ProZ.com Newsletter: October 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) The team meets for a hackathon, and to bid farewell... (2) The ProZ.com Blue Board gets an update: new look, new tools (3) Community choice awards spotlight: Sheila Wilson (4) Thank you for making International Translation Day a success (5) Community choice awards spotlight: Siegfried Armbruster (6) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) The team get together for a hackathon, and to bid farewell to a special team member ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was a bit of a flurry of activity in the third week of October as various members of the ProZ.com site team gathered in Syracuse for a second hackathon. In addition, this hackathon included the site team's celebration of the impending retirement of one of its oldest members (in both age and in years working for ProZ.com), Enrique Cavalitto. Details and pictures: https://prozcomblog.com/2017/10/31/hackathon2017/ 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/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) The ProZ.com Blue Board gets an update: new look, new tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ProZ.com Blue Board, a searchable database of language job outsourcers with feedback from service providers, was recently recently updated. In addition to modernizing its look, in line with the ongoing efforts at modernization site-wide, the Blue Board now also has new features to make it even more useful both to freelancers and to companies: https://www.proz.com/topic/318785 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. To register, simply send an e-mail to [email protected] https://www.star-group.net/en/star-campus/transit-termstar/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Community choice awards spotlight: Sheila Wilson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sheila Wilson -- https://www.proz.com/profile/630232 -- was this year's winner in the "Most helpful contributor" category of the Community choice awards. She has a previous win in this category as well, in 2013. If you have spent any time on the ProZ.com forums, you have probably run into Sheila. She is a long-standing site member, a member of the Certified PRO Network, contributor to term help in KudoZ, has volunteered for Translators without Borders, and is always quick to provide feedback, advice, or otherwise lend a hand to those in need of help with issues in and around the translation business. Sheila works in French to English, specializing in the fields of marketing, tourism and hospitality. http://www.proz.com/community-choice-awards Advertisement ------------------------------------ The SDL Trados roadshows coming to a city near you: Join us as we explore the exciting innovations in SDL Trados Studio 2017 & SDL Trados GroupShare 2017. Learn more about the new productivity features & get free training from the experts. Register » http://sdltrados.com/events/live-events/ Story so far » https://twitter.com/search?q=SDLroadshow ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Thank you for making International Translation Day a success ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ProZ.com annual virtual event celebrating International Translation Day was held on September 26th and 27th. Thank you to all who attended and participated in this, one of the largest online gatherings of language professionals ever! The new virtual event platform, ProZ.com/TV, allows you to attend these events both on and off the ProZ.com site, and without the need to register beforehand. Remember that if you are a ProZ.com Plus subscriber, you will have unlimited access to all recordings from these events via the Plus video library. https://www.proz.com/tv/ITD2017 Advertisement ------------------------------------ memoQ 8.2 is released Learn more at https://www.memoq.com/en/memoq-versions/memoq-8-2, get the latest version from http://www.memoq.com/downloads and improve your productivity even further! Want to have firsthand information on the new release? Sign up for our webinars at https://www.memoq.com/en/upcoming-webinars. Learn. Download. Try. Enjoy. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) Community choice awards spotlight: Siegfried Armbruster ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Siegfried Armbruster -- https://www.proz.com/translator/49165 -- won in the "Most attractive/professional profile" category in this year's CCAs. Siegfried was a long time member of ProZ.com and was a constant contributor in many forms, both on and off the site. Sadly, Siegfried passed away earlier this year, but he leaves behind countless contributions that will no doubt be of help to many. You can see the in memoriam thread for Siegfried at https://www.proz.com/topic/316304 Advertisement ------------------------------------ In case you missed it, Atril’s new website is up! Come take a look: http://atril.com Our revamped website comes with a fresh and elegant look, intuitive navigation and wealth of valuable resources! And that’s not it: make sure you hit the red button and sign up for the news about the upcoming DVX4 version! ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) Upcoming powwows: UK, US, Germany ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ November 4: Llangennith..., UK (4) http://proz.com/powwow/6458 6: Honolulu, US (1) http://proz.com/powwow/6511 11: Belfast, UK (8) http://proz.com/powwow/6491 14: Reading, UK (6) http://proz.com/powwow/6499 25: Aventura, US (6) http://proz.com/powwow/6413 December 7: Edinburgh, UK (9) http://proz.com/powwow/6517 9: Cardiff, UK (14) http://proz.com/powwow/6443 16: Frankfurt, Germany (1) http://proz.com/powwow/6518 ============================================================ Thanks for tuning in. I hope your October was a good one, and here's hoping November is even better. 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