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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) New feature: translator playground (2) New translation contest coming: "A translator's life" (3) Invest smartly in your business as a translator (4) Do you know any quotes on translation? (5) New project platform for Translators Without Borders (6) Final weeks of regular pricing for May 21 conference in Rome (7) Coming soon: the ProZ.com podcast (8) Seminar for aspiring translators, La Plata Argentina, June 4 (9) ProZ.com regional conference: Skopje 2011 (10) Primera conferencia latinoamericana de ProZ.com (11) Conferencia de ProZ.com en Valencia, España, 15-16 de oct (12) New ProZ.com virtual events announced (13) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for May (14) Save on translator tools using group buy (15) Translator training offers during May (16) SDL Trados training and certification in Bern (17) SDL Trados training and certification in Cologne and Munich (18) Webinar series on interpretation in the UK (19) Market and communicate your services workshop in London (20) Webinars sobre control de calidad y marketing (21) New videos in Italian on web writing and HTML for translator (22) Upcoming powwows (23) Membership and training translator group buys (24) Other free webinars at ProZ.com in May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) New feature: translator playground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Need a quick break from work? The Translator playground is a place for translators to have fun, to network, to learn, and to hone their translation or linguistic skills. The area consists of a collection of games, memes, quizzes, trivia, anecdotes, discussions, and other items of interest and, principally, fun! http://www.proz.com/topic/197507 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast Anywhere, the world’s leading FREE and confidential web-based TM tool, now adds support for scanned PDFs. Users can upload scanned PDFs and convert them to RTFs for translation. Register for a free account and start using Wordfast Anywhere today at http://www.FreeTM.com ------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) New translation contest coming: "A translator's life" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The wait is over. In the upcoming days, the last translation contest will be finalized, and the 10th ProZ.com translation contest will be launched. The theme for this contest will be "A translator's life". Source texts are in for English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese and Turkish. If you would like to help with proposing a text for other source languages, please contact site staff through the online support system, at http://www.proz.com/support/ Looking forward to seeing you in the contest! http://www.proz.com/contests/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Invest smartly in your business as a translator, at a discount before April 30th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Over 17,000 translators, interpreters and other language professionals are benefiting from investing in their business through ProZ.com membership. Don't get left behind. Join ProZ.com as a professional member before April 30th at a discount, receive two extra months of membership for free (14 months total), and participate in a drawing to win a copy of "The Prosperous Translator" by Chris Durban. https://www.proz.com/store/9098 Read more about "The Prosperous Translator": http://www.proz.com/books See more about the benefits of ProZ.com membership: http://www.proz.com/membership/#benefits Advertisement ------------------------------------ Alchemy CATALYST 9.0: Translator/Pro just €199 this April! visit - http://www.proz.com/tgb/473 NEW! 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 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Do you know any famous quotes on translation? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The original is unfaithful to the translation." - Jorge Luis Borges Do you know any quotes relating to translation? Check out the collection of translation quotes in the ProZ.com Wiki, and add to it! http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Famous_quotes_about_translation Advertisement ------------------------------------ AGENCY NEWSLETTER 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 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) New platform for outsourcing translation projects first made available to Translators Without Borders ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new and improved ProZ.com platform for posting translation jobs is being currently used by the humanitarian NGO Translators Without Borders, and will soon be made available to translation outsourcers to offer a low-overhead workflow tool to process their translation jobs. This platform can easily adopt the look and feel the outsourcer chooses and includes attractive workflow and notification features. http://blogproz.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/409/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Looking for an online CAT tool? With only an internet connection and a browser you can translate and review your jobs securely using XTM Cloud. Advanced translation tools for modern translation professionals. XTM Cloud effortlessly handles all common file types including MS Office, InDesign and XML. Register for a free trial at http://www.xtm-intl.com/trial ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Final weeks of regular pricing for international conference, Rome - May 21-22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are the final days to take advantage of regular pricing for the May 21-22 international conference in Rome, Italy. Gala dinner and pre-conference powwow details are now available. http://www.proz.com/conference/205 Add-on training opportunities during Rome conference: May 20 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Getting Started for Translators http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4397 