ProZ.com Newsletter: February 2017

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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) Improved messaging and invitations in the translation center (2) Eszter Lelik. Interpreter, translator, winner of a new car (3) New services for professional translators: price will go up (4) The results are in, but the year is young, pessimists! (5) When was the last time you updated your profile? (6) Are you networking with colleagues on Facebook? (7) Why freelancers are working more for direct clients (8) New features in ProZ.com Mobile (9) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Improved messaging and invitations in the translation center powered by ProZ.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New features and tools have been added to the translation center powered by ProZ.com and made available to ProZ.com Business members, including: * new messaging options, several improvements to the pages used for inviting and assigning translators to accept a posted job, * The ability to assign a team to a given client * File upload size expanded to 25 MB https://prozcomblog.com/2017/02/23/improved-messaging-and-invitations-in-the-translation-center-powered-by-proz-com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Eszter Lelik. Interpreter, translator, winner of a new car ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the January newsletter, Eszter Lelik -- http://www.proz.com/profile/1011809 -- an English to Hungarian translator and interpreter from Hungary, was announced as the grand prize winner of a new Nissan Juke car in the Open Road series. "To become an interpreter has always been my dream. Now, more than two decades after the start of my career I am still certain that I have the best job in the world, at least the right one for me. I like independence, intellectual activity, constant learning, and travelling, always meeting new and interesting people. I have worked for/with famous politicians, celebrities, artists and I sometimes I am amused by realizing that most of them have already disappeared from the public life, from the stage, and I am still here." Read the full interview with Eszter: http://www.proz.com/open-road#storyFifteen Advertisement ------------------------------------ Translators Talk Trados Meet the experts who want to share their insights on using SDL Trados Studio with you. If you use SDL Trados Studio or you would like to know what all the fuss is about, translators have got together to produce video and blog tutorials and useful tips just for you. Learn more > http://translationzone.com/translators-talk-trados ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Teamwork made easier with the new SDL Trados GroupShare 2017 Managing projects has never been easier than with GroupShare 2017 as Project Managers have increased transparency over the projects they are managing, better security and ability to track progress in real time. Learn more > http://translationzone.com/groupshare ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) New service package for professional freelance translators moves to regular price ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In last month's newsletter I mentioned that the new Plus service package for freelance translators was discounted, and the price would be going back to normal. This is it, your last chance to get in on what nearly 3,000 translators have already subscribed to for 149 USD a year, before it becomes 180 USD. Don't say I didn't warn you later! http://www.proz.com/about-plus-package ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) The results are in, but the year is young, pessimists! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Around 78% of translators said that they were either somewhat or very optimistic about their translation businesses in 2017. Thank you to everyone who participated with their votes or participated in the discussion! http://www.proz.com/polls/16814 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Leave the office 20 minutes earlier today! Using MindReader for Outlook, you can write e-mails more quickly and more consistently. Watch the short video for more information on MindReader for Outlook functionality and usage: http://www.star-group.net/en/products/e-mail-assistance.html ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) When was the last time you updated your profile? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is your online profile complete? Are you posting samples and previous projects to illustrate what you are good at? Does it have a strong tagline, a professional-looking picture, does it highlight your areas of expertise? Are you showing your availability, and collecting feedback from clients? These are all things clients are looking for when they search for new translators. Your chances at meeting new clients and collaborators on ProZ.com are only as good as your presentation-- your profile. "Meeting clients at ProZ.com" is a free webinar series designed to help you make those new client connections on ProZ.com, and on the web in general too. Below are upcoming webinars for March and April. If you haven't attended one yet, don't wait: March 02: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/14183-meeting_clients_at_prozcom March 16: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/14174-meeting_clients_at_prozcom April 06: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/14567-meeting_clients_at_prozcom April 20: http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/14570-meeting_clients_at_prozcom NOTE: If you are a Plus subscriber, there are special, tailored versions of these webinars for you. Just look for the "Plus subscriber small group profile review" which best fits your schedule at http://www.proz.com/translator-training/format/free-webinars Advertisement ------------------------------------ Save 30% on Atril Déjà Vu X3 Professional + Training + support http://www.proz.com/tgb/1054 Déjà Vu X3 is the most powerful and customizable computer-assisted translation (CAT) system available today. It is the only tool that allows automatic repairing of your fuzzy matches against your termbases, translation memories and even machine translation! ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Are you networking with colleagues on Facebook? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are on Facebook, and are interested in networking with colleagues in translation and interpreting around the world, there are many options. Here are three groups which you may find useful, if you have not already joined: Translators and interpreters (ProZ.com) https://www.facebook.com/groups/46836864539/ Standing Out https://www.facebook.com/groups/standingoutgroup/ Both these groups are open to anyone who is a freelance language professional, or interested in becoming one. Standing Out Mastermind https://www.facebook.com/groups/standingoutmastermind/ Standing Out Mastermind is a bit more exclusive, and focused around finding and working with direct clients. Payment is required to join, but if you are a Plus subscriber, you can join free as part of your subscription. Advertisement ------------------------------------ Welcome to memoQ Adriatic! Track Changes, compare boxes for fuzzy matches, a new filter for match rates, a new pseudo-translation for software localization are just a few of the many improvements memoQ Adriatic brings. Try the brand new memoQ Adriatic and download the most recent build from http://memoq.com/downloads ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) Why freelancers are working more for direct clients ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why are some freelance translators beginning to work more with direct clients, and what are some ways to get started doing so? Check out this short article by ProZ.com member Leon Hunter -- http://www.proz.com/profile/86890 -- on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-freelancers-working-more-direct-clients-leon-hunter Advertisement ------------------------------------ CafeTran - The feature-rich CAT tool that is fun to use. Translate faster and more easily, using a modern translation tool with connection to KudoZ terminology resources. 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/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) New features in ProZ.com Mobile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com Mobile now includes the following features: * Blue Board entry posting and rating. * Social network sharing. * Confidentiality level in jobs Get ProZ.com Mobile in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/proz.com-mobile/id1159346024?ls=1&mt=8 Get ProZ.com Mobile in the Google Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proz See more about ProZ.com Mobile: http://www.proz.com/mobile Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast is the world's number # 1 provider of platform-independent translation memory software. Freelancers can install Wordfast Pro on up to two computers and it can run on Mac, PC, or Linux* operating systems. Purchase Wordfast PRO 4 + 1 hour training for only $320/€299 Join the Translator Group Buy at http://www.proz.com/tgb/1093 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) Upcoming powwows: Spain, UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina, US, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 4: Cardiff, UK (6) http://proz.com/powwow/6254 11: Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (15) http://proz.com/powwow/6233 11: Boston, US (13) http://proz.com/powwow/6239 24: Mannheim, Germany (9) http://proz.com/powwow/6214 25: Maldonado, Uruguay (16) http://proz.com/powwow/6242 30: Edinburgh, UK (21) http://proz.com/powwow/6226 April 1: Birmingham, UK (3) http://proz.com/powwow/6245 23: Aventura, US (5) http://proz.com/powwow/6257 Full list of powwows (including those after Feb: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=578 ============================================================ Thanks for reading. Have a great March! 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