Fabiola Baraldi and European Institutions: needs and opportunities in translation Reply

Fabiola Baraldi, conference organizer

Fabiola Baraldi is a freelance Italian translator specialized in banking and financial law, and the organizer of the ProZ.com 2015 Italian conference in Maranello, Modena: “European Institutions: common needs and new opportunities in translation”, scheduled for November 14th. She’s been a ProZ.com full professional member for four years now and part of the Certified PRO Network since earlier this year in two of her working language pairs: French to Italian and English to Italian.

In addition to translating legal and financial material for diverse clients, Fabiola also works at an Italian bank. Her job there involves, among other things, the writing and translating of internal rules, processes and procedures in compliance with the European Union regulatory framework. For this reason, she knows how individual European institutions impact the translation industry and she is organizing this event to help everyone in the Italian industry to seize new opportunities.

The conference

The ProZ.com 2015 Italian conference will take place in Modena, a city known for its unique historical and artistic legacy, birthplace of Luciano Pavarotti, one of the “three tenors”, and Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the legendary car company.

Surrounded by this wine and food paradise, attendees to the conference will have access to an entire day of sessions by well-known speakers, a pre-conference powwow, a gala dinner and the opportunity to learn, network and have fun!

To learn more about the conference (venue, comments, accommodation, sponsors, prices and discounts), visit the official conference page.

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Thank you, Fabiola, for joining ProZ.com’s amazing group of conference organizers and good luck on your first conference!

Announcing the new ProZ.com service agreements tool Reply

Good Monday, everyone! The ProZ.com site team is happy to announce the new Service agreements tool designed for site members:

ProZ.com service agreements →

The ProZ.com service agreements tool allows members to:

• create and store standard service agreements that you can use in any working relationship,
• send service agreements to other parties, discuss terms with them and agree on conditions before any projects are assigned, and
• keep an online record of agreements you entered into to prevent potential disputes –or solve them quickly– or to simply use them as reference.

Any ProZ.com member can create service agreements. Site users can only be invited to review and accept them (not a ProZ.com member yet? Join now →)

You can check this new tool by clicking on “ProZ.com service agreements” above or by mousing over the site’s “Tool” menu tab and clicking on “Service agreements”.

More information is also available in the FAQs section.

Hope you find this tool useful and that it helps you to improve the way you work. Feedback below is welcome.

Happy translating!

Maja Popęda and the contemporary world: challenges and opportunities Reply

Maja Popęda, conference organizer

Maja Popęda is a full-time freelance translator and this year’s ProZ.com Polish conference organizer, ProZ.com regional conference in Kalisz: “Translator and interpreter in the contemporary world: challenges and opportunities”.

Maja has been part of the ProZ.com community since 2010 and joined the Certified PRO Network in 2014 with her top working language pair: English to Polish.

As a conference attendee herself –she has attended nine ProZ.com conferences so far– Maja knows that industry events represent an excellent opportunity to learn, network with colleagues and potential clients and have fun, and her conference promises precisely that!

The conference

The conference will take place at the Kalisz City Hall, one of the most impressive baroque buildings in Poland.

Kalisz City Hall.

On this great scenery, Maja managed to set up a great conference program with two session tracks covering a wide range of topics of interest to both translators and interpreters (and those studying to become translators or interpreters!) , including CAT tools, interpreting, DTP, sworn translation, online freelancing and more… To view a full version of the conference program, click here.

And around the conference, she is also organizing a city tour for Friday afternoon, a pre-conference dinner and a post-conference meal for everyone interested (conference attendees, friends, spouses, kids, etc.). Click here to see details.

To learn more about the conference (venue, comments, accommodation, sponsors, prices and discounts), visit the official conference page.

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Thank you, Maja, for joining ProZ.com’s amazing group of conference organizers and good luck on your first conference!