May 23 - SEO e PPC per traduttori: come farsi pubblicità sul web http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4727 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Coming soon: the ProZ.com podcast ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com podcasts will be released regularly, giving members the opportunity to listen to translation industry news, interviews with colleagues, and other featured content of interest. Stay tuned to Translation News for the first podcast. http://www.proz.com/translation-news/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Discover innovative features in SDL Trados Studio 2009, designed to help you focus on translations. QuickPlace - all your formatting at your fingertips, AutoSuggest - sub-segment matching suggestions as you type, QA checks in real-time, plus many more! Buy or upgrade by 15th May and save 20%. Visit our page for more information http://www.sdl.com/Proz_NL ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Discover SDL Trados Studio 2009 Professional: cut project preparation time via automation, work in an office (domain-based) network, work with an unlimited number of languages and reduce review time! Buy or upgrade by 15th May 2011 and save 20%. Visit our page for more information - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_PRO ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Seminar for aspiring translators, La Plata Argentina, June 4th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 the international level, this seminar is for you. Sign up now and mark your calendar for June 4th for this one-day event in La Plata. http://www.proz.com/conference/259 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) 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 so far! Come and listen to ProZ.com members' favorite speakers but also the regional experts on translation, interpretation, localization, CAT tools, marketing and sales for translation services, achieving higher standards via professional associations and much more! Register now to meet colleagues and potential business partners, make new friends, network and have an incredible time in Skopje! http://www.proz.com/conference/196 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) Jornadas de actualización para traductores latinoamericanos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ En esta conferencia se abordarán diferentes temas teóricos, aspectos técnicos y comerciales que nos ayudarán a mejorar la calidad de nuestro trabajo, aumentar nuestra productividad y maximizar nuestros ingresos. Destacados presentadores y panelistas de varios países de la región ya han confirmado su presencia. Si desea participar en calidad de orador y compartir sus conocimientos y experiencias, haga clic abajo para presentar su propuesta. ¡Montevideo lo espera! http://www.proz.com/conference/203 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (11) 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. Aún se están recibiendo propuestas de posibles oradores para finalizar el programa. Si desea compartir su experiencia y realizar una presentación en Valencia, haga clic aquí: http://www.proz.com/conference/236 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (12) Upcoming ProZ.com virtual events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Announcing 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 See details on all ProZ.com virtual events: http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (13) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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 May: May 6th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4826 May 11th (Russian): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4837 May 13th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4828 May 20th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4829 May 24th (Spanish): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4835 May 27th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4832 Advertisement ------------------------------------ ‘Actually, they go waaaaay beyond mere technical support. Kilgray always provides support to solving the customer's problem, and that goes way beyond the mere technical.’ Nick Rosenthal - Salford Translations ltd. To learn more about memoQ, visit http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ ‘I have used another CAT tool, but since I have discovered memoQ, I have been using it whenever possible. The tool is great and the support is wonderful!’ Hisae Inuzuka Koontz - Freelance translator To learn more about memoQ, visit http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (14) Save on translator tools using group buy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Translator Group Buys (TGB) provide the opportunity to purchase translation software and tools at the lowest prices on the market. Take a look at the latest group buys under the "Tools" menu tab. http://www.proz.com/?sp=store&sp_mode=tgb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (15) Translator training offers during May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Expand your business and improve your work with more than 200 live sessions and on-demand training by experienced professionals on translation industry-related topics. