ProZ.com Newsletter: January 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 who are also musicians (2) Translators without Borders 2013 Access to Knowledge Awards (3) ProZ.com free webinar week: January 27th - February 4th (4) Localization spotlight: the Bengali L10n team (5) What is your main work-related priority this year? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Translators who are also musicians ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Among the multi-talented translators and interpreters out there are translators who are also musicians. Member Berni Armstrong -- http://www.proz.com/profile/2394 -- is one of them. He has recently posted a video of his song "No Tengo Marca" and a version of this song translated to English, "Brand Name Blues." http://www.proz.com/topic/262696 Amy Duncan -- http://www.proz.com/profile/41558 -- lives in Rio de Janeiro, and is the author of "Getting Down to Brass Tacks." You can catch her performing a piece called "Roach Motel" with her band, the Brass tacks, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2nEOIkitbY Karen Henry -- http://www.proz.com/translator/39755 -- lives in Jamaica, and when she is not busy with translation and with the Translators and Interpreters Association of Jamaica, you might find her on the piano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1AQiXejJ0 Update: Thanks to the response to this item, a post showcasing these and other language professionals who make music was made on the Translator T.O. blog, at http://prozcomblog.com/2014/02/05/translators-interpreters-musicians-language-professionals-who-make-music/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL TRADOS STUDIO 2014 & SDL OPENEXCHANGE Providing the freedom to build the perfect translation environment: SDL Trados Studio 2014 and SDL OpenExchange If you want to create your own unique translation environment, then come and explore our App Store and take advantage of the many Apps available now to download. Search for an App: http://bit.ly/KapoPo ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Your SDL Trados Studio 2014 questions answered: Enter our competition to win a one-on-one training date with an SDL Trados expert! You'll have the opportunity to find out anything you want about our latest release, and even invite a friend or colleague along! Enter now: http://bit.ly/SDLTrainingDate ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Translators without Borders 2013 Access to Knowledge Awards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This month Translators without Borders announced the winners of their second annual Access to Knowledge Awards, honoring six individuals or organizations who exemplify the mission to translate for humanity. The Right to Knowledge Award, given to individuals who have made a difference through their ongoing commitment to translation of humanitarian information, was shared by ProZ.com members Ashutosh Mitra -- http://www.proz.com/translator/1273307 -- and Eric Ragu -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1144138 . Mentions were also received by members Jacek Sierakovski -- http://www.proz.com/profile/933155 -- and Vito Smolej -- http://www.proz.com/profile/91005 . The Humanitarian Communicator Award, acknowledging non-profits that understand the critical link between language/translation and access to critical knowledge, was awarded to the team behind the Wikipedia project, including Dr. James Heilman and members Ildikó Santana -- http://www.proz.com/translator/37677 -- and James Langridge -- http://www.proz.com/translator/694679 . http://www.proz.com/topic/262915 Advertisement ------------------------------------ memoQfest Americas: A 3-day translation technology conference to help you stay ahead of the competition! 27 Feb - 1 Mar, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles * 20+ specialized sessions * case studies, best practices from experts * memoQ master classes * introduction to memoQ cloud * excellent networking opportunities Click here to join: http://bit.ly/1coDeEK ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ memoQfest Americas: A 3-day translation technology conference to help you stay ahead of the competition! 27 Feb - 1 Mar, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles * 20+ specialized sessions * case studies, best practices from experts * memoQ master classes * introduction to memoQ cloud * excellent networking opportunities Click here to join: http://bit.ly/1coDeEK ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) ProZ.com free webinar week: January 27th - February 4th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learn about CAT tools and opportunities to meet clients at one or more of ProZ.com's free webinars during free webinar week, January 27th - February 4th. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars Advertisement ------------------------------------ Déjà Vu X3 * Usability * Live Preview * Inline formatting * Quality Assurance * Filters * Automation Register here for a free Sneak Peek at the upcoming new Déjà Vu version: http://www.atril.com/en/next-training-courses ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Localization spotlight: the Bengali 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 Bengali localization team: Saleh Chowdhury -- http://www.proz.com/translator/19114 Lubain Masum -- http://www.proz.com/profile/560563 keshab -- http://www.proz.com/profile/77977 Roy Chaudhuri -- http://www.proz.com/translator/40708 Rabeya Akhter -- http://www.proz.com/profile/77686 Md Abu Alam -- http://www.proz.com/translator/1084453 Ziaur Rahman -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1270660 Saleh Chowdhury, the team leader of the Bengali L10n team, had this to say about the team's work: "This has become possible by the contribution of all the team members. I guess ProZ.com is the only website which has been localized into so many languages - which is a true reflection of the love of translators for this #1 translation portal!" 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 ------------------------------------ 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/848 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) What is your main work-related priority this year? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A recent poll asked, "What is your main work-related priority this year?" Participate in the poll and the discussion here: http://www.proz.com/topic/262768 ============================================================ Good luck to the participants in this translation contest, and thanks to everyone who has participated in rating entries and voting for their favorites so far. http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/ ============================================================ Thank you for reading this month's newsletter, and I hope your 2014 is off to a good start! Happy translating, Jared Member services ProZ.com - - - - - - - - - - - Your username: Membership status: Registered user KudoZ: BrowniZ: Wallet balance: $0.10 Your profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/0 - - - - - - - - - - - Forgotten password? http://proz.com/?sp=new_password ================================================================= You are receiving this email message because you signed up for email notifications of this type in your ProZ.com email preferences. 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