ProZ.com Newsletter: November 2010

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The Translation Workplace Jobs | Kudoz | Go to site --------------------- 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) Year-end membership campaign: "Invest in success." (2) Year-end membership campaign: "Invest in success." (3) Featured article: Risk management for translators (4) Free webinar series is back (5) Feature in focus: Translation news (6) International conference, Rome, May 2011 (7) Negotiation & communication skills Workshop, London, 2011 (8) ProZ.com event at the Eiffel Tower: last chance to register (9) Upcoming webinars and training for translators (10) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Year-end membership campaign: "Invest in success." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for investing in your business, and for supporting ProZ.com in doing so! The year-end membership campaign is currently underway, until December 16th. Even if your membership is set to expire after that date, now is a good time to renew. Renewing now extends your membership by the usual year (no membership is lost), and you will have the chance at winning one of three great prizes: an expenses-paid trip to a ProZ.com event, a laptop, or a copy of SDL Trados Studio 2009 (3 winners). http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Year-end membership campaign: "Invest in success." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Smart translators have been using ProZ.com to selectively pick up desirable clients for over ten years. ProZ.com is made possible by the investments that members make in their business, thereby supporting the site. A membership campaign is currently underway. If you are a professional translator, please consider taking this opportunity to join. New members who join before December 16th will also receive their choice of one of three self-paced training courses along with their purchase (a $50 USD value), among other incentives. http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Trados End of Year Sale! Save an exclusive 30% off SDL Trados Studio 2009 Freelance and upgrades! Hurry, this offer is only valid until 15th December! Learn more or buy online via our dedicated shop - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_NL ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Trados End of Year Sale! Buy SDL Trados Studio 2009 Professional, the leading translation memory software tool and save 30%! Hurry this offer is only valid until 15th December! Discover more about our products or buy online - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_pro ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Featured article for November: Risk management for translators and interpreters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What steps do you take in reducing your business risk when dealing with new clients? "Risk management for translators and interpreters" is a ProZ.com Wiki article outlining practices freelancers can use to manage risk when evaluating new clients. All translators are welcome and encouraged to add to this article to improve it and make it a strong resource for all professionals. http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Risk_management_for_translators_and_interpreters Advertisement ------------------------------------ Free Trial to Translation Workspace - The future of translation productivity is here with Translation Workspace from Lionbridge Technologies. Now, you can easily manage your TM assets, reduce your costs, collaborate with colleagues and promote your services. Try it now – free for 30 days! http://bit.ly/chOmcQ ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Free Trial to Translation Workspace - The future of translation productivity is here with Translation Workspace from Lionbridge Technologies. Now, you can control your TM assets, monitor work in real-time, reduce your costs and improve consistency. Try it now – free for 30 days! http://bit.ly/9ZNq0E ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Free webinar series is back ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com's free webinar series is back: - SDL Trados - Wordfast - memoQ - Alchemy CATALYST - XTM Cloud - TO3000 http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars Advertisement ------------------------------------ XTM International would like to meet translators interested in translating online, who are looking for an affordable and independently developed translation tool. XTM Cloud is the web based tool for translators looking for a new edge. Register for a free trial of XTM Cloud at http://tinyurl.com/3548wes and see what real value for money is. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Feature in focus: Translation news ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stay informed on what is happening in the translation industry, by sharing and discussing translation industry news stories. Subscribe to translation news stories by RSS feed or by daily digest, delivered to your email account. http://www.proz.com/translation-news/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Translation Office 3000 has been designed with the freelance translator in mind. It helps translators track and manage their clients, translation jobs, invoices and payments. This flexible tool has been created to help easily organize all aspects of a freelance translator's work. Save 30% by buying through TGB - http://www.proz.com/tgb/421 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) International conference in Rome, May 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To celebrate 10 years of ProZ.com events, an international European conference will take place in Rome, Italy on May 