ProZ.com Newsletter: January 2010

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The Translation Workplace Jobs | Kudoz | Go to 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) Books featuring translators as characters (2) Nuevos cursos a distancia para traductores (3) Self-paced courses on negotiation & busines skills (4) Videos sobre estándares internacionales de traducción (5) Opportunities for trainers and content creators at ProZ.com (6) Webinars and videos on CAT tools (7) New SDL Trados MultiTerm 2009 & SDL Trados Studio 2009 for P (8) New three-week self-paced course on Wordfast Classic. (9) memoQ upcoming online training (10) Cursos para traductores en Madrid (11) Tradurre e scrivere per il web (corso avanzato) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Know any good books that feature translators as characters? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you read a good book that featured a translator as a character? Add your favorite to the list of such books here: http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Books_that_have_translators_as_characters (You must be logged in to contribute. Just click the "edit" tab and start typing. If you are not familiar with wiki formatting, just enter text in the appropriate section.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Nuevos cursos a distancia para traductores ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cursos virtuales en español con tutoría a cargo del equipo pedagógico de SIC, SL. Los cursos están convenientemente estructurados para garantizar la consolidación de los conocimientos básicos imprescindibles para operar con autonomía en la temática tratada e inciden especialmente en la metodología de situaciones reales. Tutorial para la creación de una memoria de traducción Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2659 Gestión de bases de datos terminológicas con Multiterm 2007 Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2672 Traducción de páginas web Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2662 Traducción asistida con Wordfast Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2671 Traducción asistida con SDL Trados 2007 Más información en:http://www.proz.com/training/2681 Introducción a la terminología práctica (Excel 2007) Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2674 Introducción a la terminología práctica (Excel 2003) Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2684 Trados imprescindible Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2680 Curso Terminología – Obtención y gestión Más información en: http://www.proz.com/training/2677 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Self-paced courses on negotiation & busines skills ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These ever popular courses by Doug Lawrence are now available within the new ProZ.com e-learning environment. Participation fee is 75USD. Participants will have access to the self-paced course and monthly live online meetings with the tutor for a period of six (6) consecutive months. Course on Negotiation for Freelancers: With this course you will learn how to negotiate with confidence, understand negotiation techniques, respond when techniques are used on you, access further information to continue your studies, practice your newly acquired skills and become a master negotiator! Sign up here:http://www.proz.com/training/2663 Course Tough Questions and Answers for Freelancers: With this course you will understand the power of active listening, ask and answer difficult with confidence, be prepared when clients ask intentionally difficult questions, learn how to phrase responses and questions in your own style, combat pricing objections, access further information to continue your studies and practice your newly acquired skills and become a master of questioning and answering! Sign up here: http://www.proz.com/training/2669 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Videos sobre estándares internacionales de traducción ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tres presentaciones que le ayudarán a conocer los diversos estándares internacionales de traducción con el fin de mejorar en el ejercicio profesional: Generalidades de los estándares lingüísticos http://www.proz.com/videos/quality%20standards%20for%20translation%20industry/140 Principales estándares de calidad en la industria. http://www.proz.com/videos/quality%20standards%20for%20translation%20industry/142 Buenas prácticas en el área de la localización http://www.proz.com/videos/quality%20standards%20for%20translation%20industry/154 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) New opportunities for trainers and content creators at ProZ.