ProZ.com Newsletter: May 2011

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--------------------- 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) Mid-year report to members, 2011 (2) ProZ.com hall of fame released (3) Thank you for investing in your business through ProZ.com! (4) A simple choice for a translator's business (5) ProZ.com podcasts (6) ProZ.com mentoring program reloaded (7) Webinars, videos and online training for translators (8) Nuevos seminarios online y videos en español (9) New training and on-demand videos in Italian (10) New webinars in French (11) New webinars in Portuguese (12) SDL Trados training and certification in Cologne and Munich (13) SDL Trados training and certification in Bern (14) Upcoming ProZ.com virtual events (15) Seminar for aspiring translators, La Plata, June 11th (16) First ProZ.com conference in the US, June 24/25, New Jersey (17) Corso Base per Principianti su Wordfast Pro - Roma (18) Webinar series on interpretation in the UK (19) Market and communicate your services effectively - London (20) ProZ.com regional conference: Skopje 2011 (21) Primera conferencia latinoamericana de ProZ.com, Montevideo (22) Conferencia de ProZ.com en Valencia, España, 15-16 de oct (23) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for June (24) Other free webinars at ProZ.com in June (25) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Mid-year report to members, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mid-year report to members, detailing some of the accomplishments so far in 2011, was published on May 18th. Among the items worth noting: client contact is up, and the development of an online translation center which has enabled Translators without Borders to scale up its activities significantly this year. Thank you to all ProZ.com members for your membership investment, and making this and other accomplishments possible! http://www.proz.com/topic/199279 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) ProZ.com hall of fame released ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new site feature dedicated to recognizing the few select individuals who, in dedicating themselves fully to the site for periods of their life, have brought the ProZ.com site and community to whole new levels, has been released. At the ProZ.com Hall of Fame you can see a list of these individuals, along with a brief description of some of the contributions of each inductee. Thank you to the current "Hall of Famers" for their contributions, and thank you to all ProZ.com members for making the site possible! http://www.proz.com/hall-of-fame Advertisement ------------------------------------ Download the latest version of the industry’s #1 standalone TM tool for any platform. Wordfast releases Wordfast Pro version 2.4.2 with several new features and enhancements including improved Framemaker filter options and WF Classic/WF Pro glossary syncing. Download a free demo version at http://www.wordfast.com/store_download.html ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast Anywhere, the worlds leading FREE and confidential web-based TM tool, now adds a preview feature for inx, doc/docx, xls/xlsx, ppt/pptx, txt and rtf files. Register for a free account and start using Wordfast Anywhere today at http://www.FreeTM.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Thank you for investing in your business through ProZ.com! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for supporting ProZ.com through your membership investment. Your membership is what makes accomplishments such as those in the recent mid-year report to members possible (see above). A mid-year membership campaign is beginning. If you are happy with your ProZ.com membership, please tell a friend! Keep in mind that renewing your membership during a campaign is also a good deal, even if your renewal date occurs after the campaign. No membership is lost (12 months are added to your current membership), and you have the ability to participate in the prize drawings, which will be different during this campaign-- at least one drawing will be held every three days throughout the month, with winners receiving free membership, translator training, software, and other surprises. http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) A simple choice for a translator's business ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Over 17,000 translators, interpreters and other language professionals are benefiting from investing in their business through membership at ProZ.com. If you are in doubt, or have not considered it before, ProZ.com membership is a simple choice. During the mid-year campaign, you can join ProZ.com as a member and begin receiving the benefits for your business. Now is the best time to join, with added incentives and constant prize drawings during the campaign for extra membership, translator training and software, and other surprises. The earlier you join, the better your chances of winning, and the sooner you can begin to take full advantage of the world's largest community of language professionals. Don't get left behind. http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) ProZ.com podcasts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com podcasts are an opportunity to hear the week's news, highlights of site features, interviews with translators and others in the industry, and to have some fun. Podcasts are short in duration and are released weekly. http://blogproz.wordpress.com/podcasts/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Alchemy CATALYST 9.0: Translator/Pro