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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 share everyday language blunders (2) Translator training in May: new offers and sales (3) Risk management and the ProZ.com knowledge base (4) Early bird pricing for ProZ.com Barcelona conference (5) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for May (6) Other free webinars in May (7) memoQ virtual day 2012, May 31st: program available (8) Save the date for ProZ.com's 2012 SDL Trados virtual event (9) Appel aux Formateurs - Congrès ProZ.com conférence à Lyon (10) II Conferencia Latinoamericana en Lima - Perú (11) Scam alert center: working together against scammers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Did I really say that? Translators share everyday language blunders ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A recent forum thread asked participants to share their biggest or worst language mistakes in everyday life. Check out some examples, from minor vocabulary confusions which cause big misunderstandings, embarrassing situations with in-laws, to unintentionally inappropriate hand gestures, and share your own! http://www.proz.com/topic/223055 Advertisement ------------------------------------ The SDL Translation Games have begun. Take part in 12 weeks of games for a chance to win an iPad. Special offers during the translation games include: * 20% off Studio 2011 + free SDL AutoSuggest Creator + Certification * Simply Studio 2011 for only €595 * Special upgrade pricing http://www.translationzone.com/translationgames ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ The SDL Translation Games have begun. Take part in 12 weeks of games for a chance to win an iPad. To go with the games we have brought back the popular 3 FOR 2 OFFER! Get 3 Studio 2011 licenses for the price of 2 and if you are upgrading your software save 10% off all listed upgrades. http://www.translationzone.com/translationagencygames ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Translator training in May: new offers and sales ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See the ProZ.com training calendar for upcoming training on translation business development, translation services and offerings, latest industry trends and training on mostly used CAT tools. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/#training-calendar To take advantage of May sales, make sure you visit http://www.proz.com/translator-training/offers/ If you have expertise, consider sharing it through training. ProZ.com training sessions are highly-valued by the community and can offer a great opportunity for branding and exposure while generating extra income. Visit the ProZ.com trainer center to learn more. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/trainers/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Change gear with memoQ Track changes, term extraction, cascading, TXML and Regex-based text filters, X-translate, Google v2 API integrated, and many other exciting features. Download the full-featured 45-day trial version from http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Recharge your translation business! It doesn't matter if it's different versions of translation documents, track changes or on-the-fly changes: working with memoQ 5.0 you can follow all changes in your translation project. Version Control. Content Source Integration. Technology With No Gaps. Download the trial version from http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) New Translator T.O. blog: risk management for translation professionals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out the latest Translator T.O. blog post on Risk management for translation industry professionals. Have you found other risk management tactics which work for you? http://blogproz.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/risk-management-in-translation/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ THE BEST ALIGNMENT TECHNOLOGY AT YOUR DISPOSAL… FOR FREE. Try our document alignment technology for free at http://www.youalign.com It can’t be easier to create alignments and import them in any CAT tool. Terminotix now has many YouTube videos exhibiting its various products. You can access our YouTube channel by visiting http://www.youtube.com/Terminotix ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Early bird pricing now available for 2012 ProZ.com international conference: Barcelona, June 9th and 10th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With the theme of "The freelance translator as a professional CEO", the 2012 international conference being held in Barcelona, Spain, on June 9th and 10th will offer attendees a unique and exciting opportunity to learn, network and have fun. Program details and early bird pricing (ends May 7th) are now available. http://www.proz.com/conference/305 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Fluency Translation Suite – THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN TRANSLATION SOFTWARE. 1 tool does the job of 8. You save hundreds of $$$. Compatible with Trados, Wordfast, and more. Buy now and Save 40%. Go to http://www.westernstandard.com and enter coupon code "April ProZ.com." ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ The Fluency Virtual LSP – The Solution for all your Translation Needs. Expand your Business. Improve your Bottom Line. Use the Fluency Virtual LSP. Find out more at http://www.westernstandard.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" webinars for May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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 May: * May 3rd: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/6593 * May 10th: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/6596 * May 17th: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/6599 * May 24th: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/6602 * May 31st: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/6605 For more information on these webinars and to learn how to get the most out of ProZ.com for your translation business, visit the ProZ.com site guidance center. http://www.proz.com/guidance-center Advertisement ------------------------------------ Atril Déjà Vu X2 - Other tools have users, Déjà Vu has fans. Test Déjà Vu X2 now – 30-day free trial version available at http://www.atril.