ProZ.com Newsletter: November 2013

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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) Year-end report to members published (2) ProZ.com membership campaign, until December 11th (3) New translation contest, submissions now open (4) Translators without Borders efforts in the Philippines (5) Regional event in Madrid, Spain: re-invent yourself! (6) Risk management for language professionals: free video (7) You can propose source texts for future translation contests (8) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Year-end report to members published ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The year-end report to ProZ.com members for 2013 was published on November 5th, detailing some of the news and advances on the site in the second half of this year. Thanks goes out to all ProZ.com paying members, without whom these improvements, and the site itself, would not be possible. http://www.proz.com/topic/259051 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) ProZ.com membership campaign, until December 11th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since 1999, ProZ.com has been used by serious language professionals all over the world to start and advance their careers. As the largest community of translators in the world and the number one source of new clients for freelance translators, the opportunities are there. It is up to you to add those opportunities to your work in 2014. If you join before December 11th, you get: 1. Full access to all ProZ.com tools and opportunities, at a discount over the regular fee. 2. Membership until January 2015 (up to one month extra, depending on how soon you join). 3. A chance at winning some great prizes, including a trip for two to the Bahamas. 4. A satisfaction guarantee. http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign Advertisement ------------------------------------ Enjoy translation with SDL Trados Studio 2014 "I love the tweaks to the Studio 2014 interface; suffice to say that I'm all wrapped up in this new ribbon!" Gemma Cooper at Alexika Buy SDL Trados Studio 2014 Freelance today and get the SDL AutoSuggest Creator Add-on FREE! Buy and upgrade now - http://bit.ly/TranslatorShop ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Enjoy translation with SDL Trados Studio 2014 "I love the tweaks to the Studio 2014 interface; suffice to say that I'm all wrapped up in this new ribbon!" Gemma Cooper at Alexika Buy today and receive up to 20% off SDL Trados Studio 2014 Professional! Buy and upgrade now - http://bit.ly/AgencyShop ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) New translation contest, "Poetry with a tune," submissions open now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new translation contest, "Poetry with a tune: Translation of Lyrics," has started. The source text is in English. Submissions are open from now until January 14th. If you translate from English, or just feel up to the challenge, please consider taking a break and having some fun with this one. http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ memoQ 2013 R2 - come and explore! Based on your feedback, Kilgray has added a wealth of productivity boosters to memoQ that will make your work easier and more effective. memoQ 2013 R2 contains 39 new or enhanced features. Download a full-featured 45-day trial by clicking http://bit.ly/1aDWWi5 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Translators without Borders efforts in the recent crisis in the Philippines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A small team of ProZ.com members and Translators without Borders volunteers were part of the emergency team assisting the Philippines population during the recent typhoon-related humanitarian crisis. This team worked online, identifying keywords and translating messages in order to direct support teams to the sites where help was most needed. Members of this team were: * Lysander Canlas -- http://www.proz.com/profile/56667 * Joy Navarro -- http://www.proz.com/profile/627800 * Lois -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1847906 http://www.proz.com/topic/259843 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Regional event in Madrid, Spain: re-invent yourself! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The year's last ProZ.com conference will be held in Madrid, Spain, on December 14th with the theme "Re-inventing oneself in rough times" ("Reinventarse en tiempos revueltos") This event will offer: * an entire day of presentations divided in two tracks, * the opportunity to meet known speakers in the Spanish-speaking community, * two workshops, * a powwow * the chance to learn, network and have fun * and more! There are a few days left to book your seat at the regular price. http://www.proz.com/conference/485 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Keep your eyes open for a new subscription-based dictionary service that will help translators worldwide! Imagine a service with access to millions of words and translations from the best dictionaries – on the web, on your computer, on your mobile or tablet. Stuffed with lots of features - arriving soon! http://www.wordfinder.com/com.asp?hid=1400730 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Risk management for language professionals: free video ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This free video covers some of the basics in risk management for language professionals: investigating new clients for reliability, protecting yourself from scams, clarifying terms at the outset of projects, and avoiding or minimizing the risks of non-payment, etc. Especially if you are just starting out in the business, you may find this video interesting and helpful. http://www.proz.com/videos/tutorials%20on%20proz.com/2102 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. Download a free demo version today at http://www.wordfast.com Save when you buy via ProZ.com TGB at http://www.proz.com/tgb/835 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) You can propose a source text for future translation contests in your native language ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source texts used in ProZ.com translation contests are generally short literary texts or excerpts of general appeal. By proposing a source text in your native language, you can help to ensure that others who translate from that language to other languages can participate in upcoming contests. The criteria used in selecting texts for translation contests, and the form to submit proposals, can be found on the page below. http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/propose_source_text Advertisement ------------------------------------ Buy Atril Training Courses Are you sure you know all the tips and tricks of your Déjà Vu license? 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Up to 20 participants per session, find the content and dates here and register now! http://atril.com/en/next-training-courses ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Upcoming powwows: France, Slovakia, Canada, Germany, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ November 22: Strasbourg, France (16 members) http://proz.com/powwow/4951 25: Kosice, Slovakia (1) http://proz.com/powwow/4969 27: Guelph, Canada (4) http://proz.com/powwow/4961 30: Hamburg, Germany (46) http://proz.com/powwow/4816 30: Birmingham, UK (12) http://proz.com/powwow/4948 30: Buenos Aires, Argentina (20) http://proz.com/powwow/4954 December 4: Whiteley, UK (3) http://proz.com/powwow/4921 5: Edinburgh, UK (30) http://proz.com/powwow/4931 7: Prague, Czech Republic (58) http://proz.com/powwow/4681 7: Cardiff, UK (11) http://proz.com/powwow/4916 7: Brasília, Brazil (4) http://proz.com/powwow/4927 13: Madrid, Spain (46) http://proz.com/powwow/4909 14: Santos, Brazil (10) http://proz.com/powwow/4934 17: Tehran, Iran (25) http://proz.com/powwow/4798 21: Genova, Italy (4) http://proz.com/powwow/4964 24: Havana, Cuba (1) http://proz.com/powwow/4946 January 3: Sydney, Australia (1) http://proz.com/powwow/4967 13: Utrecht, Netherlands (12) http://proz.com/powwow/4942 Full list of powwows (including those after Nov: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=496 ============================================================ ProZ.com membership is a small investment that can make a big difference in how you reach new clients and collaborators. http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign/ ============================================================ Thanks for tuning in. 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