ProZ.com Newsletter: May 2014

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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 published (2) Mid-year membership campaign open until June 19th (3) Test your translation skills, have fun, network, win prizes (4) Try the ProZ.com translation platform (5) Translators who are also musicians, part two (6) Localization spotlight: the Javanese L10n team (7) Check out the program for the 2014 international conference (8) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Mid-year report to members published ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ProZ.com mid-year report to members for 2014 was published this month, detailing some of the news and advances since the year-end report for 2013. Thank you to all ProZ.com paying members for making these and other improvements possible. http://www.proz.com/topic/269165 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Mid-year membership campaign open until June 19th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serious translators and interpreters have been using ProZ.com for 15 years to get where they want to go in their careers. If you are not using it too, you are probably missing out. Make the decision to start your ProZ.com membership before June 19th, 2014, and here is what happens: 1. You get a discount on the regular price of new membership. 2. You get full ProZ.com membership until July of 2015-- up to one full month extra, depending on how soon you join. 3. You have a chance at winning one of 10 great prizes. http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL TRADOS STUDIO 2014 FREELANCE SERVICE PACK 1 Studio 2014 SP1 has been released and features some exciting new updates including: * Alignment editing and review functionality * Enhanced handing of XML files * Localized help resources * Usability updates Learn more: http://bit.ly/1jjb01n Buy Freelance and save €200: http://www.proz.com/tgb/880 ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL TRADOS STUDIO 2014 FREELANCE SERVICE PACK 1 Studio 2014 SP1 has been released and features some exciting new updates including: * Alignment editing and review functionality * Enhanced handing of XML files * Updated Integration API Learn more: http://bit.ly/1lbNhSn Contact your local SDL specialist for more info: http://bit.ly/1iFMwPS ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Test your translation skills, have fun, network, win prizes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What do an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference, a new laptop, iPads, and external hard drives have in common? They are all prizes in the annual ProZ.com translation contest. Over 400 entries have already been made, in 89 language pairs. If you have never participated in a ProZ.com translation contest, this one is a good place to start. http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/43 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Virtual memoQ day 28 May 2014 Learn the ins and outs of memoQ: improve your productivity, chat with our team and get tips and tricks that you don't hear elsewhere. This event is suitable for beginners, advanced and power users too – and it's free! Mark 28 May in your calendar and register today: http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/614 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Small translation companies invited to try the ProZ.com document translation platform ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are you thinking of buying a Translation Management System, but not sure you want to spend the money on something that seems too complex? Is a full TMS overkill for your small translation company? ProZ.com's new document translation platform is not a full-featured TMS, but it can save time emailing, passing files, and routing work to your translators. And it's free to ProZ.com members. Another ten or twenty small translation companies are being sought to try out the platform. Click here to learn more: http://www.proz.com/translate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Translators who are also musicians, part two ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more talented translator-musicians in part two of this series on language professionals who also make music. Thank you to everyone who wrote in to share their musical projects! http://wp.me/p1gp2T-Kz Advertisement ------------------------------------ Meet Atril Solutions at Localization World Dublin Join Blandine Loze and Claudio da Costa of Atril Solutions at this year's Localization World in Dublin, 4 to 6 June, 2014. Experience Déjà Vu X3 and TEAMserver at first hand. We are looking forward to welcoming you in booth 44! http://www.localizationworld.com/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Localization spotlight: the Javanese localization team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each month, the ProZ.com newsletter features an article highlighting one of the ProZ.com localization teams and the work they are doing to bring the ProZ.com site to their native languages. This month's spotlight is on the the Javanese localization team: Istiani Prajoko -- http://www.proz.com/translator/817814 ria ulfah ardhiyani -- http://www.proz.com/translator/781630 Wiyanto Suroso -- http://www.proz.com/translator/1037215 (Claryssa) Suci Puspa Dewi -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1058695 Istiani Prajoko, the team leader, had this to say about the team's work: "Javanese is a very rich language, and I want to introduce and show its richness to the world. Thank you, ProZ.com, for giving us a chance to do so." If you are a ProZ.com member and you would like to join a localization team in your native language, contact site staff to volunteer. http://www.proz.com/support/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ New WordFinder Get access to millions of words and translations from the best dictionaries, on your computer, via a web browser, on your smartphone or tablet. Stuffed with lots of smart features. To put it briefly, The New WordFinder has what you need as a translator in your everyday work – anywhere, anytime! http://www.proz.com/WordFinder ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Check out the program for the 2014 international conference in Pisa, Italy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The program for the upcoming 2014 international conference in Pisa, Italy, is now complete: http://www.proz.com/conference/586?page=schedule If you have not registered for this event yet, join fellow language professionals in an event that will have it all: * Two full days of sessions, lectures and workshops on diversification, pricing, negotiation, machine translation, quality and more! * Five social events scheduled, including a sightseeing tour and a gala dinner. * Discounts on ProZ.com online training and membership. * AITI credit points. * Active discussions. * And, as usual, the opportunity to learn, network and have fun! 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Save up to 45% when you buy via ProZ.com TGB at http://www.proz.com/tgb/868 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Upcoming powwows: Portugal, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 28: Guelph, Canada (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5203 29: Brisbane, Australia (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5140 30: Madrid, Spain (58) http://proz.com/powwow/5176 30: Toronto, Canada (12) http://proz.com/powwow/5179 30: Berlin, Germany (14) http://proz.com/powwow/5188 31: Berlin, Germany (91) http://proz.com/powwow/5035 31: Curitiba, Brazil (3) http://proz.com/powwow/5194 June 5: Torino, Italy (5) http://proz.com/powwow/5119 6: Valencia, Spain (10) http://proz.com/powwow/5146 7: Cardiff, UK (3) http://proz.com/powwow/5189 7: Vladivostok, Russian Federation (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5197 13: Strasbourg, France (11) http://proz.com/powwow/5185 21: Viseu, Portugal (1) http://proz.com/powwow/5200 21: Kiev, Ukraine (10) http://proz.com/powwow/5204 25: Brampton, Canada (4) http://proz.com/powwow/5155 27: Pisa, Italy (50) http://proz.com/powwow/5074 28: Istanbul, Turkey (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5206 29: Pisa, Italy (27) http://proz.com/powwow/5077 July 5: Edinburgh, UK (23) http://proz.com/powwow/5143 ============================================================ The mid-year membership campaign is on, until June 19th. 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