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are an experienced professional, you will surely be interested in the opportunities ProZ.com is offering to trainers and content creators for self-paced training (Moodle), videos, webinars and online training sessions for translators. ProZ.com provides supporting platforms, technical assistance, promotion, and e-commerce for all experts willing to share their expertise with the community and gain an extra income. This program offers a great opportunity for professionals with deep experience in an area to create a residual stream of income. Start now by submitting your training proposal at http://www.proz.com/training/propose For more information do not hesitate to contact ProZ.com Training Cordinator, Soledad Azcona, at soledad at proz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Webinars and videos on CAT tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com webinars are live online presentations on different topics of interest to those in translation industry. Webinars are conducted at a specific time using Go To Meeting software. Upcoming webinars for February: Feb 2 - Webinar on Across by Nicole Keller Sign up here: http://www.proz.com/webinars/2650 Feb 16 - Webinar on memoQ by Nicole Keller Sign up here: http://www.proz.com/webinars/2653 Feb 23 - Webinar on Atril Déjà vu by Nicole Keller Sign up here: http://www.proz.com/webinars/2656 See the video recordings of webinar sessions on January: A comparison of translation memory tools Webinar on SDL TRADOS by Nicole Keller Webinar on Wordfast by Nicole Keller at http://www.proz.com/videos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) New SDL Trados MultiTerm 2009 & SDL Trados Studio 2009 for Project Managers online training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com announces this month new courses within SDL Trados Training & Certification program: SDL Trados Studio 2009 for Project Managers SDL Trados MultiTerm 2009 for Translators. Participation fee is only $99 USD - it includes access to the complete 3 hour online session, course materials and certification exams. See all upcoming online sessions for SDL Trados 2007 and SDL Trados Studio 2009 training & certification program here: http://www.proz.com/training/sdl-trados/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) New three-week self-paced course on Wordfast Classic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This tutor led training is conducted through ProZ.com new e-Learning platform, for those who are interested in a self-paced interactive learning experience in Wordfast Classic. Participation fee is just $50 USD. It includes tutorials, recorded sessions, interactive presentations, documentation, assignments & support by Wordfast Certified trainer during the three weeks of the course duration. Sign up here: http://www.proz.com/training/self-paced-training/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) memoQ upcoming online training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This online 3 hour course is essential for any translator who is considering or has purchased memoQ. It is the first step in understanding how to leverage the full power of memoQ to increase your productivity. At the end of the course you will be able to create projects, create translation memories and term bases, translate Word documents, review and finalize these documents. Feb 26 - memoQ Level 1 - Getting started Participation fee is just 99 USD Sign up here: http://www.proz.com/training/2770 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) Cursos para traductores en Madrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com y SIC, SL los invitan a participar en sus próximos cursos de capacitación para traductores que se realizarán en Madrid en el mes de febrero. Comparativa de programas de traducción asistida Fecha: Jueves 25 de febrero Usuarios de ProZ.com: 60 € Miembros de ProZ.com y antiguos alumnos de SIC: 50 € Programa del curso y reservas en: http://www.proz.com/training/2866 Trados urgente - SDL Trados Studio 2009 Fecha: 25 y 26 de febrero Usuarios de ProZ.com: 140 € Miembros de ProZ.com y antiguos alumnos de SIC: 121 € Programa del curso y reservas en: http://www.proz.com/training/2863 El uso de la traducción automática en un entorno de traducción asistida Lugar: Madrid (aulas informatizadas en c/Santísima Trinidad, 5) Fecha: Viernes 26 de febrero Usuarios de ProZ.com: 60 € Miembros de ProZ.com y antiguos alumnos de SIC: 50 € Programa del curso y reservas en: http://www.proz.com/training/2860 Aprende a venderte: Marketing para traductores Fecha: Sábado 27 de febrero de 2010 Usuarios de ProZ.com: 145 € Miembros de ProZ.com y antiguos alumnos de SIC: 123 € Programa del curso y reservas en: http://www.proz.com/training/2867 Los asistentes podrán adquirir membresías profesionales de ProZ.com a solo 75 EUR. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (11) Tradurre e scrivere per il web (corso avanzato) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com è lieta di annunciare la quinta edizione del suo Corso di formazione online sulla Traduzione di siti web corso avanzato. l corso, della durata di quattro settimane, è rivolto ai traduttori che hanno seguito il corso di base Traduzione di siti web di Andrea Spila o che abbiano una conoscenza dei principi del web writing nonché nozioni elementari di HTML. 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