Free Tools For Professional Translators

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Topics: Getting established in the translation industry
Marketing tools for translators
Working with translation teams
Grow your translation business
Marketing for translators
Software, tools & computing
Business of Translation and Interpreting

Course summary
Start time:Nov 11, 2015 14:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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Duration: 180 minutes.

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Important: Those who purchase a seat in advance may be able to pay an "early bird" or cheaper price, while those who confirm participation later or last minute, may likely have to pay a higher fee. In some training sessions a price increase based on the number of registrants may also apply, i.e. the first 15 registered pay one price, the next 10 pay a a slightly higher price etc.

Early payment is advised in order to secure participation and help reach the course minimum participation - unfortunately, courses may occasionally be cancelled or rescheduled, if the confirmed participation in advance is very low.

Your purchase includes:

* access to the online session with a Q&A portion,
* unlimited access to video recording and handouts (available within one working week after the session),
* a certificate of attendance available for download from your ProZ.com profile.

Even if you do not attend the online session you will still have unlimited access to the video recording and training materials within one working week after the session.

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Language:English
Summary:To enhance your translation productivity you may need some useful applications that can be found free of charge!
Description
You will get acquainted step by step with some of the main free softwares used by professional translators.

Training plan:

- Free CAT TOOLs (Wordfast-Anywhere > Web application, ANY OS)
- Free Terminology Research programs (IntelliWebSearch - It has been reported to work correctly on Mac and Linux systems with Windows emulation software. Mac and Linux users who have tested and are sure the tool works correctly on their computers are also welcome to attend.

- Free dictionaries (Web-based solutions - OS independent)
- Free Accounting software (Hiveage - Web-based solution - OS independent)
- Free DeskTop solutions (PhraseExpress only for Win - Mac's alternative: TextExpander)
- Free useful converters (Web-based solutions - OS independent
Target audience
Professional Translators and students attending translation schools
Learning objectives
How to find, download and use many useful applications considered to be ncessary for the translation industry - all this free of charge!
Prerequisites
No special requisites.
Program
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- Free CAT TOOLs
- Free Terminology Research programs
- Free dictionaries
- Free Accounting software
- Free DeskTop solutions
- Free useful converters
Registration and payment information (click to expand)
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Steps to take your training:

To register in this session please click on the "register and pay later" button on the right. Your status will be marked as "registered" and it will indicate only your interest in the training session. Status changes to registered and paid when payment is processed and informed to ProZ.com.

To purchase your seat at this session please click on the "buy" button. Available slots are limited and will be assigned to registered and paid participants as soon as payment is reported. Early payment is advised in order to secure participation. Allow some time for payment processing if you are paying by wire transfer.

Important: Those that purchase a seat in advance may be able to pay an "early bird" or cheaper price, and those that confirm participation later or last minute, may likely get to pay a higher fee. In some training sessions a price increase based on the number of registrants may also apply, i.e. the first 15 registered pay one price, the next 10 pay a a slightly higher price etc.

Early payment is advised in order to secure participation and help reach the course minimum participation - unfortunately, courses may occasionally be cancelled or rescheduled, if the confirmed participation in advance is very low.
Software and system requirements (click to expand)
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Virtual platform system requirements

For PC-based Users:

• Required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
• Required: Internet Explorer® 7.0 or newer, Mozilla® Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection
• Recommended: Dual-core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with 2GB of RAM (recommended)

For Mac®-based Users:

• Required: OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite
• Required: Safari™ 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection
• Required: Intel processor (1GB of RAM or better recommended)

To Use VoIP (microphone and speakers or headset):

• Required: Fast Internet connection (384 kbps or more recommended)
• Required: speakers or headset (USB headset recommended)
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

Recommendations

• For the visual section of the training course, we recommend that you have a 64kbps link. This means using an ISDN line or Broadband. Wireless connection is NOT recommended.
• For the audio section of the training course, we recommend that you have a headset or speakers.
• We recommend that you log in 30 minutes in advance of the start time to prepare for the training course.

Courses will be open half an hour before the start time. Please login before the start time to ensure that everything on your system is working correctly.
Created by
 Paolo Sebastiani    View feedback | View all courses
Bio: Paolo Sebastiani is an English-Italian, French-Italian and German-Italian Professional Translator with over 20 years of experience in Italy and abroad. He obtained his first University degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Urbino in 1991 and his second University degree in Political Studies, at the same University in the year 2000. He founded his Translation Agency, Eurolingua, in 1994 and since then has been working as translator, interpreter and Cat-Tool official Trainer. He has organized many in-person training courses about Wordfast, SDL Trados and Atril Dejavu in different Italian towns and as a ProZ.com Professional Trainer, has run many Wordfast-PRO, Wordfast-Classic and Wordfast-Anywhere training sessions for progressive knowledge acquisition with excellent feedbacks.
Paolo lives in Rimini, Italy
General discussions on this training

Free Tools For Professional Translators
Valentina LG
Valentina LG Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 13:02
Member (2015)
English to Spanish
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which operating systems?Nov 9, 2015

Hi,
I'm potentially interested in this webinar, but I don't use Windows and, from the trainer's bio, I see that he's specialised in Windows-based tools. Will the webinar describe tools for all the main OSs, or only for Windows? In my opinion, this information should appear in the course summary.
Thank you,
Valentina


 
Paolo Sebastiani
Paolo Sebastiani Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 14:02
Member
English to Italian
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Mainly for WindowsNov 10, 2015

Tools are mainly for Windows but when they can be used also for Mac or Linux, this will be remarked and specified.

 

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