ProZ.com Newsletter: November 2015

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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) What methods do you find most useful to get new clients? (2) "Giving Tuesday" year-end donation drive (3) Freelance translation job "monsters" and how to defeat them (4) How to practice interpreting? Stop interpreting (5) Free webinar week, November 30th -December 4th (6) Different rates for different parts of the world? (7) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) What methods do you find most useful to get new clients? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A recent quick poll asked translators to weigh in on some of the sources they have found most useful in connecting with new clients. Check out what colleagues have to say, and add your vote! http://www.proz.com/topic/295141 Advertisement ------------------------------------ It's All About Translation Memory At the core of SDL Trados Studio is translation memory. Using a well maintained TM improves translation quality and consistency whilst saving time and money. Explore translation memory best practice by reading our new e-book. Download: http://translationzone.com/tm-ebook 3 for 2 offer http://translationzone.com/lsp-shop ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ It's All About Translation Memory At the core of SDL Trados Studio is translation memory. Using a well maintained TM improves translation quality and consistency whilst saving time and money. Explore translation memory best practice by reading our new e-book. Download: http://translationzone.com/tm-ebook Special offer: http://proz.com/pages/SDLTGB ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) "Giving Tuesday" year-end donation drive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com joined forces with member Pieter Beens -- http://www.proz.com/translator/1419293 -- to invite all language professionals to participate in the "Giving Tuesday" movement. Donations were accepted from December 1st to the 3rd, with ProZ.com matching up to $10,000 USD of total donations made, with all proceeds going to these non-profit organizations: * SOS Children's Villages, http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/ * Concern Worldwide, http://www.concernusa.org/ * Books For Africa, http://www.booksforafrica.org/ Thank you to everyone who participated and helped spread the word! http://www.proz.com/pages/drive Advertisement ------------------------------------ memoQ Year-End Group Buy ProZ.com and Kilgray have organized a memoQ group buy. 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Subscribe HERE: http://eepurl.com/FYeQj ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Article: 7 Freelance translation job "monsters" and how to defeat them ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You might find this article describing some of the things to consider when evaluating potential clients interesting: https://www.tm-town.com/blog/freelance-translation-job-monsters 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 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) How to practice interpreting? Stop interpreting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy Gillies, this year's Community choice awards winner for "Best interpreting-related book," shares some pointers about improving your interpreting skills in this guest post on the Translator T.O. blog: http://prozcomblog.com/2015/11/06/guest-post-how-to-practice-interpreting-stop-interpreting/ 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) Free webinar week, November 30th - December 4th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another ProZ.com free webinar week is here. Sign up for a variety of webinars on software tools for translators, from November 30th to December 4th. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars 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 ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Webinar with limited places! Right word, right place – how do I use and maintain terminology dictionaries? In this webinar, you will learn how easy it is to get started with terminology work using the TermStar terminology management system as an integrated component of Transit. To register, send an e-mail to [email protected] www.star-group.net ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Do you charge different rates for different parts of the world? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How do you manage the rates you charge for your work to domestic clients and those abroad? Do you charge differently? The same? What considerations should be made when setting those rates? This question was recently asked in the Money matters forum, with various professionals in different parts of the world providing their advice and opinions: http://www.proz.com/topic/294052 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/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Upcoming powwows: UK, Luxembourg, Spain, Brazil, Italy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December 3: Edinburgh, UK (14 members) http://proz.com/powwow/5785 4: Luxembourg, Luxembourg (1) http://proz.com/powwow/5786 11: Cardiff, UK (13) http://proz.com/powwow/5747 12: Manchester, UK (10) http://proz.com/powwow/5768 12: Alicante, Spain (10) http://proz.com/powwow/5764 12: Santos, Brazil (10) http://proz.com/powwow/5767 January 4: Chester, UK (2) http://proz.com/powwow/5782 9: Cardiff, UK (5) http://proz.com/powwow/5776 16: Bologna, Italy (14) http://proz.com/powwow/5774 21: London, UK (44) http://proz.com/powwow/5777 Full list of powwows (including those after Nov: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=547 ============================================================ Be sure to check out the Giving Tuesday drive. 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