ProZ.com Newsletter: March 2016

« return to the newsletter archive

The translation workplace
Jobs | KudoZ | Visit 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) Survey on translation trends (2) Have you heard this? Stories around translation (3) Free webinar week for April, 4th - 8th (4) Do you have a system in place for late payments? (5) New Translator Group Buy packages (6) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Survey on translation trends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A brief survey is being run on different aspects of translation and the translation business. If you are a full-time translator, please consider adding your input. Results will be shared with the ProZ.com community. http://www.proz.com/phpQ/fillsurvey.php?sid=805 Advertisement ------------------------------------ MateCat is an open source online CAT tool, which is free for both LSPs and freelance translators, including free and fast technical support. Translate faster using machine translation and the world's largest public TM. Use it now! http://go.matecat.com/use-matecat ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ MateCat is an open source online CAT tool, which is free for both LSPs and freelance translators, including free and fast technical support. It lets you outsource to 120,000 professional translators in one click and it integrates machine translation and the world's largest public TM. Use it now! http://go.matecat.com/use-it-now ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Have you heard this? Stories around translation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this Radiolab podcast, you'll hear eight different stories related to language and translation, from poetry translation to interpreting 911 calls. Take a break and listen online or download the episode here: http://www.radiolab.org/story/translation/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ CafeTran - The feature-rich CAT tool that is fun to use. Translate faster and easier, using a sophisticated CAT tool built by a translator / developer. Accept jobs from clients who use SDL Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast and other major CAT tools. Download and start using CafeTran Espresso -- for free -- today! https://www.cafetran.com/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Free webinar week for April, 4th - 8th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another ProZ.com free webinar week is here. Sign up for a variety of webinars on software tools for translators, from April 4th to the 8th. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars Advertisement ------------------------------------ Transit NXT – the ideal tool for translation and localization! Transit NXT offers you an optimized translation memory and terminology management solution that easily interfaces to all standard file formats, workflow and content management systems. To get a fully-functional trial version, please contact: [email protected] ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Webinar with limited places! How do I translate display text and software interfaces? Keep text lengths under control. In this webinar you will learn how to translate display text and localize software. To register, simply send an e-mail to [email protected] http://www.star-group.net ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Do you have a system in place for late payments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you had experience with late payment? If so, how do you handle the situation? This question, and the idea of having a late fee policy, was recently put to the forums: http://www.proz.com/topic/299381 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Easy-to-use & dependable: DVX3 is the must-have CAT tool for all translators. Achieve high-quality translations easily, quickly and efficiently with our all-star features: Automatic fuzzy-match repair (DeepMiner), on the fly assembly (TM with MT), Dynamic AutoWrite, Customizable QA, and unmatched interoperability. 20% discount: http://goo.gl/edA0A ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Atril's TMS is the ideal solution for translator teams to increase productivity. Discover the new 'productivity & quality tracking' feature – alongside the favorites: real time resource sharing across different locations, web-based project management platform, secure web-based LookUp, and Floating license system. Learn more: http://goo.gl/ItrbPA ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) New Translator Group Buy packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are new translator group buy packages currently open, providing translators the opportunity to buy CAT tools and other software together so that everyone can get a lower price. Please review the new packages and sign up for any you are interested in. http://www.proz.com/tgb/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Free online seminars and articles from top localization professionals: SDL has invited top localization professionals, business development advisors and personal wellbeing coaches to present live webinars and write articles to inspire you to enhance your professional health, wealth and happiness. Discover more » http://translationzone.com/proz2016 ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Optimize the use of your translation assets: Your business can benefit from efficiencies & quality improvements by using SDL Studio Groupshare. Manage projects from within SDL Trados Studio & gain workflow improvements, making your translation results more consistent & cost effective. Contact us to try » http://translationzone.com/proz-groupshare-trial ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Upcoming powwows: Canada, UK, France, China, Czech Republic, Germany ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 1: Bordeaux, France (3) http://proz.com/powwow/5914 2: Guangzhou, China (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5902 3: Barcelona, Spain (5) http://proz.com/powwow/5894 10: Izmir, Turkey (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5854 16: Prague, Czech Republic (30) http://proz.com/powwow/5819 26: Koeln, Germany (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5908 May 6: Berlin, Germany (27) http://proz.com/powwow/5828 7: Berlin, Germany (38) http://proz.com/powwow/5825 14: Como, Italy (12) http://proz.com/powwow/5917 14: Stockholm, Sweden (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5869 26: Brampton, Canada (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5899 28: Hamburg, Germany (20) http://proz.com/powwow/5872 Full list of powwows (including those after Mar: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=556 Thanks for reading, and be sure to fill out the translation trends survey: http://www.proz.com/phpQ/fillsurvey.php?sid=805 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. To unsubscribe from ProZ.com email notifications, go to this page: https://www.proz.com/unsubscribe If you have trouble adjusting your email preferences, please submit a support request: https://www.proz.com/support Do not reply to this message; your reply will not be read. ProZ.com 2509 James Street P.O. Box 323 Syracuse, NY 13206-9277 USA+1 (315) 463-7323
Copyright © 1999-2017 ProZ.com - All rights reserved. Privacy policy Update your email preferences