ProZ.com Newsletter: July 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) New Plus feature: project management tool for translators (2) New communications channel added to the translation center (3) Last chance to vote in the 2017 Community choice awards (4) Did you start freelancing by choice? (5) News roundup for July (6) New Plus feature: enhanced profile visitors dashboard (7) Applications for the 2017-2018 moderator class welcome (8) Upcoming powwows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) New Plus feature: BaccS, a project management tool for freelance translators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another benefit has been added to the ProZ.com Plus service package. BaccS is a desktop project management tool built for freelance translators. BaccS is a tool that can help you to simplify and organize your freelance translation business. With BaccS you can: • Manage your translation projects • Schedule your tasks with BaccS's Google Calendar integration • Create invoices for your jobs • Manage contractors you may work with • View powerful, fully customizable reports • Utilize ProZ.com services from right within BaccS (new) http://www.proz.com/topic/316442 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) New communications channel added to the translation center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new channel has been added to the translation center for communications with the site administrators, accessible even to non-logged in visitors. It was previously simple to communicate from job-related pages, but there was no way for conveying general messages, especially to those not logged in to the translation center. Read about this and other improvements at https://prozcomblog.com/2017/07/27/new-channel-and-other-improvements-in-the-translation-center-powered-by-proz-com/ Advertisement ------------------------------------ Not yet tried memoQ 8.1? New PDF import. New Find/Replace. Better preview. And many more. Learn more and download at https://www.memoq.com/memoq-8-1 Stay tuned! memoQ 8.2 will be available for download at http://www.memoq.com shortly. ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Last chance to vote in the 2017 Community choice awards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Voting is about to close in this year's Community choice awards. If you have not voted yet, be sure to check out the list of great professionals and resources that were nominated, and cast your votes for your favorites. Winners will be announced in August. http://www.proz.com/community-choice-awards Advertisement ------------------------------------ Wordfast Pro 5.1 released Direct import of SDL Trados packages, target-only live preview with click-back, and word-based translation progress indicator… this and much more now available in the latest version of Wordfast Pro. Download and try it for free: http://wordfast.com/downloadpage ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Did you start freelancing by choice? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At least 60% of freelancers say they started freelancing by choice. Are you one of them? This question was posed in a recent quick poll. So far, over 70% of respondents confirm they started their freelancing careers by choice. What about you? You can vote and add your opinion in the poll topic: http://www.proz.com/topic/316939 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) News roundup for July ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In July, some interesting studies were released, covering topics such as subcontracting by freelancers, most common payment methods, gender and payment, and current and projected growth for the language services industry. Be sure to check out this and other news in the monthly Translation news roundup: http://www.proz.com/translation-news/?p=139660 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) New Plus feature: enhanced profile visitors dashboard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plus subscribers now have access to a new dashboard that shows enhanced information regarding visitors to you profile. See visits to your profile, CV downloads, portfolio views, see which directory searches are leading to your profile, plus other analytics that can help in fine-tuning your online presence and increasing visits from potential clients. See more: http://www.proz.com/topic/316715 Advertisement ------------------------------------ The world's leading CAT tool just got even better! SDL Trados Studio 2017 Service Release 1 (SR1) is now available Key new enhancements include: * LookAhead: Immediate results from translation assets. Mo more waiting for searches * UpLift: Even more leverage from your TMs * New cloud terminology provider Learn more: http://www.sdltrados.com/studio2017sr1 ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) The moderator class of 2016-2017 is coming to a close, applications are being received for the next class ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ProZ.com site moderators are key in maintaining the positive, results-oriented atmosphere of the site as they help guide new participants and ensure that site rules are upheld. If you enjoy participating in forum discussions and KudoZ questions and would like to help others do the same, please consider joining the 2017-2018 class. Applications are being received at http://www.proz.com/moderators 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAPLHSvVrBc Get your free trial license at http://www.shop.star-group.net ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) Upcoming powwows: Brazil, Spain, UK, Turkey, Germany, France ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August 5: Palma de Mallorca, Spain (15) http://proz.com/powwow/6422 5: Cardiff, UK (19) http://proz.com/powwow/6397 13: Istanbul, Turkey (7) http://proz.com/powwow/6394 15: Galway, Ireland (5) http://proz.com/powwow/6371 16: Augsburg, Germany (1) http://proz.com/powwow/6425 27: Montelimar, France (4) http://proz.com/powwow/6401 September 2: Jundiaí, Brazil (3) http://proz.com/powwow/6415 9: Århus, Denmark (20) http://proz.com/powwow/6073 15: Lübbenau, Germany (13) http://proz.com/powwow/6278 Full list of powwows (including those after Jul: http://www.proz.com/?sp=event/powwow_board&r_id=590 ============================================================ Thanks for reading. 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