just €199 this May! visit - http://www.proz.com/tgb/473 Re-cycle translations – Find appropriate translations from any open project One-Click Concordance – simply highlight word/phrase to see all instances Locate in Source – instantly id where a segment came from Show White-Space – see where tabs, spaces etc. occur ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) ProZ.com mentoring program reloaded ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ProZ.com mentoring program was re-released in May, giving members seeking experience in the business a chance to acquire practical translation knowledge, and those with more experience the opportunity to share it, network, and find new partners for growing their translation teams. If you are a ProZ.com member and you would like to enter the ProZ.com mentoring program as an apprentice, or are a member of the Certified PRO Network and interested in entering the program as a mentor, just submit a support request. http://www.proz.com/topic/198232 Advertisement ------------------------------------ XTM Cloud is helping translators work online in a secure and easy way. With XTM Cloud you can translate many file types including XML, MS Office, InDesign, Framemaker and more. If you would like to try translating online you can register for a free no-obligation trial of XTM Cloud at http://www.xtm-intl.com/trial XTM Cloud: Better Translation Technology ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Webinars, videos and online training for translators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be Special II: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry http://www.proz.com/training/4924 Become a blogger in 1 day with Blogger & WordPress http://www.proz.com/training/4886 Optimize your translation business management http://www.proz.com/training/4957 Localization online course - part 1: theory http://www.proz.com/training/4966 Localization online course - part 2: practice http://www.proz.com/training/4969 More than 120 webinar videos for translators are available, and access to videos is unlimited. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/videos CAT tool training by certified trainers: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/online-training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Nuevos seminarios online y videos en español ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 de junio - Potencie su actividad de freelancer (y agencia) al optimizar su perfil en LinkedIn http://www.proz.com/training/4532 8 de junio - Use Twitter & Facebook para su éxito profesional http://www.proz.com/training/4535 14 de junio - Optimizar su gestión de proyecto mediante el Mind Mapping http://www.proz.com/training/4888 15 de junio - Genere más oportunidades de trabajo con estrategias de Networking avanzadas http://www.proz.com/translator-training/ Videos de seminarios en español: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/videos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) New online training in Italian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEO e PPC per traduttori: come farsi pubblicità sul web http://www.proz.com/training/4972 June 9 Wordfast-PRO – Level 1 http://www.proz.com/training/4859 June 10 Wordfast-CLASSIC – Level 1 http://www.proz.com/training/4868 June 16 Wordfast-PRO – Level 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4861 June 17 Wordfast-CLASSIC – Level 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4871 Video - Web writing per traduttori http://www.proz.com/training/4814 Video - HTML per traduttori http://www.proz.com/training/4847 Starting on October 3rd - 6th edition of "Traduzione di siti web" by Andrea Spila http://www.proz.com/training/4960 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) New webinars for translators in French ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Participation includes unlimited access to the webinar recording and certificate of assistance: June 21 - Optimiser la gestion de projet avec le Mind Mapping http://www.proz.com/training/4894 June 22 - Construisez-vous un profil d’expert en ligne pour trouver plus de travail http://www.proz.com/training/4501 June 29 - Faites en sorte que le travail vous trouve en vous créant une réputation d’expert http://www.proz.com/training/4498 July 6 - Développez votre activité en tant qu’indépendant (ou agence) en optimisant votre profil sur LinkedIn http://www.proz.com/training/4504 July 13 - Mettez Twitter et Facebook de votre côté pour assurer votre succès professionnel http://www.proz.com/training/4522 July 20 - Générez plus d’opportunités de travail en utilisant des stratégies de Networking avancées http://www.proz.com/training/4523 CAT tool training in French is also available: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/online-training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (11) New webinars for translators in Portuguese ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Participation includes unlimited access to the webinar recording and certificate of assistance: June 23 - Administração do Tempo http://www.proz.com/training/4949 June 30 - Etiqueta Empresarial http://www.proz.com/training/4952 July 7 - Mapas Mentais http://www.proz.com/training/4954 July 14 - Marketing Pessoal http://www.proz.com/training/4955 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (12) SDL Trados training and certification in Cologne and Munich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Participation includes full-day training led by a certified SDL Trados instructor, approved SDL