Would you like to organize a conference in your city? Let us know »

Conozcamos al organizador de la conferencia argentina de ProZ.com de 2015: Juan Manuel Macarlupu Peña Reply

J.M. Macarlupu Peña, organizador de eventos de ProZ.com

Luego de cinco largos años, la comunidad de ProZ.com en Argentina tendrá la oportunidad de aprender, reencontrarse con colegas y divertirse en una nueva conferencia regional, esta vez en la ciudad de Córdoba y de la mano de Juan Manuel Macarlupu Peña.

Juan Manuel es es un joven profesional con una vasta trayectoria en el mercado de la traducción. Es traductor público nacional de inglés y brinda servicios de traducción, corrección y consultoría externa, entre otros, a agencias y clientes directos en diversos países del mundo.

Además, Juan también se ha desempeñado en la enseñanza de la traducción en instituciones públicas y privadas, dirige su emprendimiento de cursos y talleres para traductores que funciona en Córdoba y Rosario, y ha dictado conferencias para traductores noveles a lo largo y a lo ancho del país.

Seminario de ProZ.com en La Plata – 2014

Su relación con ProZ.com comenzó en el año 2007, cuando creó su perfil y tan solo años después se convirtió en moderador de KudoZ. Luego de asistir a más de 15 conferencias de ProZ.com –virtuales y presenciales– tuvo su debut como orador en agosto de 2014 en la tercer edición del seminario regional para estudiantes y traductores noveles en la ciudad de La Plata. Su presentación, “El CV del traductor independiente en el mercado internacional”, fue todo un éxito, y la primera de muchas de las charlas que daría para la comunidad ProZiana argentina.

Junto a otros once reconocidos profesionales de la industria de la traducción, el próximo sábado 12 de septiembre, Juan Manuel estará recibiendo a traductores e intérpretes profesionales, y a estudiantes, en una conferencia que dejará a más de uno con la boca abierta por ofrecer un programa inmejorable:

• “La interpretación simultánea en Argentina” por Lucille Barnes
• “Problemas frecuentes en traducciones al español según la normativa académica” por Silvia Sosa de Montyn
• “Consentimientos informados: desafíos y consideraciones” por Dolores Sestopal
• “El traductor independiente y la gestión de la información” por Julieta Olivero
• “Posedición: ¿ángel o demonio?” por Susana Vivas
• “Aspectos tributarios de la actividad del traductor” por Del Boca – Descalzi
• “La especialización como herramienta para mejorar el flujo de trabajo” por Milagros Giacosa de Chapital y Laureana Pavon
• “Español para traductores: cuestiones estilísticas actuales” por Silvia A. Cachagua Ibañez y Tania Loss
• “El traductor en tensión intercultural” por Lorena Baudo
• “Marketing por correo electrónico para traductores” por Juan Manuel Macarlupu Peña

Además, los asistentes también se reunirán para compartir una cena la noche anterior a la conferencia y así romper el hielo, y luego darán cierre a la jornada con una merienda grupal.

Un día, un track, infinitas oportunidades de aprender, conectarse con colegas y pasarla bien. ¿Qué más se puede pedir para aprovechar un sábado en la hermosísima ciudad de Córdoba?

¿Querés saber más sobre esta conferencia? Hacé clic aquí para visitar la página oficial del evento o seguílo por redes sociales mediante el hashtag oficial, #ProZcomEvents.

Gracias, Juan, por la organización de este evento para beneficio de la comunidad y ¡nos vemos en Córdoba!

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Jeden miesiąc do polskiej, regionalnej konferencji ProZ.com 2015: „Tłumacz pisemny i ustny we współczesnym świecie: wyzwania i możliwości” Reply

The ProZ.com regional conference in Kalisz is just 4 weeks away. Translators, interpreters, students, sponsors and organizers are getting ready to learn, network and exchange experiences in the oldest city in Poland: Kalisz.

Conference information in English »

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Regionalna konferencja ProZ.com w Kaliszu odbędzie się już za 4 tygodnie. Tłumacze, studenci, sponsorzy i organizatorzy przygotowują się do wspólnej nauki i wymiany doświadczeń w najstarszym mieście w Polsce – Kaliszu.

