ProZ.com Newsletter: August 2011

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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) Small changes, big results: virtual conference week, 2011 (2) Does personality vary with the language you are speaking? (3) Balancing your work and life as a freelancer (4) Develop your professional skills (5) How are you differentiating yourself from the rest? (6) Upcoming events for the second half of 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Small changes, big results: get ready for virtual conference week, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is less than a month away. This year's celebration of International Translation Day will start with a five-day series of virtual events leading up to the annual virtual conference on September 30th. The theme for these events is "Small changes, big results." These events are free for ProZ.com members. Save the date and register now. What small changes can you make to see big results in your professional activity and your business? http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/group/2 Advertisement ------------------------------------ Pre-order your new SDL Trados Studio 2011! Buy or upgrade today and take advantage of our exclusive 15% off Early Bird! Pre-order and receive SDL Trados Studio 2009 with SDL Trados 2007 Suite immediately, then receive a free upgrade to Studio 2011 upon release. To learn more or to pre-order visit http://www.sdl.com/Proz_NL ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Pre-order your new SDL Trados Studio 2011! Buy or upgrade today and take advantage of our exclusive 15% off Early Bird! Pre-order and receive SDL Trados Studio 2009 with SDL Trados 2007 Suite immediately, then receive a free upgrade to Studio 2011 upon release. To learn more or to pre-order visit http://www.sdl.com/Proz_PRO ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Do you have different personalities depending on the language you are speaking? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A recent quick poll asked, "Do you have different personalities depending on the language you are speaking?" Around 30% thought so, with just as many saying nay and a slightly higher number admitting that they had not noticed one way or the other. The discussion surrounding this question brought up some interesting aspects of speaking more than one language. http://www.proz.com/topic/205909 Advertisement ------------------------------------ "Actually paying Kilgray is something that brings satisfaction - memoQ just works! Which is so cool!" Galina Ivanova- Ivannovation Language Management To learn more about memoQ, visit http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ "Only two minutes ago I pulled yet another little miracle out of my memoQ basket, another long dreary document with all sorts of little formats and stuff that I was afraid would be lost. And it worked again!" Helen Debussy – Freelance translator To learn more about memoQ, visit http://www.kilgray.com ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Balancing your work and life as a freelancer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com member and trainer Konstantin Kisin -- http://www.proz.com/profile/82508 -- shares some initial thoughts on striking a balance between life and work for freelancers, in the first of a series of posts on the Translator T.O. blog. Be sure to check out the podcast interview with Konstantin too, under the "Podcasts" tab. http://wp.me/p1gp2T-j8 Advertisement ------------------------------------ The GeoWorkz Marketplace – Now you can see, sort and bid on jobs from Lionbridge in the new GeoWorkz Marketplace. With thousands of jobs being added each month, the GeoWorkz Marketplace enables you to reply to jobs from Lionbridge offices around the world! New Jobs are added every day so make sure you check back often! http://bit.ly/i4igTh ------------------------------------ Advertisement ------------------------------------ The GeoWorkz Marketplace – Now you can see, sort and bid on jobs from Lionbridge in the new GeoWorkz Marketplace. With thousands of jobs being added each month, the GeoWorkz Marketplace enables you to reply to jobs from Lionbridge offices around the world! New Jobs are added every day so make sure you check back often! http://bit.ly/gcqxpM ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Your professional skills are the most important ingredient for career success ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you are new in the translation industry or already well-established and looking to expand your business, a key for success is to learn new skill sets, continually gain competitive advantages and stay up-to-date on new industry standards and trends. Get access to more than 200 translator training courses, given by experienced professional translators. Thousands of translators have already taken training through ProZ.com. http://www.proz.com/translator-training/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ XTM Cloud is helping translators work online in a secure and easy way. With XTM Cloud you can translate many file types including XML, MS Office, InDesign, Framemaker and more. If you would like to try translating online you can register for a free no-obligation trial of XTM Cloud at http://www.xtm-intl.com/trial XTM Cloud: Better Translation Technology ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) How are you differentiating yourself from the rest? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Standing out among the competition is increasingly important. The ProZ.com Certified PRO Network is one way of differentiating yourself and of networking with a growing group of pre-screened professionals. http://www.proz.com/cpn Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast Anywhere, the world's leading FREE and confidential web-based TM tool, now adds a preview feature for inx, doc/docx, xls/xlsx, ppt/pptx, txt and rtf files. 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Download a free demo version at http://www.wordfast.com/store_download.html ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Upcoming events for the second half of 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out the upcoming in-person ProZ.com events for the second half of 2011: Kharkiv, Ukraine, 17 and 18 September: http://www.proz.com/conference/230 La Plata, Argentina, 8 October (for students and starting translators): http://www.proz.com/conference/281 Valencia, Spain, 15 and 16 October: http://www.proz.com/conference/236 Montevideo, Uruguay, 29 and 30 October: http://www.proz.com/conference/203 Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 12 and 13 November: http://www.proz.com/conference/215 ============================================================ ProZ.com membership is a proven method for meeting new clients. Ask a member! http://www.proz.com/membership/ ============================================================ Thank you for reading this month's newsletter! 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