20-23, 2011. The call for papers is still open for this event. http://www.proz.com/conference/205 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Negotiation & communication skills workshop, London, March 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A full one-day workshop on communication and negotiation skills is scheduled to take place in London, UK, on March 12th, 2011. The trainers are Konstantin Kisin-- http://www.proz.com/profile/82508 -- and Dawn Flockhart, owner and Head Trainer at BrainTrainAcademy -- http://www.braintrainacademy.co.uk/ Early-bird registration expires on December 31st - hurry! http://www.proz.com/conference/95 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) ProZ.com event at the Eiffel Tower: last chance to register ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This year's French networking and training event will be taking place in Paris, on Saturday, December 4th, on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. The day will feature great learning and networking opportunities in a very memorable setting-- don't miss this historical event and the magic of Paris at year end! Registration closes on December 1st, so hurry! http://www.proz.com/conference/139 Watch promo video: http://www.proz.com/videos/ProZ.com%20Conferences/415 The Paris event is sponsored by: - SDL Trados Technologies: http://www.translationzone.com - Powerling: http://www.powerling.com - Nuance: http://www.nuance.co.uk/ - RC Administration & Language Services: http://www.rcadmin.com - HelmsBriscoe: http://www.helmsbriscoe.com Advertisement ------------------------------------ Special Offer! UPGRADE to Alchemy CATALYST 9.0: Translator/Pro for just €199 in month of December! NEW! High Powered TM for desktop! NEW! Re-cycle translations – within-project 100% + partial matches! NEW! One-Click Concordance – simply highlight word/phrase! NEW! Locate in Source – simply click on a segment to locate in source! http://www.proz.com/tgb/443 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) Upcoming webinars and training for translators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Participation fee is only 15 USD per event: Nov 30 - Learn about alignment and other useful programs for professional translators http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/3989 Dec 9 - Create a One Page Marketing Plan For Freelance Translators - Step by Step http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/3995 Dec 10 - Boost your productivity with voice recognition software http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4013 Dec 15 - SEO 1 - Designing and optimizing your website http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4031 Jan 8 - SEO 2 - Optimizing content of your pages http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4060 Jan 12 - CAT tools and team work http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4042 Jan 18 - Free and inexpensive productivity tools - Part 1 http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4034 Jan 12 - Create a website for your freelance translation business http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4003 Jan 20 - Make your resume stand out to agency clients http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4045 Jan 22 - SEO 3 - Maintaining and Promoting your Website http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4057 Jan 26 - Free and inexpensive productivity tools - Part 2 http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4037 Jan 27 - Boosting your productivity: Tips and tools for translators http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4043 For English-Spanish translators: Dec 14 - Iniciación a la traducción médica http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4024 See more upcoming webinars at http://www.proz.com/translator-training/webinars Visit http://www.proz.com/translator-training/ for CAT tool online training, videos and self-paced training for translators. 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Click here for more details – http://www.wordfast.com/pricing.html Save even MORE when you buy through ProZ.com at http://www.proz.com/wordfast More savings at http://www.proz.com/tgb ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) Upcoming powwows: France, Brazil, India, Czech Republic, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December 3: Paris, France (31 members) http://proz.com/powwow/3491 4: Santos, Brazil (11) http://proz.com/powwow/3509 4: Quimper, France (1) http://proz.com/powwow/3544 4: Prague, Czech Republic (35) http://proz.com/powwow/3469 4: Paris, France (32) http://proz.com/powwow/3538 9: Edinburgh, UK (24) http://proz.com/powwow/3464 10: Paris, France (30) http://proz.com/powwow/3448 11: Kharkiv, Ukraine (7) http://proz.com/powwow/3532 11: San Jose, US (7) http://proz.com/powwow/3535 11: Cardiff, UK (7) http://proz.com/powwow/3508 11: Bonn, Germany (13) http://proz.com/powwow/3512 11: Toulouse, France (9) http://proz.com/powwow/3527 15: Barcelona, Spain (3) http://proz.com/powwow/3502 17: Rome, Italy (60) http://proz.com/powwow/3521 18: Veles, Macedonia (FYROM) (12) http://proz.com/powwow/3443 19: New Delhi, India (14) http://proz.com/powwow/3383 20: Napoli, Italy (1) http://proz.com/powwow/3547 January 8: Birmingham, UK (7) http://proz.com/powwow/3529 Advertisement ------------------------------------ ‘I'm enjoying every minute I've spent with my new best friend memoQ!’ Ana Carolina da Silva - Freelance translator, winner of the memoQ translator pro license at the ATA conference To learn more about memoQ, visit http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ ‘Actually, Kilgray goes waaaaay beyond mere technical support. 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