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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) Tina and Mouse: A minimalist comic on translation (2) ProZ.com membership campaign, Nov 13th - Dec 11th (3) Congrats to the ProZ.com community choice awards winners (4) Content from International Translation Day still available (5) Are rates becoming a tougher issue than before? (6) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Tina and Mouse: A minimalist comic on translation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tina is a translator. Her companion, Mouse, is a bossy, opinionated, solitude-phobic, PC- and Mac-compatible wireless computer mouse. You can follow their story on the blog "Tina and Mouse: A minimalist comic on translation." One Tina and Mouse comic strip was recently shared in the Fun with images forum: http://www.proz.com/topic/274862 Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Trados Studio service pack 2 has arrived. Enjoy a range of new features that will further enhance your translation productivity. Highlights include: * Improved terminology performance * Edit source for all files types * Support for alphanumeric strings Learn more: http://bit.ly/FreelanceSP2 Studio special offers: http://bit.ly/TranslatorShop ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ SDL Trados Studio 2014 service pack 2 has arrived. Enjoy a range of new features and enhancements that will further enhance your organizations translation productivity. Highlights include: * Improved terminology performance * Edit source for all files types * Support for alphanumeric strings See additional features at: http://bit.ly/ProfessionalSP2 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) ProZ.com membership campaign, Nov 13th - Dec 11th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are you a freelance language professional? Are you considering expanding your business? Become a member of ProZ.com, the number one source of clients and the leading platform that brings together in one place tools and opportunities designed for language professionals like you. Why now? Because there is a membership campaign running and if you join before December 11th, 2014, you get: 1. Full access to the entire suite of tools and opportunities available on the site at a discount on the regular membership fee. 2. Membership until January 2016 (up to one full month extra, depending on how soon you join). 3. A money-back guarantee. 4. A chance at winning great prizes, including an expenses-paid trip to the ProZ.com conference of your choice. Make your choice: http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Congratulations to this year's ProZ.com community choice awards winners ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This year's winners for the ProZ.com community choice awards were recently announced. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who nominated and voted for their favorites! http://www.proz.com/community-choice-awards Advertisement ------------------------------------ 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. 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All of the CAT Tool day videos are available free at http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/649/program Most of the September 30th virtual event content is also available (some sessions are only available to those who attended during the live event on September 30th). http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/632/program Advertisement ------------------------------------ New memoQ Feel tied to your current CAT tool and curious about how to start using something different… and better… with renowned support by a vendor committed to never compete against your bottom line? memoQ makes your projects more fluid with a dozens of productivity boosters. Learn more about, try or buy memoQ 2014 by clicking http://bit.ly/1lnwT5h ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Language Terminal: How to make the most out of the free toolset Manage translation projects, network with your colleagues and work with Adobe InDesign files through Language Terminal. 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Save up to 40% when you buy via ProZ.com TGB at http://www.proz.com/tgb/935 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Upcoming powwows: Canada, UK, Australia, Spain, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December 2: Guelph, Canada (4 members) http://proz.com/powwow/5380 4: Edinburgh, UK (30) http://proz.com/powwow/5366 5: Brisbane, Australia (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5374 6: Cardiff, UK (15) http://proz.com/powwow/5368 6: Buenos Aires, Argentina (3) http://proz.com/powwow/5383 6: Santiago, Chile (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5387 12: Bisceglie, Italy (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5378 12: Barcelona, Spain (41) http://proz.com/powwow/5296 16: Lyon, France (8) http://proz.com/powwow/5377 January 10: Mannheim, Germany (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5389 18: Hanoi, Vietnam (13) http://proz.com/powwow/5357 24: São Caetano do Sul, Brazil (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5384 24: London, UK (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5390 ============================================================ ProZ.com membership is a small investment that can make a big difference in how you reach new clients and collaborators. http://www.proz.com/membership/campaign/ ============================================================ Thanks for tuning in, and here's to a productive and enjoyable end-of-year for everyone. 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