ProZ.com Newsletter: February 2014

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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) Translators talk about the best investments they have made (2) Congratulations to contest winners! New contest open now (3) The next ProZ.com free webinar week: March 3rd - 6th (4) Radio interview about Translators without Borders (Spanish) (5) Localization spotlight: the Macedonian L10n team (6) Best-selling webinar in January (7) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Poll: What is the best investment you have ever made for your business? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A recent ProZ.com poll asked language professionals to name what they consider the best investment they have made for their business. Compare your answer to theirs and participate in the discussion thread below. http://www.proz.com/topic/263461 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Register for memoQfest Americas A 3-day translation technology conference to help you stay ahead of the competition! 27 February - 1 March, Manhattan Beach, CA * 20+ specialized sessions * best practices from experts * memoQ master classes * introduction to memoQ cloud * excellent networking opportunities Click here to join: http://bit.ly/1coDeEK ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Congratulations to translation contest winners for "Poetry with a tune." New contest now open ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to the winners in the recent ProZ.com translation contest, "Poetry with a tune." A big thank you also goes out to everyone who participated in the contest with their comments, votes and feedback. See the winners announcement: http://www.proz.com/topic/264365 A new contest opened on February 14th, with a source text in Spanish, phrases of the Argentine poet Oliverio Girondo. If you work with Spanish or just know Spanish and feel up to the challenge, have a look! Submissions will be open until March 19th. http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/38 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Win a training date with an SDL expert Enter our Perfect Partner competition to win a one hour online training session with an SDL expert. Enter now: http://bit.ly/NLCZiI SDL TRADOS – Translators group buy SDL Trados Studio 2014 ONLY €545 / $660 / £476 + Free SDL AutoSuggest Creator Add-on. Buy now: http://www.proz.com/tgb/860 ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ (Productivity + Efficiency) – Administration = Increased Margins Over the next few weeks we will share a number of ways SDL STUDIO GROUPSHARE 2014 can help LSPs to improve productivity, increase efficiency and reduce administration to grow profit margins. This week: how sharing translation assets helps to increase profit margins. http://bit.ly/1iWMzK6 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) The next ProZ.com free webinar week: March 3rd - 6th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learn about CAT tools and opportunities to meet clients at one or more of the free webinars during the next ProZ.com free webinar week, March 3rd - March 6th. Free webinar subjects include SDL Trados, memoQ, WordFinder, TO3000, Wordbee, and more. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Radio interview about Translators without Borders (Spanish) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On January 23rd, ProZ.com staff member and Translators without Borders board member and Translation Workspace Director Enrique Cavalitto was interviewed on Argentine radio regarding origin of, and the work being done by, Translators without Borders in support of humanitarian causes around the world. If you speak or understand Spanish, the interview is only 21 minutes long and well worth a listen. http://prozcomblog.com/2014/01/23/radio-interview-about-translators-without-borders-with-enrique-cavalitto-spanish/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast is the world's #1 provider of translation memory technology for any platform - Windows, Mac and Linux. Start saving time and money with the industry's most user-friendly and affordable TM software. Save up to 45% when you buy via ProZ.com TGB at http://www.proz.com/tgb/853 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Localization spotlight: the Macedonian localization team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each month, the ProZ.com newsletter features an article highlighting one of the ProZ.com localization teams and the work they are doing to bring the ProZ.com site to their native languages. This month's spotlight is on the the Macedonian localization team: Gabriela Nikolova -- http://www.proz.com/profile/62733 Sashenka Ljuben -- http://www.proz.com/translator/60942 Biljana Vasileva Bojcev -- http://www.proz.com/profile/104250 Emilija Ivanovska -- http://www.proz.com/translator/75720 Marina Karamitrova -- http://www.proz.com/translator/27571 Jasmina Martinovska -- http://www.proz.com/translator/54138 alinguista -- http://www.proz.com/profile/560001 Irena Kacarski-Kimova -- http://www.proz.com/translator/60932 Milena Čkripeska -- http://www.proz.com/interpreter/627044 Aneta Risteska -- http://www.proz.com/translator/1200118 Sanja Gjurova -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1342072 Gabriela Nikolova, the team leader of the Macedonian L10n team, had this to say about the team's work: "The localization of ProZ.com is a very important experience which gives a better and easier understanding of many issues for our language professionals. It has opened a whole new approach to a new world of possibilities and I'm very grateful to ProZ.com for their trust and support. The project made us (professional translators) start communicating and sharing, which is very important in our profession and the site itself was and still is the best translation community ever." If you are a ProZ.com member and you would like to join a localization team in your native language, contact site staff to volunteer. http://www.proz.com/support/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Buy Déjà Vu X2 Professional at 55% discount Join your fellow translators in a ProZ.com translator group buy (TGB) to save 55% on Atril Déjà Vu X2 Professional at http://www.proz.com/tgb/856 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) January's webinar best seller - purchase unlimited access to the video today ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On January 15, a one hour online session, "The difference between proofreading and editing" by Thayenga -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1142027 -- received more than 100 attendees. If you were not able to attend this webinar, you can purchase unlimited access to the video and handouts today for only 20 USD. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/7736 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Upcoming powwows: UK, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Portugal, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 21: London, UK (59 members) http://proz.com/powwow/5032 21: Porto Alegre, Brazil (15) http://proz.com/powwow/5057 22: Curitiba, Brazil (3) http://proz.com/powwow/5069 22: Espinho, Portugal (1) http://proz.com/powwow/5066 26: Guelph, Canada (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5065 March 1: Kharkiv, Ukraine (44) http://proz.com/powwow/5039 8: Buenos Aires, Argentina (17) http://proz.com/powwow/5017 9: Belfast, UK (6) http://proz.com/powwow/5063 14: Luxembourg, Luxembourg (3) http://proz.com/powwow/4985 14: Strasbourg, France (9) http://proz.com/powwow/5048 15: Sheffield, UK (4) http://proz.com/powwow/5027 20: Edinburgh, UK (23) http://proz.com/powwow/5059 22: São Paulo, Brazil (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5056 22: Phoenix, US (6) http://proz.com/powwow/4990 29: Cambridge, UK (14) http://proz.com/powwow/4903 April 5: Valencia, Spain (11) http://proz.com/powwow/5044 5: Salamanca, Spain (1) http://proz.com/powwow/5051 Full list of powwows (including those after Feb: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=502 ============================================================ Thanks for reading. 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