Program i mówcy

W jednodniowej konferencji wezmą udział wybitni mówcy, którzy poprowadzą prezentacje na następujące tematy:

• Online freelancing – wyzwania, zagrożenia i możliwości – Katarzyna Muller
• Wprowadzenie do tworzenia napisów – Anna Biernacka-Wierzbicka
• Jak prowadzić agencję tłumaczeń i unikać typowych błędów – Karina Wieszczyk
• Egzamin na tłumacza przysięgłego – Magda Sikorska
• Nowości w narzędziach CAT – Rafał Kwiatkowski
• Podstawy i wskazówki DTP w tłumaczeniach – Rafał Kwiatkowski
• Savoir-vivre dla tłumaczy ustnych – Wojciech Wiesiołek
• Techniki tłumaczenia symultanicznego i konsekutywnego – Wojciech Figiel

W celu uzyskania więcej informacji na temat każdej sesji kliknij tutaj.

Integracja

Oprócz całego dnia sesji i warsztatów uczestnicy będą mieli możliwość nawiązania kontaktów i spędzenia przyjemnie czasu, uczestnicząc w kilku wydarzeniach integracyjnych:

• 2 października – piątkowe zwiedzanie miasta

Spacer po mieście ze znanym kaliskim przewodnikiem.

 

• 2 października – przedkonferencyjny pałał

Wieczorek zapoznawczy przed konferencją.

 

• 3 października – pokonferencyjny pałał

Wieczorek pożegnalny po konferencji.

 

Więcej informacji o wydarzeniach integracyjnych na stronie.

Pakiet konferencyjny

Pakiet konferencyjny obejmuje nie tylko wstęp na wszystkie sobotnie sesje i lunch, ale również:

• 10 % zniżki na pobyt w Hotelu Calisia i Hotelu Europa.
• 20% zniżki na wstęp dla studentów i członków Certified PRO Network.

Zapisy

Na konferencji zostało jeszcze trochę miejsc. Aby zarezerwować swoje miejsce należy odwiedzić stronę konferencji i kliknąć Kup teraz obok pakietu, który pasuje do Twoich potrzeb.

Aby dowiedzieć się więcej na temat specjalnych zniżek prosimy skontaktować się z personelem poprzez centrum wsparcia.

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Sponsorzy

 

Tekst zlokalizował na Polski Maja Popęda.

What is ProZ.com membership? Reply

ProZ.com 2015 mid-year campaign

The usual ProZ.com mid-year membership campaign, “What is ProZ.com membership?”, is about to end (June 30th, 2015) and, for the first time since I started working in campaigns, I have the feeling that an important part of the ProZ.com community is becoming more and more aware of the site’s mission as well as of the benefits included in site membership.

As the staff member in charge of communicating the benefits of membership campaigns to the community, I was lucky enough to be the direct recipient of hundreds of messages from members who were kind enough to share with me their success stories and details on how their businesses grew thanks to ProZ.com. I also had the opportunity of showing interested users how to use site tools to their benefit and what strategies they can apply to get the most out of it, strategies that not only include membership, but also a nice-looking profile, KudoZ PRO points, specialization and membership in the Certified PRO Network (if you want to learn more about these strategies yourself, click here).

This lively awareness, this knowledge of ProZ.com as the world’s largest community of translators, as a complete suite of tools and opportunities, and members’ willingness to learn more about the site, how it works and what it offers to help them network, expand their businesses, improve their work and have fun is, in my opinion, what has made ProZ.com the leading translation workplace and what keeps the site in first place over fifteen years later.

If you still don’t know what ProZ.com is about or what benefits site membership includes, check the mid-year membership campaign page for details. Those who decide to give ProZ.com membership a try before the campaign ends –yes, only one day left!– will get:

• A substantial discount over the current regular fee.
• Full and unrestricted access to all ProZ.com benefits.
• Membership until July 2016.
• A money-back guarantee.
• Personalized assistance from site staff in strategies for using ProZ.com to increase your contact with new clients.
• A chance at winning great prizes, including a trip to a ProZ.com conference of your choice.

