ProZ.com Newsletter: December 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) Feature in focus: Freelance translator workspaces (2) Welcome new ProZ.com members! (3) Featured article: "Your business plan" (4) Best wishes for 2011 from the ProZ.com site team (5) Free "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinar series (6) Health and lifestyle issues for freelance translators (7) A look back at ProZ.com events in 2010, look forward to 2011 (8) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Feature in focus: Freelance translator workspaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a freelancer, you may have found that the right workspace can make a difference. What works (or doesn't work!) for you in creating a comfortable, productive workspace? Share your workspace, and tips, with other translators through the "Freelance translator workspaces" feature, by submitting pictures of your workspace, comments on your setup, and by discussing approaches with colleagues. http://www.proz.com/share-your-workspace Advertisement ------------------------------------ Save an exclusive 30% off SDL Trados Studio 2009 Freelance and upgrades! Hurry, this offer is only valid until 31st December! Learn more or buy online via our dedicated shop - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_NL ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Buy SDL Trados Studio 2009 Professional, the leading translation memory software tool and save 30%! Hurry this offer is only valid until 31st December! Discover more about our products or buy online - http://www.sdl.com/Proz_pro ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Welcome new ProZ.com members! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to all the new members who joined ProZ.com during the year-end membership campaign, and thanks to all current members, for supporting ProZ.com through this investment in your business! http://www.proz.com/topic/187765 Advertisement ------------------------------------ LAST CHANCE to get WORDFAST CLASSIC and WORDFAST PRO together and SAVE €170. Beginning on January 1, new pricing will apply for Wordfast products so act now and save. Visit http://www.wordfast.com/pricing for more information. Save even MORE when you buy through ProZ.com at http://www.proz.com/wordfast More savings at http://www.proz.com/tgb ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Featured article: "Your business plan" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Your business plan" is a ProZ.com Wiki article discussing business plans for translators. If you are a freelancer, you are also running a business. Do you know where you are taking that business? Should you write a business plan? What should that plan include? Please read, and contribute to improving this article. http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Your_business_plan Advertisement ------------------------------------ ‘I have been a legacy CAT tool user, but since I have discovered memoQ, I have been using it whenever possible. 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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/hzBmiP ------------------------------------ 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/ejPJEE ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Free "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinar series ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The "ProZ.com winning strategies" are a set of strategies designed to help you get more out of your ProZ.com experience. They are easy, straightforward, and can significantly boost your chances at new client contact. "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" is a series of free webinars which cover how to apply the winning strategies to your profile and your activity on the site. Each webinar includes a hands-on workshop session where staff provide guidance in improving your profile and getting more out of ProZ.com. "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinar schedule for January: Jan 04 (Spanish): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4166 Jan 07 (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4171 Jan 11 (Russian): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4183 Jan 14 (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4174 Jan 18 (Spanish): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4168 Jan 21 (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4177 Jan 25 (Russian): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4186 Jan 28 (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4180 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Try XTM Cloud this festive season and see if we can help build up that festive cheer. A full suite of translation tools at your fingertips for a reasonable price in these tricky times. Register for a 30 day free trial, no credit card required at http://www.xtm-intl.com/trial ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) What health and lifestyle issues affect freelance translators? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The "Health and lifestyle for language professionals" forum is a forum for discussing health, lifestyle, parenting and other issues, from the standpoint of the freelance language professional. Share your advice and get help from colleagues on these topics here: http://www.proz.com/forum/748 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Special Offer! Alchemy PUBLISHER 3.0: Freelance edition only €249 for the month of January! Alchemy Publisher 3.0 supports over 100 different content rich document formats including PDF and PowerPoint. Deliver higher quality translations, reduce your costs and speed up your projects! This is a time-limited offer. http://www.proz.com/alchemy ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) A look back at ProZ.com events in 2010, look forward to 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The last ProZ.com event for 2010 took place in early December, where attendees had the Eiffel Tower in Paris all to themselves! Get ready for ProZ.com events in 2011, both in-person and virtual, and a little something in between. http://www.proz.com/topic/187157 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Unleash the power of SDL Trados with Kaleidoscopes‘ tools Time is money – as any freelancer with tight translation deadlines will agree. Get rid of low performance and time-consuming processes! Get expertTools by Kaleidoscope! 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