Trados training manuals and sample files, and an opportunity to take the SDL Trados Certification exam. In Cologne: Aug 12 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Getting Started for Translators http://www.proz.com/training/4819 Aug 13 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Intermediate for Translators http://www.proz.com/training/4822 In Munich: Sept 2 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Getting Started for Translators http://www.proz.com/training/4817 Sept 3 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Intermediate for Translators http://www.proz.com/training/4850 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (13) SDL Trados training and certification in Bern ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Participation includes full-day training led by a certified SDL Trados instructor, approved SDL Trados training manuals and sample files, and an opportunity to take the SDL Trados Certification exam. June 20 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Advanced for Translators http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4735 Advertisement ------------------------------------ The SDL Trados Studio 2009 Sale! Have you been waiting for the right time to buy or upgrade? Join our growing network of over 170,000 users worldwide today and save up to 45%! Plus, benefit from our leading features- QuickPlace, AutoSuggest, QA checks in real-time and many more. Buy or upgrade - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_NL Hurry, offer ends 15th June 2011! ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ The SDL Trados Studio 2009 Sale! Discover a new way of working with SDL Trados Studio 2009 Professional and save up to 35%! Cut project preparation time via automation, work in an office (domain-based) network, reduce review time and increase your client compatibility! Buy or upgrade - http://www.sdl.com/promo/Proz_NPRO Offer ends 15th June 2011! ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (14) Upcoming ProZ.com virtual events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark your calendar for the following upcoming 2011 virtual events: ProZ.com's SDL Trados virtual event - June 7: http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/254 ProZ.com and TAUS present: The great translation debate - July 7: http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/262 ProZ.com interpreter virtual workshop - July 21: http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/260 Virtual events are free for all ProZ.com members. http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences Advertisement ------------------------------------ ‘Things I like about memoQ no. 493: You can import a 800MB TMX file in the background while carrying on working on another project!’ Iwan Davies - Translutions Limited To learn more about memoQ, visit http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ ‘Great, great, great CAT! I simply love memoQ. I have been using it with no exceptions since then. Maybe the most translator-friendly CAT on the market!’ Alessandra Di Pofi - Technical Translator / Localizer To learn more about memoQ, visit http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (15) Seminar for aspiring translators, La Plata Argentina, June 11th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are studying to become a translator, or are interested in finding out more about the day-to-day aspects of working as a freelance translator on an international level, this seminar is for you. Sign up now for this one-day event on June 11th in La Plata. http://www.proz.com/conference/259 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (16) First ProZ.com conference in the US, June 24/25, New Jersey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Program details and pricing discounts are now available for the ProZ.com conference in the New York/New Jersey area, June 24th and 25th. http://www.proz.com/conference/247 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (17) Corso Base per Principianti su Wordfast Pro - Roma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sede: Rome Data: Sabato 25 giugno 2011 Orario: 10,00 - 18,00 (con breve pausa pranzo) Costo netto: Euro 190,00 Programma del corso: Installazione e configurazione del software, creazione di un Progetto e di una TM, relazione fra diversi tipi di TM (TMX), creazione e gestione dei glossari, Transcheck - controllo della qualità, impostazioni generali del software, uso della Machine Translation. Si rilascia un regolare attestato di frequenza. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (18) Webinar series on interpretation in the UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Working as Public Services Interpreter in the UK, part 1 http://www.proz.com/training/4655 Working as Public Services Interpreter in the UK, part 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4657 Working for the police and courts in the UK http://www.proz.com/training/4658 MET Police Test Revision Advice, part 1 http://www.proz.com/training/course/4660 MET Police Test Revision Advice, part 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4661 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (19) Market and communicate your linguistic talent and business services workshop in London ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attend this event on July 21st in London to learn: - How to maximize the impact of your efforts and money in marketing your services. - How to communicate your offer persuasively, authentically and effectively. - How