ProZ.com Newsletter: August 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) Meet the new faces on the ProZ.com team (2) And the winners of the 2017 Community choice awards are... (3) Specialist pools for interpreters, subtitlers, what next? (4) We missed you, Mox (5) List of security practices released in the SecurePRO program (6) New Plus benefit: CJK Dictionary Institute terminology packs (7) Search the directory and post jobs via ProZ.com Mobile (8) Moderator class of 2017-2018 prepares to begin activity (9) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Meet the new faces on the ProZ.com team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few additions have been made to the ProZ.com team this year: Mike Donlin -- http://www.proz.com/profile/2308925 -- is heading up initiatives including specialists pools and Business membership. Tatiana Dietrich -- http://www.proz.com/profile/2397889 -- and Enrique Manzo -- http://www.proz.com/translator/2397886 have joined the Member services and support group. Look for them in a support request or forum thread near you. Alex White -- http://www.proz.com/profile/2360971 -- and Alex (Sasha) Terehov -- http://www.proz.com/translator/2373841 have joined the development team, and are responsible for some of the new features being rolled out, such as the enhanced profile visitors tools and analytics. http://www.proz.com/about ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) And the winners of this year's Community choice awards are... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Community choice awards by nominating and voting for candidates. And a big congratulations to this year's winners! In future installments of this newsletter we will be taking a moment to spotlight the winners individually. 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Discussion of potential new pools: http://www.proz.com/topic/317539 See or apply to existing pools: http://www.proz.com/pools/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast Pro 5 - USA Roadshow In collaboration with ATA chapters across the USA, Wordfast is organizing a roadshow from California to New York this fall. These events will consist of two Wordfast Pro 5 workshops and a networking cocktail. Find out more and register to attend here: http://www.wordfast.com/about/wfp2017-roadshow ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) We missed you, Mox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you were already a fan and had been missing Mox, good news! New cartoons were posted in August. If you are asking, "Who is Mox?" you can check out his adventures in translation here: http://mox.ingenierotraductor.com/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Have fun with CafeTran Espresso 2017 Yeddi. Translate faster and easier with auto-suggestion, auto-assembling, machine translation, all with the connection to KudoZ terminology or your favorite web resources. Accept jobs from clients who use other CAT tools. Download and start using CafeTran Espresso -- for free -- today! http://www.cafetran.com/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Full list of security practices now available in the SecurePRO™ program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As part of the new SecurePRO™ program, which allows professionals to declare their confidentiality and security practices, a list of potential security practices has been built, based on the use of SecurePRO cards so far. Declare your own practices in your profile at https://www.proz.com/settings/freelancer/data-security If you are a ProZ.com member, you can see the full list of security practices and indicate if you employ them at http://www.proz.com/security-practices/list Join the discussion on some of the next steps in the SecurePRO program: http://www.proz.com/topic/317735 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) New Plus benefit: Free CJK Dictionary Institute terminology packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another new benefit of the Plus package has been added: you can now download CJK Dictionary Institute terminology packages for free from the TM-Town Terminology Marketplace. Over 160 glossaries are currently available. If you are already a Plus package subscriber, just sign in to TM-Town using the "Sign in with ProZ.com" option and you will be able to download the package you want for free. http://proz.me/CJKIGlossaries 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. 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Thank you to all who have volunteered to serve a year as site moderator in the coming class, and a big thank you to those who are finishing their terms in the class of 2016-2017. Moderators perform a key role in welcoming and guiding new participants at ProZ.com, and in helping to maintain a productive work atmosphere on the site. Applications for the class of 2017-2018 are still being accepted. http://www.proz.com/moderators Advertisement ------------------------------------ Tips and tricks for working with translation suggestions. In this Webinar, you will learn how to benefit the most from fuzzy matches and which settings are suitable for which translation tasks. 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