ProZ.com Newsletter: October 2011

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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) A look at trends affecting translators (2) Are you missing opportunities to meet new clients? (3) 2011 virtual event series on-demand content available (4) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for November (5) Other free webinars at ProZ.com in November (6) Final ProZ.com events in 2011 (7) III Conferência Brasileira de Tradutores do ProZ.com (8) Gain a competitive advantage with ProZ.com training (9) ProZ.com free webinar week - back in December 2011 (10) What makes a ProZ.com in-person event? (11) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) State of the industry reports: a look at trends affecting translators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com state of the translation industry reports take a look at some of the changes that are affecting translators, as told by translators. The reports include discussion of the trends, obstacles and opportunities involved in freelance work in the translation industry today, and how freelance translators are dealing with them. Access to these reports is free to all ProZ.com paying members. http://www.proz.com/industry-report/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Trados Studio 2011 + Free Training Our popular Premier Packs are back! Buy or upgrade today and save an exclusive 20% on SDL Trados Studio 2011 plus receive a free 3-hour online training course delivered by ProZ.com and the SDL Certification exams. Hurry, this offer ends November 10th! To learn more or to order visit http://www.sdl.com/promo/Proz_NL ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Trados Studio 2011 Professional SDL’s latest version of translation software is now available. Buy or upgrade today and take advantage of our exclusive 20% savings on SDL Trados Studio 2011 Professional. Hurry this offer ends November 10th! To learn more or to order visit http://www.sdl.com/promo/Proz_PRO ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Are you missing opportunities to meet new clients? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are not investing in ProZ.com membership, you are missing out on the tools, opportunities and marketing benefits which over 18,000 language professionals currently enjoy. As 2011 begins to come to a close, consider starting the coming year with the most powerful marketing tool a translator can have. http://www.proz.com/membership/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) 2011 Virtual event series - small changes, big results. On-demand period now through December 31st ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With over 8,500 attendees, the 2011 virtual event series was a great success. During the five days of virtual events featuring over 40 hours of content, attendees were able to network, learn and have fun, all from their own homes or offices. The on-demand period for the 2011 virtual event series will last until December 31, 2011. All ProZ.com members have access to the on-demand content. Non-members who attended each day will also be able to access the material. http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/group/2 Advertisement ------------------------------------ It doesn't matter if it's different versions of translation documents, track changes or on-the-fly changes: working with the AuditTrail feature of memoQ 5.0 you can follow all changes in your translation project. Version Control. Content Source Integration. Technology With No Gaps. Download the 45 day trial version from http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ You follow your friends, your colleagues, translation-related events and many other things... Now follow your translation documents, and changes made to them, in your translation with memoQ 5.0! Track changes, term extraction, X-translate, cascading filters and many other exciting features. Download the 45 day trial version from http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for November ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" is a series of free webinars which cover strategies to help you get the most out of your ProZ.com experience. Each webinar includes a hands-on workshop session with site staff. "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinar schedule for November: November 2nd (German): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5540 November 4th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5639 November 9th (Spanish): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5645 November 15th (Russian): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5648 November 18th (English): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5642 November 23rd (Ukrainian): http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5651 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Deja vu is the most powerful and customizable Computer Aided Translation (CAT) system. The only tool designed for Intelligent Quality with the ongoing collaboration of an active user community. And the only tool to significantly increase productivity for texts with few or no translation memory segment matches. Learn more at http://www.proz.com/Dejavu ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Other free webinars at ProZ.com in November ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Getting started in translation" -November 11th - Learn how to become a professional translator and how to use ProZ.com to pursue translation as a career. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5093 "Expanding your translation business" - November 18th - Learn how to use ProZ.com to expand your translation business. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5096 "Risk management for freelance translators and interpreters" - November 30th - Learn about risk management procedures that freelance translators and interpreters can follow when doing business. