two free webinars, 30 and 31 August

Two free webinars of translation interest:

1) Adobe and search ready writing as part of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
Tuesday 30 August, 2:00pm EDT (11:00 PDT/18:00 GMT/20:00 CEST)

2) Choosing your clients wisely: the benefits of being selective
Question-and-answer session with Judy Jenner

Wednesday, 31 August, 10:00 AM Mountain (Denver) Time
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes

Webinar on developments in Machine Translation

A colleague just pointed this webinar out to me - might be of interest to some readers? If any of you do attend, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

Building Strategic Advantage and Revenue from Machine Translation

Tuesday July 26, 4pm, UK time (for other time zones see below)

Many translators and LSPs have been curious about Machine Translation (MT), but have yet to fully understand how they are able to build strategic advantage and increase revenues. Recent advances in MT have changed the landscape from being able to get the meaning (gist) of text in another language using MT to being able to publish the output with very few human edits. Industrial-strength customized MT now offers near-human quality and greatly improved translation throughput. With this increased productivity come new market opportunities for LSPs. During this webinar, we will explore the following:

Part 1: Understanding MT Technology and Data

● Overview of Machine Translation
    - Different machine translation approaches
    - Where MT makes the most sense
    - Where humans and MT meet

● Requirements for Building a High Quality Near-Human Quality Translation Engine
    - Understanding the data
    - MT and human translation are more similar than you think

● Incremental Improvement of Translation Quality
    - The importance of corrective feedback
    - Focused correction
    - Building terminology
    - Adding the right kind of data

Part 2: Business Models For Strategic Advantage and Long Term Revenue

● The Long-Term Benefits of a Good MT engine
    - Lower cost, greater productivity and speed
    - Business opportunities
    - TM or MT – should they be treated any different?

● Sustainable Revenue Models for LSPs
    - The importance of focus when selecting and leveraging a domain
    - Generating recurring revenues
    - Targeting multiple clients in the same domain

● Expanding the scope of translation – Strategic Advantage
    - Extending beyond the traditional human translation limitations
    - Customer support & conversations
    - Moving closer to real time

Times:
EDT 11:00 / 11AM (UTC – 4) Boston, New York
PDT 08:00 / 8AM (UTC - 7) Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle
BST 16:00 / 4PM (UTC + 1) London, Dublin
CEST 17:00 / 5PM (UTC + 2) Amsterdam, Prague
EEST 18:00 / 6PM (UTC + 3) Bucharest

Space is limited.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/645356736

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

webinars for translators and translation students

Lucy Brooks of eCPDWebinars has just sent details of a free webinar offered by eCPD Webinars on the subject of "Career Opportunities for Linguists".  eCPD Webinars is offering this webinar free of charge to all attendees. It should be of particular interest to translation students. The speaker is Rannheid Sharma, MCIL, MEI.

Date and time: June 14th at 11:30 a.m. All registrants will be able to view the webinar as a recording, whether they attend live or not. For further information and registration visit their website. Registrants will receive confirmation immediately after registering with Gotowebinar. 

For further details of a positively bewildering range of webinars, including one on 16 June led by our very own Ian Kemble, Charlotte Taylor, John Williams and Juliette Scott of the University of Portsmouth on how corpora can be useful for translators, click here.

Webinar on financial translation

For those of you who missed Javier Gil's seminar on financial translation at Portsmouth last spring, he's doing two webinars on the same topic over the next few weeks for ECPDwebinars.

Javier Gil, former head of the Spanish Translation Services at KPMG Spain for around 5 years, now works as a self-employed translator with a number of international private companies and organisations. He has recently been selected as an External Translator for the European Central Bank and also has experience delivering workshops and seminars at universities in various countries.

Part 1 (11:30 - November 18th, 2010) 
Cost: £15

For further information and to register, CLICK HERE

Part 2 (11:30 - November 25th, 2010)

Cost: £15

For further information and to register, CLICK HERE

Recordings are available if you cannot attend on the day. Simply register and pay as normal and a link to the recording will be sent to you after the webinar has taken place. 


You can see a short interview with Javier on the occasion of his visit to Portsmouth here.

webinar on running your own business (legal and accounting issues)

From Lucy Brooks at the Chartered Institute of Linguists, another webinar which she tells me may be of interest to newly qualified translators, as well as those already established as freelancers.

The webinar on "Running your own business - legal and accounting aspects" takes place on 9 September 2010

Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM BST
Cost: £15

A webinar aimed at individuals based in the UK, who are already running their own business and looking for some tax and accounting tips, or who are thinking about setting up and are not sure about the best way to do so. This will be of interest to both linguists and non-linguists, so please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who may wish to attend.

The webinar will last 60-90 minutes and requires basic IT equipment and no travel at all. Webinars are also a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. Furthermore, the system we use allows for interactive sessions with Q&As. Seats are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.