to get premium clients and premium rates, and consciously and skillfully diversify and make full use of your talents. - Why some of your marketing efforts were highly successful and some were not, and more. http://www.proz.com/training/4844 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (20) ProZ.com regional conference: Skopje 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 1st, 2011: Save the date for the biggest ProZ.com Balkans and South-East European conference for translators and interpreters to date. Come and listen to ProZ.com members' favorite speakers and regional experts on topics in translation, interpretation, localization, CAT tools, marketing and sales for translation services, achieving higher standards via professional associations and much more. Register now to network, learn, and have an incredible time in Skopje! http://www.proz.com/conference/196 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (21) Jornadas de actualización para traductores latinoamericanos, Montevideo, octubre 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ El objetivo de estas jornadas es ofrecer a los traductores la posibilidad de actualizarse en áreas fundamentales para nuestro trabajo, aprendiendo de las experiencias de colegas y profesionales de diferentes disciplinas y países. ¡Montevideo lo espera! http://www.proz.com/conference/203 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (22) Conferencia de ProZ.com en Valencia, España -- El Traductor: El Profesional Completo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Este congreso, el primero que ProZ.com realiza en Valencia, pretende dar una gran variedad de consejos para mejorar el rendimiento del traductor en esta profesión multifacética. http://www.proz.com/conference/236 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (23) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for June ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" is a series of free webinars which cover strategies to help you get the most out of your ProZ.com experience. Each webinar includes a hands-on workshop session with site staff. "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinar schedule for June: June 3rd (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4987 June 7th (Russian): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5005 June 10th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4991 June 17th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4990 June 21st (Spanish): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4996 June 24th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4994 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (24) Other free webinars at ProZ.com in June ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Getting started in translation" - June 8 - Learn how to become a professional translator and how to use ProZ.com to pursue translation as a career. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4999 "Expanding your translation business" - June 15 - Learn how to expand your translation business and how ProZ.com can help you. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5002 Advertisement ------------------------------------ The GeoWorkz Marketplace –Now you can see, sort and bid on jobs from Lionbridge in the new GeoWorkz Marketplace. With thousands of jobs being added each month, the GeoWorkz Marketplace enables you reply to jobs from Lionbridge offices around the world! New Jobs are added every day so make sure you check back often! http://bit.ly/i4igTh ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ The GeoWorkz Marketplace –Now you can see, sort and bid on jobs from Lionbridge in the new GeoWorkz Marketplace. With thousands of jobs being added each month, the GeoWorkz Marketplace enables you reply to jobs from Lionbridge offices around the world! New Jobs are added every day so make sure you check back often! http://bit.ly/gcqxpM ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (25) Upcoming powwows: Germany, Australia, United States, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 3: Berlin, Germany (17 members) http://proz.com/powwow/3778 4: Adelaide, Australia (4) http://proz.com/powwow/3763 4: Berlin, Germany (98) http://proz.com/powwow/3497 4: Rostov-On-Don, Russian Federation (17) http://proz.com/powwow/3733 4: Bristol, UK (19) http://proz.com/powwow/3713 4: Bucharest, Romania (3) http://proz.com/powwow/3787 7: Sopot, Poland (8) http://proz.com/powwow/3776 10: Washington, US (14) http://proz.com/powwow/3755 10: Toronto, Canada (17) http://proz.com/powwow/3761 11: London, UK (41) http://proz.com/powwow/3772 11: Brasov, Romania (4) http://proz.com/powwow/3760 11: La Plata, Argentina (10) http://proz.com/powwow/3782 11: Mount Prospect, US (2) http://proz.com/powwow/3775 16: São Martin..., Portugal (11) http://proz.com/powwow/3769 18: La Brunié, France (20) http://proz.com/powwow/3557 21: Valencia, Spain (17) http://proz.com/powwow/3785 25: Lexington, US (1) http://proz.com/powwow/3757 25: Cuenca, Ecuador (2) http://proz.com/powwow/3779 30: Tarragona, Spain (4) http://proz.com/powwow/3743 July 2: Adelaide, Australia (4) http://proz.com/powwow/3766 23: Edinburgh, UK (31) http://proz.com/powwow/3737 23: Istanbul, Turkey (19) http://proz.com/powwow/3731 Full list of powwows (including those after May: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=472 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for tuning in for this month's newsletter, and thank you to all ProZ.com members for your support. 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