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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) What is your current business environment? (2) Confessions of a freelance translator: book by Gary Smith (3) ProZ.com event in Stockholm on September 3-4: Book today! (4) Grande desconto para a VI Conferência Brasileira do ProZ.com (5) Maintaining Giles Watson's wine glossary (6) NYU School of Professional Studies (7) Virtual event: translation technology study (8) Featured translator group buy: Wordfast Pro (9) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Translation companies: What is your current business environment? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you own or work at a translation company, would you take a few minutes to provide your input in a survey on translation company trends? The results will be used in a presentation to be given by ProZ.com founder Henry Dotterer. Thank you in advance for your time! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6XS39HV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Confessions of a freelance translator: new book by Gary Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary Smith -- http://www.proz.com/translator/757385 -- is a long-time ProZ.com member, member of the Certified PRO Network, trainer, conference organizer and speaker, among other things. And he is also an author. His book, "Confessions of a Freelance Translator, Secrets to Success" is now available in the ProZ.com books section. Be sure to check out the interview with Gary which appeared on the Translator T.O. blog around the release of the book: https://prozcomblog.com/2016/05/13/confessions-of-a-freelance-translator-an-interview-with-gary-smith/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ MateCat is an open source online CAT tool, which is free for both LSPs and freelance translators, including free and fast technical support. Translate faster using machine translation and the world's largest public TM. Use it now! http://go.matecat.com/use-matecat ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ MateCat is an open source online CAT tool, which is free for both LSPs and freelance translators, including free and fast technical support. It lets you outsource to 120,000 professional translators in one click and it integrates machine translation and the world's largest public TM. Use it now! http://go.matecat.com/use-it-now ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Introducing SDL's Translation Technology Insights Research This ground breaking global study reveals statistics on the use of technology within the industry and what the future holds. Download the free eBook http://translationzone.com/tti-proz SPECIAL OFFER Save 35% on SDL Trados Studio 2015 Freelance and get free training http://www.proz.com/tgb/106 ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Introducing SDL's Translation Technology Insights Research This ground breaking global study reveals statistics on the use of technology within the industry and what the future holds. Download the free eBook http://translationzone.com/tti-proz For special LSP offers on SDL Trados Studio 2015 Professional contact us www.translationzone.com/contact ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) ProZ.com 2016 international conference in Stockholm, Sweden: Book today and save! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join over 100 colleagues from 26 different countries who have already registered for ProZ.com's 2016 international conference in Stockholm, Sweden, which will take place on September 3-4. Event attendees will enjoy: - A keynote speech by Maya Hess, founder and CEO of Red T - Two full days of sessions with two simultaneous tracks - A program featuring leading industry experts - Event meals including lunches, coffee breaks, and Saturday night's gala dinner - Plenty of social activities to network with fellow attendees, including a pre-event powwow in the Nobel Museum - The possibility of taking the ATA certification exam the day before the conference - And more! Why wait? The early bird discount for this event will only be available until June 12! See full conference details and register to attend at: http://www.proz.com/conference/683 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Aproveite o desconto do early bird para a VI Conferência Brasileira do ProZ.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A VI Conferência Brasileira do ProZ.com em Curitiba chegará em poucos meses e ainda há tempo para aproveitar a oferta especial com desconto do early bird para participar deste evento. Junte-se às 93 pessoas de 8 países diferentes que registraram seu interesse em participar desta conferência, que incluirá: - Abertura especial no dia 23 de setembro - Dois dias inteiros de palestras renomadas da área como Paula Ribeiro e Marta Stelmaszak nos dias 24 e 25 de setembro - A oportunidade de participar de miniconsultorias - Muitas oportunidades de networking e atividades sociais para confraternizar com seus colegas - E mais! Venha aprender, fazer contatos e divertir-se! Veja as informações completas do evento e cadastre-se neste link: http://www.proz.com/conference/686 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast officially releases Wordfast Pro 4, the next generation of the industry’s most user-friendly and affordable translation memory software. Existing Wordfast Pro or Studio license holders can upgrade to WFP4 for free. To download a demo version or upgrade to Wordfast Pro 4: http://bit.ly/1Xjh16t ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Maintaining Giles Watson's wine glossary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be sure to check out this interview with Mariagrazia Gerardi Watson, wife of the late Giles Watson, well known in the translation community as the creator of Watson's Wine Glossary. http://proz.me/watson Advertisement ------------------------------------ Leave the office 20 minutes earlier today! Using MindReader for Outlook, you can write e-mails more quickly and more consistently. 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Links: MS in Translation: http://proz.me/es French to English; Spanish to English; English to Spanish; Chinese to English http://proz.me/et ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Virtual event: translation technology study ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sign up for the free online presentation "Translation Technology Insights Research Study – the future of technology in the translation industry", given by SDL and hosted by ProZ.com on June 20th. Register and see details on the event page: http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/689 Advertisement ------------------------------------ CafeTran - The feature-rich CAT tool that is fun to use. Translate faster and easier, using a sophisticated CAT tool built by a translator / developer. Accept jobs from clients who use SDL Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast and other major CAT tools. 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Learn more: http://goo.gl/ItrbPA ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) Upcoming powwows: Ukraine, UK, Spain, Bulgaria ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 8: Kharkiv, Ukraine (6 members) http://proz.com/powwow/5987 9: Portsmouth, UK (5) http://proz.com/powwow/5974 12: Barcelona, Spain (10) http://proz.com/powwow/5980 17: Belfast, UK (6) http://proz.com/powwow/5947 24: Madrid, Spain (6) http://proz.com/powwow/5993 July 2: Cardiff, UK (7) http://proz.com/powwow/5990 16: Kharkiv, Ukraine (11) http://proz.com/powwow/5984 22: Lyon, France (1) http://proz.com/powwow/5986 29: Sofia, Bulgaria (14) http://proz.com/powwow/5789 30: Edinburgh, UK (9) http://proz.com/powwow/5978 August 6: Bristol, UK (10) http://proz.com/powwow/5945 Full list of powwows (including those after Jun: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=560 Thanks for reading! 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