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(1) A message from the ProZ.com site team
(2) Meet with colleagues and attend training virtually, for free
(3) Covid-19 tags for jobs and terminology questions
(4) Have fun and hone your skills: upcoming translation contest
(5) New forum and daily updates to collaborate around covid-19


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(1) A message from the ProZ.com site team
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A message from the ProZ.com site team


ProZ.com has over a million users, across every country in the world. The ProZ.com site team hopes that each and every one of you are staying safe and smart during the current pandemic.

In the spirit of better using the site to empower you to achieve your business objectives and realize your full potential, while safely collaborating with like-minded professionals all over the world, and having a bit of fun at the same time (why not!) in these strange times, a few improvements are being made. Read on for details on changes to networking and training opportunities, jobs and terminology, staying up to date on news in the industry, and an upcoming contest open to everyone.

 

You can also access all this information at the ProZ.com Covid-19 resource center: 

 

https://go.proz.com/covid




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(2) Meet with colleagues and attend training virtually, for free
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Meet with colleagues and attend training virtually, for free


If you have a bit more time on your hands at the moment, why not take advantage of it to accelerate your professional development? And while we may not be able to get together with fellow professionals for a drink or dinner in person, there is the next best thing...


 


ProZ.com freelancer success summit, April 7 - 9 (free)


Three days of online sessions from experienced professionals on a variety of topics. Free to everyone!


https://www.proz.com/tv/Summit2020


ProZ.com video library free to all until June 1st


That's 1,176 hours of professional development content that you can watch at your own pace. In order to access the full video library for free, you will need to make sure your ProZ.com profile is complete (this helps ensure better connections with new clients and collaborators).


https://videos.proz.com/


ProZ.com spotlight training free to all until June 1st


This new training format includes courses on getting started, finding direct clients, and sales and negotiating. Each course comes with supplemental material and a certificate of completion.


https://training.proz.com/spotlight-training


New virtual powwows open to everyone


ProZ.com powwows, traditionally in-person gatherings of local professionals, have been held thousands of times all over the world. A new mode of powwow, the virtual powwow, is now available, allowing you to organize and participate in virtual video gatherings with colleagues everywhere. If you are proposing a new powwow, be sure to select the "Virtual" option at the top!


https://www.proz.com/powwows





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(3) Covid-19 tags for jobs and terminology questions
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Covid-19 tags for jobs and terminology questions


Both posted jobs and terminology questions can now be created with a covid-19 tag, to make them easier to find. When searching jobs or term help questions, you can select the "only covid-19" option to view only those results.


Glossary-building KudoZ (GBK) questions related to covid-19 are also being generated, in order to help build a comprehensive glossary in as many languages as possible.


Browse posted jobs: https://www.proz.com/language-jobs


View term help questions: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/




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(4) Have fun and hone your skills: upcoming translation contest open to everyone
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Have fun and hone your skills: upcoming translation contest open to everyone


An upcoming ProZ.com translation contest will be open to everyone who wishes to participate, regardless of membership status (traditionally, contests are limited to members only in language pairs where the member population is large enough to permit competition). If you are a non-member and would like to participate, you will need to have a complete ProZ.com profile and vote in the finals of the current contest.


Make sure your profile is complete: https://www.proz.com/profile-completion


Vote for the best translations in the current contest: https://www.proz.com/translation-contests/56


Be sure to subscribe to contest news to receive further information, including notification of when the contest starts: https://www.proz.com/index.php?sp=ef&show_mode=other




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(5) New forum and daily updates to collaborate around covid-19 related issues
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New forum and daily updates to collaborate around covid-19 related issues


A new ProZ.com forum was created to allow for discussion and collaboration around issues related to the covid-19 pandemic. The topics there so far range from the serious and practical (business considerations, sharing of glossaries) to the more lighthearted (you may enjoy the "Corona quarantine diary" from long-time member Mervyn Henderson).


Daily updates are also being posted to the forum, with information and resources for freelancers, by Andrew Morris.


Check out the forum at https://www.proz.com/forum/2066


You can also check/subscribe to the Translation news section to stay up to date on what is going on in the industry: https://www.proz.com/translation-news/




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Thanks for reading. On behalf of the entire ProZ.com site team, stay safe!


 


Happy translating,


Jared
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