ProZ.com Newsletter: June 2017

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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) Vote now for your favorites in the Community choice awards (2) Translation center: notifications and customization (3) New Plus feature: IATE terminology packages (4) Boostlingo partners with ProZ.com, call for interpreters (5) Applications for the 2017-2018 moderator class welcome (6) News roundup for June (7) What's the biggest threat to your business income? (8) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Vote now for your favorites in the 2017 ProZ.com community choice awards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations for the 2017 ProZ.com community choice awards. These awards are decided solely on the nominations and votes of the ProZ.com community, which means you decide who and what wins. Voting is now open, so please take a look and vote for your favorites. Good luck to all participants! http://www.proz.com/community-choice-awards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Translation center: full access to notifications and customization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The translation center powered by ProZ.com, used by Translators without Borders and by several commercial companies to deliver millions of translated words every month, is now providing full access to its set of notifications, and the ability to customize some of the automatic messages that you can send out as you manage your projects. A new settings section provides a preview of the available system notifications, including the ability of editing the content (such as the invitations sent to translators). http://www.proz.com/proz-translation-center Advertisement ------------------------------------ My SDL Trados App at your fingertips: The My SDL Trados app allows you to stay in touch with the latest SDL Trados news, education and free resources on your mobile. Download » http://sdltrados.com/mysdltrados Quest for the best match Not all TMs are created equal: Why upLIFT has transformed translation memory. Learn more » http://sdltrados.com/thequest ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ My SDL Trados App, at your fingertips: The My SDL Trados companion app allows you to stay in touch with the latest SDL Trados news, education and free resources on your mobile phone. Free Download » http://sdltrados.com/mysdltrados Mid-year savings! SDL Trados Studio 2017 Freelance only €445 / US$535. Saving €250 / US$290. Buy » http://proz.com/tgb/1112 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) New Plus feature: Free access to IATE terminology package downloads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com Plus package subscribers can download any of Henk Sanderson's 552 IATE terminology packages (which range in price from €5.50 to €8.50) for free. See more information about this new benefit in the announcement: http://www.proz.com/topic/315434 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Summer Sale: Save on the newly-released memoQ 8.1! New PDF import. New Find/Replace. Better preview. Save on memoQ until 30 June, 2017! Learn more at the most recent memoQ group buy at http://www.proz.com/tgb/1114 Download. Try. Enjoy. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Boostlingo partners with ProZ.com to provide opportunities to interpreters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boostlingo, a next-generation interpreting delivery platform, has partnered with ProZ.com to bring the world’s largest community of freelance interpreters to users of its platform. http://www.proz.com/translation-news/?p=138781 If you are a professional interpreter and are interested in work opportunities arising from this strategic partnership, be sure to apply: http://www.proz.com/pools/interpreters Advertisement ------------------------------------ Don't get fleeced by yearly upgrade fees! Your Wordfast license gives you access to free upgrades (& tech support)! At Wordfast, your problems and needs define our development roadmap. Your feedback helps us constantly improve our software so you can work faster and better – check out the release notes to see what we’ve been up to lately: http://wordfast.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) The moderator class of 2016-2017 is coming to a close, applications are being received for the next class ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks go out to the moderator class of 2016-2017, which is about to end its one-year term of service. This group of professionals have volunteered their time over the past year to the ProZ.com community. Each person has made valuable contributions to the site, and some have contributed beyond the moderator program. ProZ.com site moderators are key in maintaining the positive, results-oriented atmosphere of the site as they help guide new participants and ensure that site rules are upheld. For those wishing to volunteer for the moderator class of 2017-2018, applications are now being reviewed: http://www.proz.com/moderators Advertisement ------------------------------------ How can I make my work easier with Machine Translation? Tips & tricks for projects with Machine Translation Learn how to use the proven Transit functions to complete Machine Translation projects without the initial hurdles. To register e-mail [email protected] https://www.star-group.net/en/star-campus/transit-termstar/live-webinars.html ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) News roundup for June ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ China introduces controls for bad translations. Amazon takes on Google in automatic translation. A couple of freelancers in Germany get bad news about their freelance business. And an interesting look at business in 2017, TM-based discounts, and languages where it is difficult to find qualified translators. 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It is the only tool that allows automatic repairing of your fuzzy matches against your termbases, translation memories and even machine translation! ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Upcoming powwows: UK, Portugal, Macedonia (FYROM), US, Uruguay, Turkey, Ireland, France ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ July 1: Cardiff, UK (15 members) http://proz.com/powwow/6382 1: Faro, Portugal (22) http://proz.com/powwow/6385 3: Prilep, Macedonia (FYROM) (7) http://proz.com/powwow/6310 8: Hallandale, US (11) http://proz.com/powwow/6340 12: Anchorage, US (1) http://proz.com/powwow/6400 15: Birmingham, UK (14) http://proz.com/powwow/6317 22: Edinburgh, UK (12) http://proz.com/powwow/6332 22: Punta del Este, Uruguay (7) http://proz.com/powwow/6391 August 5: Cardiff, UK (3) http://proz.com/powwow/6397 13: Istanbul, Turkey (5) http://proz.com/powwow/6394 15: Galway, Ireland (3) http://proz.com/powwow/6371 27: Montelimar, France (3) http://proz.com/powwow/6401 Full list of powwows (including those after Jun: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=587 ============================================================ Thanks for tuning in. 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