To register for the webinar, click on this link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/124423689

Once you have registered, you will be directed to our website where you will find out how to pay, learn more about eCPD Webinars and discover our full programme of events for the autumn. Alternatively, go straight to the Events Diary section of our website. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Webinars on setting up your own website

Two upcoming webinars for translators run by the Chartered Institute of Linguists on setting up your own website.

free webinar on localisation of advertising

Just saw this which might interest any of you taking Cross-Cultural Marketing Communication this semester. Funny, two years ago I thought the word 'webinar' was much too silly to catch on. Note to self: prophecy not my strong point.

CIoL webinar: Internet resources, 12 March 2010

From the Chartered Institute of Linguists, another useful-looking webinar. There is a discounted fee for students:

This event is organised by the Translating Division of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.
A talk by Nigel Goffe, MCIL, explaining how to get the best out of on-line resources. Nigel will be giving lots of tips for better Googling.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/313044066

There will be a charge to attend the webinar: £8.00 (£8.50) for students, £12 (£12.70) for members of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, and £15 (£15.90) for non-members. (Figures in brackets are the cost for payment by Paypal - the first figure is the cost of payment by cheque). Payment should be completed by 48 hours before the event. Your link to attend will be released on receipt of payment.

If you are unable to attend "live", and indeed, even if you do attend the live event, a link will be sent to you after the webinar, from which you can download a recording, to view at your leisure. This is not 100% guaranteed, but so far we have had great success with recordings.
Title: Internet resources
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM GMT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, VistaMacintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Events: 'Getting into Translation' and 'Creative Writing for Translators'

Dear all,

Two useful-looking events coming up from the Chartered Institute of Linguists. There's a repeat of the autumn webinar on 'Getting into Translation' for those of you starting out in the profession on Friday 12 February. There's also an all-day workshop on Saturday 20 February on 'Creative Writing for Translators' (might be going to that last one myself!). Information about both can be found on the Chartered Institute of Linguists' website here.

webinar on terminology management (Chartered Institute of Linguists

Another webinar organised by the tireless Lucy Brooks at the Chartered Institute of Linguists.

For any enquiries, please contact lucinda.brooks@lucybrooks.com

WEBINAR ORGANISED BY THE TRANSLATING DIVISION
OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTS.

A talk by Sonia Cutler, BSc (Hons), MSc on managing terminology. Whether
you are a freelance translator handling dozens of terminology lists from
different clients, an interpreter, or an editor, Sonia's presentation will
consider the importance of terminology and then provide useful information, hints,
and tips on how to manage terminology effectively. Sonia is a member of the Society
for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and a member of the European Association
of Science Editors (EASE).

To register, please click on the link below. After registration you will be
directed to a web page containing further information about this and other
webinar.

Title: "Terminology Management"
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM GMT

Register now by clicking here.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the Webinar.

There will be a charge to attend the webinar: £8.00 (£8.50) for students,
£12 (£12.70) for members of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, and £15
(£15.90) for non-members. (Figures in brackets are the cost for payment by
Paypal - the first figure is the cost of payment by cheque). Payment should
be completed by 48 hours before the event. Your link to attend will be
released on receipt of payment.
This webinar is arranged by the Translating Division of the Chartered
Institute of Linguists

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows(R) 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh(R)-based attendees
Required: Mac OS(R) X 10.4 (Tiger(R)) or newer

CIoL webinar

Since some of you seem to have found the Chartered Institute of Linguists webinars of interest in the past, here's the next in the series.

Title: "CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR TRANSLATORS: a route map to success"
Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM GMT

Organised by the Translating Division of the Chartered Institute of Linguists
Presenter Karen Stokes, MCIL, MITI,CL (Translator)

Karen Stokes explains the benefits of taking a structured approach to your professional development, with plenty of practical examples of what to do to get your career moving in the direction you want."

Register now by clicking this link.

NOTE: On registration you will be directed to a page giving you information as to how to pay for this event and some frequently asked questions. Fees: Students £8, Members £12.00, non-members £15. Payment by sterling cheque or Paypal (a handling charge is made for Paypal payments- for full details see the web site after registration).

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements:

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows(R) 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh(R)-based attendees
Required: Mac OS(R) X 10.4 (Tiger(R)) or newer

Enquiries to Simon Dalgleish (simon.dalgleish1@ukonline.co.uk)

webinar on building relationships with translation agencies

Dear all,

The indefatigable Chartered Institute of Linguists is holding another webinar, this time on building relationships with translation agencies. 'How to Approach, Impress and Retain Agencies' is delivered by Anne de Freyman. For more details see the Chartered Institute of Linguists' website.

Carol

Translation memory webinars

Dear all,

The Chartered Institute of Linguists is organising a series of webinars on translation memory which may be of interest to some of you - note that they are webinars so you can participate from anywhere in the world! I haven't participated in such events in the past but would expect them to be of interest, especially for those of you with limited experience of CAT tools. There is a discount for students.

Carol

The Translating Division of the Chartered Institute of Linguists is delighted to invite you to a series of workshops on computer-aided translation tools. Join us to view demonstrations of three different systems, Déjà vu, MemoQ and Wordfast. You need to register for EACH of the workshop webinars that you wish to attend.