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/5635 Advertisement ------------------------------------ The GeoWorkz Marketplace – Now you can see, sort and bid on jobs from Lionbridge in the new GeoWorkz Marketplace. With thousands of jobs being added each month, the GeoWorkz Marketplace enables you to reply to jobs from Lionbridge offices around the world! New Jobs are added every day so make sure you check back often! http://bit.ly/gcqxpM ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ The GeoWorkz Marketplace – Now you can see, sort and bid on jobs from Lionbridge in the new GeoWorkz Marketplace. With thousands of jobs being added each month, the GeoWorkz Marketplace enables you to reply to jobs from Lionbridge offices around the world! New Jobs are added every day so make sure you check back often! http://bit.ly/i4igTh ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Final ProZ.com events in 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are two more ProZ.com conferences remaining in 2011. To the organizers and attendees of the conferences in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, best wishes and have a great event! Montevideo (29/30 Oct): http://www.proz.com/conference/203 Rio (12/13 Nov): http://www.proz.com/conference/215 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Está chegando a III Conferência Brasileira de Tradutores do ProZ.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ É um prazer anunciar que faltam menos de 20 dias para a nossa III Conferência Brasileira de Tradutores do ProZ.com. Com sua primeira edição no Rio de Janeiro e contando com o apoio de grandes instituições e empresas internacionais, nossa conferência terá tudo o que nós, tradutores, precisamos: bons temas de debate, intercâmbio de ideias, oportunidades ímpares de networking e, claro, momentos de descontração. Nosso evento será na Universidade Gama Filho - campus do Shopping Downtown, na crescente Barra da Tijuca, nos dias 12 e 13 de novembro. Além de palestras, workshops e mesas redondas, teremos um jantar na noite do dia 12 de novembro para conhecermos novos possíveis parceiros de trabalho e reencontrarmos velhos amigos. Então, tire uns dias, saia um pouco do escritório e venha para a Cidade Maravilhosa conhecer colegas de várias partes do mundo. Una o útil, o agradável e boas ideias! www.proz.com/conference/215 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Gain a competitive advantage with ProZ.com training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you are new to the translation industry or already well-established and looking to expand your business, a key for success is to learn new skill sets, continually gain competitive advantages and stay up-to-date on new industry standards and trends. Check out this month's limited-time offers on training for translators and interpreters. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/offers/ Create a second line of income in 2012: If you are an experienced professional and want to share your expertise with colleagues through ProZ.com, you can become a ProZ.com trainer to engage with a global audience of translators and create a new line of income for your business. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/trainers/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast Anywhere, the world's leading FREE and confidential web-based TM tool, now adds a preview feature for inx, doc/docx, xls/xlsx, ppt/pptx, txt and rtf files. Register for a free account and start using Wordfast Anywhere today at http://www.FreeTM.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) ProZ.com free webinar week - back in December 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save yourself a seat now and join ProZ.com for a series of free webinars from top industry CAT tool and software vendors during the first week of December. These one-hour webinars are free to all. The following companies will participate: SDL Trados Kilgray/memoQ Déjà Vu X2 Fluency/Western Digital http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars Advertisement ------------------------------------ XTM Cloud helps translators work online in a secure and easy way. With XTM Cloud you can translate many file types including XML, MS Office, InDesign, Framemaker and more. If you would like to try translating online you can register for a free no-credit card needed, trial of XTM Cloud at http://www.xtm-intl.com/trial XTM Cloud: Better Translation Technology ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) Would you like to see an in-person event in your area in 2012? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you ever wondered what goes into creating an in-person ProZ.com event for fellow translators, or you would like to see an in-person event in your area in 2012, be sure to check out the page below. http://www.proz.com/conference/?show_mode=conferences&sp_submode=propose ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (11) Upcoming powwows: Uruguay, UK, Italy, Poland, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 28: Montevideo, Uruguay (18 members) http://proz.com/powwow/3998 29: Cambridge, UK (29) http://proz.com/powwow/3872 29: Rome, Italy (64) http://proz.com/powwow/3964 November 4: Gdańsk, Poland (7) http://proz.com/powwow/4006 5: Adelaide, Australia (1) http://proz.com/powwow/3932 5: Cardiff, UK (8) http://proz.com/powwow/3991 12: Pamplona, Spain (9) http://proz.com/powwow/3973 18: Bridport, D..., UK (1) http://proz.com/powwow/3982 25: Warszawa, Poland (4) http://proz.com/powwow/4003 26: Granada, Spain (2) http://proz.com/powwow/4000 26: SELÇUK - İZMİR, Turkey (10) http://proz.com/powwow/3850 December 3: Santos / São Vicente, Brazil (3) http://proz.com/powwow/3995 3: Cardiff, UK (7) http://proz.com/powwow/4001 3: Koeln, Germany (12) http://proz.com/powwow/3901 3: Prague, Czech Republic (28) http://proz.com/powwow/3875 8: Edinburgh, UK (17) http://proz.com/powwow/3994 9: Dublin, Ireland (1) http://proz.com/powwow/3979 11: Munich, Germany (4) http://proz.com/powwow/3967 14: Tel Aviv, Israel (3) http://proz.com/powwow/3976 Thanks for reading, and I hope you find the new "State of the translation industry" reports useful. 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