And if you have questions or need help, feel free to contact site staff at any time. We are here to help you.

ProZ.com site team

Special thanks go to site members who volunteered to have the campaign page localized into several languages so that many users can learn what the campaign is about in their own languages; to moderators, site guides and local contacts who made sure site users know there is a campaign running; and to all ProZ.com members, new and old, for making ProZ.com possible through their investment!

Happy translating everyone!

Ten days left to the ProZ.com 2015 international conference: “Supporting each other, learning from each other” Reply

The ProZ.com 2015 international conference is just ten days away. Translators, interpreters, students, sponsors, organizers and staff are getting ready to support each other, to learn from each other in the great city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Program and speakers

The conference will be a two-day event showcasing outstanding speakers and presentations on the most trending topics in the translation industry:

• Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask… Answered – Konstantin Kisin
• Drafting legislation in 24 languages – Hans te Winkel
• Paradoxes of freelancing: maintaining individualism when belonging to a community – Marta Stelmaszak
• The Challenge with being international – Doug Lawrence
• The globetrotting freelancer: making the most of your work’s flexibility – Pavel Janoušek and Daniel Šebesta
• What works for me, could work for you – Doug Lawrence
• Top Secrets of Effective Proofreading – A powerful though underrated way to learn from each other – Francesca Airaghi
• Social Media or Anti-Social Media: a lifestyle choice or a death sentence? – Erik Hansson
• Famous for 10 minutes – Nigel Saych
• Translators: Stand Up! Time to confront the devil – Sameh Ragab
• Honing your expert skills and building an expert translator profile through cooperation with other freelancers – Anne-Charlotte Perrigaud
• Teaching Translation Today and Tomorrow: Breeding the next generation of translators – Joop Bindels and Nathalie de Schipper
• Training the client – Gary Smith
• Work-life balance during illness: a freelance perspective – Ellen Singer and Joy Maul-Phillips
• Internships and mentoring – Attila Piróth
• The first steps of a graduate in the translation market – Fedde van Santen
• Find your balance with the aid of technology (and some other great tips!) – Fernanda Rocha
• TransQuiz – Gabriel Cabrera

For more information and details about each session, click here to view the entire conference program.

Social activities

In addition to the two full days of sessions, workshops, round-tables, interviews and whatnot, the international conference will also offer attendees the possibility to network and have fun by taking part in other social events:

• June 11th – Pre-pre-conference powwow

Tour behind the scenes at Schiphol airport and a subsequent dinner at Vork en Mes, Hoofddorp.

 

• June 12th – Pre-conference powwow

A boat trip to Kinderdijk, a walking tour to Rotterdam and a ‘Rice Table’ meal.

 

• June 13th – Gala dinner

Dinner at the Inntel Hotels Rotterdam Centre.

 

• June 14th – Post-conference powwow

Dinner on the SS Rotterdam, an ocean liner.

For more details on social events planned, click here.

Conference package

This year, the conference organizer, Nigel Saych, and ProZ.com have put together a conference package that not only includes full pass to Saturday and Sunday sessions, and to the gala dinner on Saturday night, but also the following:

• 25% discount in accommodation at Inntel Hotels Rotterdam Centre.
• Free access to an on-line, self-paced course on “Business skills for translators”.
• 50% discount on ProZ.com training.
• 6-month Professional Account Trial at TM-Town.
• 3-months free subscription to WordFinder.
• 20% discount for students, members of the Certified PRO Network, members of the NGTV and members of the AITI.
• CE credit points for AITI members.

Signup

There are still a few seats left for the conference. To book yours, visit the conference page and click on Buy now next to the package that best suits your needs.

For special discounts, please contact site staff through the support center.

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ProZ.com and the conference organizer, Nigel Saych, would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this event: