ProZ.com Newsletter: September 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) ProZ.com's International Translation Day: Sept. 26 and 27 (2) Community choice awards spotlight: Tess Whitty (3) Freelancers and their sleep habits (4) Translators without Borders calls for volunteers (5) Community choice awards spotlight: Erik Hansson (6) Translator essay contest for students and beginners (7) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) ProZ.com's International Translation Day: attend from wherever you happen to be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ProZ.com International Translation Day celebration is fast approaching, with two days of free online sessions with live Q and A, panel discussions, focus groups, networking opportunities, and a chance to earn up to 10 ATA CE points, plus some great deals on software via Translator Group Buy. This year, it will be even easier to attend. No registration is required, and you can watch and participate from any ProZ.com page, via your ProZ.com Mobile app, or from Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope, wherever you happen to be. September 26th and 27th: save the dates! http://www.proz.com/tv/ITD2017 Advertisement ------------------------------------ How do I benefit the most from fuzzy matches? Tips and tricks for working with translation suggestions In this Webinar, you will learn how to benefit the most from fuzzy matches and which settings are suitable for which translation tasks. To register e-mail [email protected] https://www.star-group.net/en/star-campus/transit-termstar/live-webinars.html ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Community choice awards spotlight: Tess Whitty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this and coming newsletters, we will be taking a look at some of the individual winners of the 2017 ProZ.com community choice awards. First up is Tess Whitty -- http://www.proz.com/profile/64870 -- an English to Swedish translator and a long time ProZ.com member, trainer, and a member of the Certified PRO Network. Tess, a repeat winner in the CCAs, won in three categories in 2017: Best blog, Best podcast, and Best trainer. Her website and blog, Marketing Tips for Translators, contains a wealth of information and resources for freelancers: http://marketingtipsfortranslators.com/ And if you want to learn on the go, or just take a break and hear tips and interviews with fellow professionals, be sure to check out Tess' podcast, Marketing Tips for Translators, at http://marketingtipsfortranslators.com/marketing-tips-podcast/ http://www.proz.com/community-choice-awards Advertisement ------------------------------------ Have fun with CafeTran Espresso 2017 Yeddi. Translate faster and easier with auto-suggestion, auto-assembling, machine translation, all with the connection to KudoZ terminology or your favorite web resources. Accept jobs from clients who use other CAT tools. Download and start using CafeTran Espresso -- for free -- today! http://www.cafetran.com/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) What are your thoughts on freelancers and their sleep habits? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In case you missed it, the topic of freelancers and their sleep habits came up recently on the forums. Early bird or night owl? Do your sleep habits work for or against you as a freelancer? Have you adjusted your sleep habits to fit with your work, or vice versa? See the discussion and add your take: http://www.proz.com/topic/317230 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Join the free SDL Trados Virtual Conference Join SDL on the 21st September 2017 to celebrate the upcoming International Translation Day. We will be hosting a free Virtual Conference that will include career and CAT tool hints and tips from a number of different translation industry experts. Register here » http://sdltrados.com/virtual-conference ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Reduce translation project timescales with SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud See how language service provider Word Class used SDL Trados GroupShare Cloud to shorten project times by 20% allowing project managers to focus on growing business. The result – a 40% increase in sales from key accounts. Read case study » http://sdltrados.com/word-class-case-study ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Translators without Borders calls for volunteers in response to Hurricane Irma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to Hurricane Irma, Translators without Borders is calling for English<>Haitian Creole volunteer translators to be on standby to support humanitarian and rescue teams on the ground if needed. Please email [email protected] if you can contribute and would like to be part of an online rapid-response team to translate materials. The texts are mostly rescue messages, official announcements regarding resources, routs, available services, situation reports, etc. Translators without Borders is the biggest volunteer community of translators endeavoring to provide easy to access and free information to local communities and for humanitarian causes. If you are also interested in playing a part in a pro-bono opportunity, don't hesitate to contact them for more information. https://translatorswithoutborders.org/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast Pro 5 - USA Roadshow In collaboration with ATA chapters across the USA, Wordfast is organizing a roadshow from California to New York this fall. These events will consist of two Wordfast Pro 5 workshops and a networking cocktail. Find out more and register to attend here: http://www.wordfast.com/about/wfp2017-roadshow ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Community choice awards spotlight: Erik Hansson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Hansson -- http://www.proz.com/profile/21654 -- is a German to Swedish technical translator, and has been a member of ProZ.com since 2002. This year, he won in two categories: Best Twitter account and Best Facebook group. Erik was an early proponent of Twitter for translators; he was behind the #xl8promote initiative, and it is thanks to a suggestion of his that ProZ.com users can display their Twitter feed in their profile. If you are on Twitter and are not already following him, be sure to look him up: @erik_hansson or https://twitter.com/erik_hansson 2017 also marks the fourth win in a row for Erik's Facebook group, "Things Translators Never Say", which you can find at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thingstranslatorsneversay/ https://www.proz.com/community-choice-awards/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ memoQ 8.2 is released Learn more at https://www.memoq.com/en/memoq-versions/memoq-8-2, get the latest version from www.memoq.com/downloads, and improve your productivity even further! Want to have firsthand information on the new release? Sign up for our webinars at https://www.memoq.com/en/upcoming-webinars. Learn. Download. Try. Enjoy. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Translator essay contest for students and beginners ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are a student, graduate, or beginning translator with no experience, you may be interested in an essay contest being held until September 26th. Participants are asked to write a 300 - 500 word essay on the topic "What benefits your client will get from using your translation and localization services?" Prizes are aimed at helping you get started in freelance translation. Winners will be announced on September 30th. Find out more: https://www.hannasles.com/translator-business/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Save 30% on Atril Déjà Vu X3 Professional + training + support http://www.proz.com/tgb/1054 Try out our 30-day fully functional free version and discover the unique features, including the industry’s best fuzzy match repair module utilizing such resources as termbases, TMs and MT engines, as well as the most intuitive terminology management system. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Upcoming powwows: Germany, Ukraine, France, Belarus, Italy, Uruguay, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 23: Odessa, Ukraine (25) http://proz.com/powwow/6455 30: Nice, France (1) http://proz.com/powwow/6457 30: Minsk, Belarus (15) http://proz.com/powwow/6434 30: Birmingham, UK (8) http://proz.com/powwow/6433 30: Imola, Italy (13) http://proz.com/powwow/6424 30: Montevideo, Uruguay (7) http://proz.com/powwow/6446 30: Vilnius, Lithuania (2) http://proz.com/powwow/6449 30: São Paulo, Brazil: https://www.proz.com/powwow/6464 October 7: Aventura, US (2) http://proz.com/powwow/6413 7: La Plata, Argentina (14) http://proz.com/powwow/6445 11: Florianópolis, Brazil (2) http://proz.com/powwow/6451 13: Elvas, Portugal (1) http://proz.com/powwow/6437 November 4: Llangennith, Gower, UK (2) http://proz.com/powwow/6458 ============================================================ Thanks for reading, and happy International Translation Day in advance. 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