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Atril TEAMserver 2 - Empower your teams with TEAMserver 2 the most effective and affordable all-in-one solution on the market! Learn more here http://atril.com/en/software/team-server ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Other free webinars in May ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Getting started in translation" - April 8th - 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/6617 "Expanding your translation business" - April 15th - Learn how to use ProZ.com to expand your translation business. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/6620 "Risk management for freelance translators and interpreters" - April 29th - Learn about risk management procedures that freelance translators and interpreters can follow when doing business. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/6623 Advertisement ------------------------------------ We are pleased to announce the release of XTM Cloud v6.2, the latest version of our web-based CAT tool & translation management system. Features full integration with Asia Online Language Studio, expanded customer functionality and performance boosts. Sign up for a free 30-day trial at http://www.xtm-intl.com/trial XTM: Better Translation Technology ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) memoQ virtual day 2012, May 31st: program available ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kilgray's memoQ goes virtual with ProZ.com on May 31st 2012. Attend panel discussions, ask the support team, learn firsthand from memoQ's development team, and get some hints from language service providers on becoming a well-employed translator. Registration and attendance is free for all ProZ.com users. Visit the conference page to view the full schedule and details on this event. http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/353 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Save the date for ProZ.com's 2012 SDL Trados virtual event ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save the date for the June 20th SDL Trados virtual event where attendees will be able to take a journey around SDL top products in one day. SDL Trados will offer a range of presentations, from SDL experts to special guest speakers who are willing to share their tips and tricks during these interesting sessions in multiple languages with the chance to get live answers to your questions. Register today to stay informed about this free ProZ.com virtual event. http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/349 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) Nous recherchons des formateurs pour le cinquième congrès ProZ.com qui aura lieu cet automne à Lyon les 7 et 8 septembre ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Un cinquième congrès ProZ.com de traducteurs aura lieu cet automne à Lyon les 7 et 8 septembre. Il se déroulera sur 2 jours et se composera de séances de formation agrémentées de moments de convivialité et d'échange. Si vous souhaitez animer une séance de formation et faire partager votre savoir-faire, veuillez remplir le formulaire, en précisant, les objectifs pédagogiques et le contenu principal de votre proposition. Le nombre de séances est limité et les formateurs seront rémunérés pour leur intervention. Par conséquent, remplissez le formulaire sans tarder, et au plus tard avant le 25 avril, afin d'avoir la possibilité d'exercer vos talents de formateur. Nous cherchons des formateurs qui peuvent proposer des sessions de 1, de 1,5 ou de 3 heures et qui portent sur les thèmes suivants 1. Informatique : outils TAO, autres logiciels pour traducteurs ; 2. Développement : stratégie de vente, marketing, défiscalisation, networking, gestion du temps, création / gestion du site web ; 3. Traduction : traduction juridique, traduction technique, révision, relecture, gestion du projet, terminologie Veuillez remplir le formulaire ci: http://www.proz.com/conference/?show_mode=conferences&sp_submode=speaker_application http://www.proz.com/conference/317 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) II Conferencia Latinoamericana de Traducción e Interpretación en Lima - Perú ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ II Conferencia Latinoamericana de Traducción e Interpretación en Lima - Perú. Una ventana al mundo. Todos están invitados a este hermoso país a participar en la continuación de lo que fue una Gran Conferencia Latinoamericana de Traducción realizada en Uruguay, 2011. Seguiremos poniéndonos al día con respecto a nuevas herramientas para impulsar nuestro negocio, uso de redes sociales, repaso de lo básico, manejo de riesgos, importancia del profesionalismo y lo que esto significa. Escucharemos charlas de profesionales expertos en áreas como minería y medicina además de interesantes anécdotas de intérpretes y traductores. Compartamos lo que sabemos y aprendamos más. En noviembre 2012, la cita es en Lima, Perú. ¡Bienvenidos todos! http://www.proz.com/conference/326 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Save 35% on Wordfast PRO - ProZ.com members can take advantage of even greater savings on the industry’s most affordable TM tool. Visit http://www.proz.com/tgb/625 to purchase your Wordfast PRO 3.0 license through ProZ.com’s translator group buy and save up to 35% with packages including training. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (11) Translator scam alert center: working together against scammers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Member Teresa Gutiérrez -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1548619 -- wrote: "Thank you very much for these extremely interesting e-mails with scam cases. They are really useful and you get a clear picture of how the whole thing happens." The translator scam alert reports stored at http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Translator_scam_alert_reports are a resource in identifying and avoiding the many scammers targeting translators and interpreters, by learning their style, tricks and the contact information they are currently using. If you feel you have been contacted by a scammer, please be sure to report this to site staff via the support system, to help get the word out to colleagues who may also be contacted. ProZ.com members can subscribe to scam alerts (immediate or as weekly digest) from the scam alert center. http://www.proz.com/about/translator-scam-alerts/subscribe Thanks for reading, and thanks and welcome to all of the new ProZ.com members who have joined during April! Regards, 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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