessions listed by category and delivery format, and listing of session dates and times in the viewer's time zone. http://www.proz.com/translator-training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Webinar, training and video offers for May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming webinars in May: May 24 - Glossaries without borders - translate better and faster http://www.proz.com/training/3166 May 26 - Positioning: How to build win-win relationships with clients http://www.proz.com/training/3025 May 28 - Email marketing tips for freelancers and agency owners http://www.proz.com/training/3320 See more at: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/webinar-presentations New self-paced training: Introduction to web site localization - 50 USD http://www.proz.com/training/3124 Project Management for the language service industry - 50 USD http://www.proz.com/training/2962 DTP for translators - 50 USD http://www.proz.com/training/3125 PDF Translation - 20 USD http://www.proz.com/training/3127 See more at: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/self-paced-training New Videos: Understanding your client - 10 USD http://www.proz.com/training/3223 Localisation project management - 10 USD http://www.proz.com/training/3256 Making more money - 20 USD http://www.proz.com/training/3349 See more at: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/videos SDL Trados Online Training & Certification: SDL Trados 2007 and SDL Trados Studio 2009 at only $99 USD. Attendance fee includes access to training conducted by a certified SDL Trados trainer, approved SDL Trados training manuals, SDL Trados Certification exam. See: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/topic/sdl-trados-certified ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) Second ProZ.com Brazil conference in São Paulo, August 7-8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the success of last year's conference in Brazil, ProZ.com is hosting another event, on August 7th and 8th, in São Paulo. Registration is already open. See: http://www.proz.com/conference/151 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) Around the WorldFast - Wordfast Training in Amsterdam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com invites you to join John Di Rico on his round the world trip to train translators on Wordfast software and raise $20,000 to purchase bednets to prevent the spread of malaria and save lives! Upcoming sessions in Amsterdam: June 21 - Around the WorldFast - Wordfast Pro Training Level 1 http://www.proz.com/training/3293 June 22 - Around the WorldFast - Wordfast Classic Training Level 1 http://www.proz.com/training/3299 Visit http://www.wordfast.fr to learn more about the Around the WorldFast training trip. ============================================================ ProZ.com is the number-one source of new clients for translators. Membership is key in making yourself visible on the site and on the web. Join ProZ.com today: http://www.proz.com/membership/ ============================================================ Thanks for reading, and thank you to site members for your continued support. 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