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/ Wordfast online training in May: May 3 - Wordfast-PRO – Level 1 http://www.proz.com/training/4768 May 10 - Wordfast-PRO – Level 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4769 May 11 - Wordfast-CLASSIC – Level 1 http://www.proz.com/training/4771 May 18 - Wordfast- CLASSIC – Level 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4772 May 19 - Wordfast-AnyWhere – Level 1 http://www.proz.com/training/4775 May 26 - Wordfast - AnyWhere – Level 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4778 SDL Trados online training and certification: New in May: courses on Saturdays on all levels. Includes 3 hours of online instruction 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. Courses are offered in multiple languages and time zones, and range from Getting started to Advanced. See http://www.proz.com/translator-training/topic/sdl-trados-certified . Webinars and videos for translators: Visit http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/webinar-presentations for webinar sessions in the next weeks. See http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/videos for more than 130 on-demand videos on topics of interest to translators. Access fee from 15.00 USD. Translator training packages: Purchase multiple related training courses in a bundle, at a significant savings over purchasing each course individually! Some training packages can also be purchased along with ProZ.com professional membership, at an even further discounted price. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/packages/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (16) 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. May 9 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Intermediate for Translators http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4724 Jun 20 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Advanced for Translators http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4735 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (17) 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: Sep 2 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Getting Started for Translators http://www.proz.com/training/4817 Sep 3 - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Intermediate for Translators http://www.proz.com/training/4850 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (18) Webinar series on interpretation in the UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 12 -Working as Public Services Interpreter in the UK. Part 1 http://www.proz.com/training/4655 May 19 - Working as Public Services Interpreter in the UK. Part 2 http://www.proz.com/training/4657 May 26 - Working for the police and courts in the UK http://www.proz.com/training/4658 Jun 2 - MET Police Test Revision Advice. Part 1 http://www.proz.com/training/course/4660 June 9 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. - Learn how to communicate your offer persuasively, authentically and effectively. - Learn how to get premium clients and premium rates, and consciously and skillfully diversify and make full use of your talents - Learn why some of your marketing efforts were highly successful and some were not. - and more! Register at: http://www.proz.com/training/4844 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (20) Webinars sobre control de calidad y marketing para traductores en español ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La participación es de 15.00 USD, e incluye aceso al encuentro en línea, material de referencia, video de la presetación y certificado de asistencia. Apr 8 - Seamos imprescindibles para el cliente: de la calidad a la fidelización http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4420 May 4 - Construya su perfil de experto en línea para encontrar más trabajos http://www.proz.com/training/4526 May 11 - Establezca una reputación de experto para que los clientes lo busquen a usted. http://www.proz.com/training/4529 May 18 - Potencie su actividad como freelancer (& agencia) al optimizar su perfil en LinkedIn http://www.proz.com/training/4532 May 24 - Use el potencial de Twitter y Facebook para su éxito profesional http://www.proz.com/training/4535 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (21) New videos in Italian on web writing and HTML for translators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Web writing per traduttori: http://www.proz.com/training/course/4814 HTML per traduttori: http://www.proz.com/training/course/ For more on demand videos, see: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/videos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (22) Upcoming powwows: UK, Italy, Spain, US, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 29: Cardiff, UK (12 members) http://proz.com/powwow/3722 30: Città della Pieve, Italy (12) http://proz.com/powwow/3679 May 7: Pamplona, Spain (8) http://proz.com/powwow/3728 12: San Francisco, US (1) http://proz.com/powwow/3739 14: Leeds, UK (3) http://proz.com/powwow/3725 18: Utrecht, Netherlands (15) http://proz.com/powwow/3688 20: Rome, Italy (23) http://proz.com/powwow/3715 21: Birmingham, UK (5) http://proz.com/powwow/3736 21: London, UK (49) http://proz.com/powwow/3706 22: Rome, Italy (17) http://proz.com/powwow/3718 28: Bucharest, Romania (14) http://proz.com/powwow/3662 June 4: Berlin, Germany (90) http://proz.com/powwow/3497 4: Rostov-On-Don, Russian Federation (6) http://proz.com/powwow/3733 4: Bristol, UK (13) http://proz.com/powwow/3713 18: La Brunié, France (20) http://proz.com/powwow/3557 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (23) Membership and training translator group buys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For a limited time, the option to invest in ProZ.com membership has come to the translator group buy (TGB). You can purchase for less, with added value: * Option 1: Full membership + 2 months of extra membership for free, with the chance to win a TO3000 license. http://www.proz.com/tgb/496 * Option 2: Full membership + 6 months of extra membership for free and a complete self-paced translator training package of your choice. http://www.proz.com/tgb/497 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (24) Other free webinars at ProZ.com in May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Getting started in translation" - 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/4840 "Expanding your translation business" - Learn how to expand your translation business and how ProZ.com can help you: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4841 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A big thank you to all ProZ.com members-- the site and all it has to offer is here because of you. 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