Attend one, two or all three. We are giving a discount for attending more than one – see below. Please register for each webinar you wish to attend. On registration you will be directed to a page giving you information as to how to pay for this event. Fees: Students £8, Members £12.00, non-members £15. Payment by sterling cheque or Paypal (a handling charge is made for Paypal payments). If you register for 2 sessions, the fee will be £12/£20/£26 and for 3 sessions, it will be £16/£28/£37 respectively. Please send your payment (cheque or Paypal) to the address shown on the web page. On receipt of your payment, the organiser will send you the link(s) to join the webinars. Queries to the organiser please: webinar.organizer@btconnect.com

RRR

Thursday 29 October 2009 11:00 a.m. GMT (time in London)
A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: DEJA VU CAT TOOL

Presenter David Turner, SFT

David Turner is an experienced user of and trainer in Deja Vu and will be demonstrating the tool's major features, using some real-life examples as illustration. There will be an opportunity to ask questions, and, where possible, these will be answered by means of further on-line demonstrations.

The session is aimed at translators who have been using Deja Vu, but who wish to intensify their knowledge of this CAT tool.

To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/671639803

RRR

Friday 30th October 2009, 11:00 a.m. GMT (time in London)

A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: MEMOQ CAT TOOL

Presenter Lucy Brooks, MCIL, CL (Translator)

This workshop is an introduction to MemoQ (published by Kilgray) aimed at newcomers to the software. Lucy will demonstrate tool's major features, using some real-life examples as illustration. There will be an opportunity to ask questions, and, where possible, these will be answered by means of further on-line demonstrations.

To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/862806442



RRR

Tuesday 3 November 2009 at 11:00 a.m. GMT (time in London)

A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: WORDFAST CAT TOOL

Presenter Dominique Pivard

Dominique is a professional Wordfast trainer and will be demonstrating aspects of the software. There will be an opportunity to ask questions, and, where possible, these will be answered by means of further on-line demonstrations.

The session is aimed at translators who have some experience of Wordfast, but who wish to intensify their knowledge of this CAT tool.

To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/214234491

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What equipment do I need to attend a webinar?

You need a PC with a reasonably fast broadband connection and speakers. A microphone is not necessary unless you are invited to speak. You can ask questions by typing them.

Who is organising the webinars?

The Translating Division Committee of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. The Institute itself is not responsible for the webinars. The Translating Division Committee is made up of volunteer translators. We are mostly freelancers, and do this in our spare time.

If I have to cancel, can I get a refund?

Due to the high amount of administration involved we do not anticipate giving refunds for cancelled places except in exceptional circumstances. You may transfer your fee to another webinar in the future.

What is the deadline for payment?

Please try to make your payment 72 hours before the date of the webinar. Our systems are not fully automated and require manual input, so you need to allow time for this.

Why are you not including Trados in your workshops?

The answer is that Trados has recently brought out a new suite of software, Trados Suite 2009. We have not yet been able to find a trainer of our own to present a similar workshop to those above. Furthermore, demonstrations and training courses have recently been made widely available by the vendor.

Can I download the webinar to view later?

Unfortunately not at the present time.

How can I find out more?
Please address any queries to webinar.organizer@btconnect.com

Chartered Institute of Linguists webinar and seminar

Dear all,

Welcome back after the long, not-very-hot-at-all-in-England summer. Term's starting up soon (oh, the excitement!) and we're all looking forward to the translation conference 'The Translator as Writer' on 7 November. Meanwhile, two events that may be of interest to students and graduates, run by the Chartered Institute of Linguists. The first is a webinar on 13 October on 'Building a Strong Professional Presence Online':
Presenter Sarah Dillon, MCIL

The event covers:

• Why language professionals need to seriously consider developing their professional presence online
• How to target the right online communities by designing an appropriate internet strategy
• Actions you can take to increase your visibility and enhance your reputation
• Online etiquette and how to network safely and without risk to your offline identity
• How to avoid spending hours online with little or nothing to show for it
• Actions you can take to promote yourself online without being “salesy” or pushy

NOTE: On registration you will be directed to a page giving you information as to how to pay for this event. Fees: Students £8, Members of CIoL £12.00, non-members £15. Payment by sterling cheque or Paypal (a handling charge of 70p is made for Paypal payments).

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/181515059

The second event is an offline event in London on 'Getting into Translation & Specialisation'

Saturday, 17 October 2009 at 10:30 am
Venue: Novotel, London City South
53-61 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HH
(nearest tube: London Bridge, Borough High St exit)

Programme

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee and networking
11:00 – 12:00 GETTING INTO TRANSLATION: Presentation by Philippa Hammond especially aimed at newcomers to the profession, although it will also be of interest to established translators.
12:00 – 12:30 Q&A
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch and networking
13:45 – 15:30 SPECIALISED TRANSLATION: Presentations by two experienced specialised translators, Ricardo Martínez Perales (Legal) and Noemí Rey (Mechanical Engineering)
15:30 – 16:00 Q&A, Ricardo and Noemí will form a joint panel
16:00 - 16:10 Concluding remarks and close
Enquiries to Julie Hobbs at julie.hobbs@iol.org.uk
APPLICATIONS BY 9 OCTOBER 2009

More information can be found here on the CIoL site.