ProZ.com Newsletter: January 2016

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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) New! "Search by email" tool to prevent impersonating scams (2) ProZ.com community book: submissions open (3) Safeguards and clear communication with clients (4) Results of freelance translator marketing survey (5) Free webinar week, February 8 - 12 (6) Translation conference, 18-19 June in Porto, Portugal (7) Have you tried the service agreement creator? (8) Using the translation center to improve efficiency (9) Have you heard the Marketing Tips for Translators podcast? (10) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) New! "Search by email" tool for corporate members to prevent impersonating scams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scammers impersonating clients in order to steal translations from service providers have been around for a long time, but in the last few years there have also been many reports of scammers impersonating translators to scam translation companies. A new tool has been introduced that allows agencies to search for and confirm translators' ProZ.com profiles by email address. This tool can be useful in verifying that you are dealing with an actual translator, and not someone impersonating that translator. This tool is free to all ProZ.com corporate members. http://www.proz.com/topic/297278 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) ProZ.com community book: submissions open ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submissions are now open for the new ProZ.com community book project, an initiative that has been launched to help you share useful information with colleagues, while promoting yourself as an expert in a given field or topic. The community book will feature articles written by ProZ.com members on topics of interest to translators, interpreters and other language professionals. All site members are invited to submit an article to be reviewed for possible inclusion in the book. The deadline for submissions is February 29th. http://www.proz.com/pages/community-book 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 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) The importance of safeguards and clear communication with clients ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com member Dan Lucas -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1917791 -- brought up some good points recently in a forum thread about using safeguards and clear communication practices when interacting with clients on new projects. Have a look at the discussion, and feel free to add your take to the thread: http://www.proz.com/topic/296755 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Manage your translations with the new Language Terminal Language Terminal is a project management system for translators. Create, track, and back up jobs, manage quotes, share resources, and benefit from all the other functions – no matter which CAT tool you are working with. Language Terminal is free for everyone! Try at http://languageterminal.com/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Results of freelance translator marketing survey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Results of a survey on "marketing as a freelance translator" which was run in December have been posted: http://www.proz.com/topic/295736 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 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Free webinar week, February 8 - 12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another ProZ.com free webinar week is here. Sign up for a variety of webinars on software tools for translators, from February 8th to February 12th. * Do what you are good at – translate – and let memoQ & Language Terminal take care of the rest. Monday, February 8, 13:00 GMT: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/13190 * Wordfast Pro 4 for Advanced Dummies. Monday, February 8, 15:00 GMT: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/13186 * Across Translator Edition as Full-Fledged CAT Tool Package with Sales Potential. Tuesday, February 9, 13:00 GMT: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/13184 * Atril - Unleash the potential of Déjà Vu X3 CAT tool. Tuesday, February 9, 15:00 GMT: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/13198 * TM Town - The Next-Generation Platform for Freelance Translators. Wednesday, February 10, 13:00 GMT: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/13187 * SDL - Top 5 time-saving apps from the SDL OpenExchange App Store. Wednesday, February 10, 15:00 GMT: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/13201 See all free webinars at http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars 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/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Conference for freelance translators and interpreters: 18-19 June, Porto, Portugal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APTRAD (Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores e Intérpretes) is holding its 1st international conference on the 18th and 19th of June, 2016, in Porto, Portugal. The theme of the conference will be "Stages in the career of a freelancer" and will tackle the different phases in the career of a professional translator and/or interpreter and what each of those phases requires. All stages of a freelance career as a language practitioner will be considered. You may recognize this conference's organizer, Paula Pinto Ribeiro, who also organized three very successful ProZ.com conferences in Porto over the past three years, so this event promises to be stellar. Register now and save your seat! ITI members are eligible for a 10% discount + 10% more if you register as a group (min. 5 participants). http://www.aptrad.pt/conference/conference-register.php Advertisement ------------------------------------ Earn CEUs from ATA, RID, IMIA, CCHI, BEI, and other certifying organizations online, at your own pace. Renew certifications and learn new terminology! Discover MasterWord Services On-Demand Training – Anytime, Anywhere Visit http://training.masterword.com/ to browse course offerings and get started! For questions, email [email protected] ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ MasterWord Language Proficiency & Interpreter Assessments: Increase bilingual staff potential & improve client satisfaction. Visit http://goo.gl/8xM3fE or call 1-866-716-4999 for more information. Receive Industry News, Updates, online resources, and training updates in our newsletter! Subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/FYeQj ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Have you tried the service agreement creator? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ProZ.com service agreement tool allows you to create, send and track service agreements online, providing a formal document that outlines in detail what is expected from any client-service provider relationship. ProZ.com members can use this tool for free. If you have not tried it already, have a look. Your feedback on this new tool will be appreciated. http://www.proz.com/service-agreement/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Webinar with limited places! How do I adapt the look of my TermStar dictionary? In this webinar you will see how you can decide for yourself what you can view and edit in a TermStar dictionary. To register, simply send an e-mail to [email protected] www.star-group.net ------------------------------------ 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] ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Using the translation center to improve efficiency ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some translation companies are using the translation center powered by ProZ.com-- which grew out of cooperation with Translator without Borders in their humanitarian work-- to better manage workflow and coordinate with clients, project managers and translators. See what they have to say and read about the features currently available: http://wp.me/p1gp2T-15D Advertisement ------------------------------------ Let WordFinder open a new world of opportunities – get access to millions of words and translations from the best dictionaries, on your computer, via a web browser, on your smartphone or tablet. Stuffed with lots of smart features. WordFinder has what you need as a translator in your everyday work – anywhere, anytime! http://www.proz.com/WordFinder ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) Have you heard the Marketing Tips for Translators podcast? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tess Whitty -- http://www.proz.com/profile/64870 -- is a ProZ.com member, member of the Certified PRO Network, trainer and conference presenter, author, and also the creator of the "Marketing Tips for Translators" podcast and website. Episode 80 of Tess' podcast has just been released, titled "How to stop hating marketing and develop a success mindset." You can listen online, or download episodes to your computer or via iTunes and Android. http://marketingtipsfortranslators.com/ 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 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) Upcoming powwows: UK, Spain, Canada, France, Indonesia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 28: Nice, France (4) http://proz.com/powwow/5791 28: Périgueux, France (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5803 30: Jakarta, Indonesia (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5813 February 6: Cardiff, UK (6) http://proz.com/powwow/5830 20: Kharkiv, Ukraine (24) http://proz.com/powwow/5810 20: Bologna, Italy (3) http://proz.com/powwow/5837 March 11: La Plata, Argentina (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5807 12: Arrecife, Spain (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5834 19: Plymouth, UK (3) http://proz.com/powwow/5842 Thanks for tuning in, and I hope your 2016 is off to a great start! 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