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<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">ProZ.com would like to invite you to attend a Wordfast Intermediate Training (Level 2) on March 5<sup>th</sup> and 6<sup>th</sup> in Nice, France. This is a great opportunity for you to learn how to use the more advanced features of Wordfast, meet other translators who use Wordfast, and take advantage of a business trip to visit the lovely city of Nice and its surroundings. </font></span></strong> </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">The training will be conducted in English by John Di Rico. </font></span></strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">The first day will be devoted to </font></span><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">optimizing translation memory and glossary management and using the BTM, VLTM, and MT to speed up your workflow</font></span></strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">. The second day will focus on handling specific file types including: </font></span><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">HTML, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and faxes. We'll also look at other software applications that complement Wordfast (PlusTools, Werecat, Olifant, Intelliwebsearch). </font></span></strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Time permitting and depending on user needs, we'll learn how to create a translation memory from past translations using the </font></span><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">alignment</font></span></strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000"> function of PlusTools.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">The training will last two full days. John has negotiated special discount rates at hotels for training participants.</font></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">The cost is €275 including tax. </font></span></strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">For French participants who would like to use their annual government-sponsored training stipend to pay for the training (FIF-PL, DIF), an additional administrative fee of €75 will be assessed.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Space is limited so reserve your spot as soon as possible! We look forward to seeing you in November!</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Place:</strong> Nice – ARAPL, 22 avenue Georges Clemenceau </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB">Dates:</span></strong><span lang="en-GB"> March 5-6, 2008 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) </span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB">Price:</span></strong><span lang="en-GB"> €275 or €350 (FIF-PL)</span><span lang="en-GB"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB">Number of participants:</span></strong><span lang="en-GB"> maximum of 12 </span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB">Required experience:</span></strong><span lang="en-GB"> working knowledge of MS Word </span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Trainer:</strong> John DiRico, <font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://www.apextra.net/wf_training_L2.htm"><em>Apex Traduction</em></a></u></font></p>
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Please register <font color="#000000">by clicking on the ¨Sign in¨ box to the right</font>. Your status will be set to ¨registered¨
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">After you have registered, please contact the Trainer at <br />
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06670 St Blaise<br />
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Skype : jmdirico<br />
<a href="mailto:
[email protected]"><u><font color="#0000ff">jmdirico at apextra.net</font></u></a><font color="#0000ff"><u><br />
</u><strong>www.apextra.net</strong></font></p>
<p lang="fr-FR" style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">He will provide you with payment details (wire transfer, check, etc.) and a training contract (FIF-PL, DIF).</font></span></p>
<p lang="fr-FR" style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">After your payment is received, your status will be changed to ¨registered and paid¨ and your spot for the session will be secured.</font></span></p>
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If you have any questions, please contact the Training Coordinator at <a href="mailto:
[email protected]">leonardo at proz.com</a>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000">Program:</font></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><font size="4"><font color="#800000"><span lang="en-US">Day 1</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></font></font></strong> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000080">09:00 - 12:10 </font></span></strong> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Quality control functions: </strong> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Preview, typo functions, spelling or grammar correction functions, respecting untranslatable elements </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-US">The Tools tab in Wordfast: </span></strong> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Cleanup, Analyze, Quality-Check, Translate, Extract</p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Pricing strategies using analyze</p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Translation memory management (TM): </strong> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Attributes: preview, personalizing, database organization<br />
Penalties: preview, personalizing.<br />
Translation memory rule (“TM rules”)</span></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Big momma vs. client-specific vs. subject-specific translation memories</p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>TM Editor: </strong> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Practice using filters, practice sorting using special filters: merging memories, marking redundant entries, reverse source and target, rewriting in Unicode</span></p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#800000"><strong>BREAK for Lunch</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GB"><strong><font color="#000080">13:40 - 16:50</font></strong> </span> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Background translation memory (BTM):</strong></p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Preview, use</p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Very large translation memory (VLTM):</strong></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Sharing a TM with other translators around the world</p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Workflow management</p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Machine Translation (MT):</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Using Google Translate or Babelfish on short segments</span></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Terminology management: </strong> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Using “Fields 1, 2, and 3” of the glossary, creating a blacklist </span> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Glossary editor: </strong> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Practice using filters, practice sorting using special filters: reverse source and target</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000080">16:50 - 17:00</font></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-US">Questions </span></strong> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><font size="4"><font color="#800000"><span lang="en-US">Day 2</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></font></font></strong> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000080">09:00 - 12:10</font></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Personalizing placeables, how to manage fields, hyperlinks, e-mail addresses, URL’s, bookmarks </span> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Reference searches: </strong> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Context search: personalizing and strategies </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Reference search: personalizing and strategies</span></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Links to external references:</strong></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Intelliwebsearch</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-US">Translating Excel and PowerPoint files</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-US">Using Werecat for PPT and textboxes</span></p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#800000"><strong>BREAK for Lunch</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GB"><strong><font color="#000080">13:40 - 16:50</font></strong> </span> </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Translating HTML files</strong></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">HTML basics</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-US">Handling PDF files and faxes</span></strong></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Converting with PlusTools or Abbyy Finereader </p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Alignment with PlusTools</strong></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Creating TMs from past translations</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-US">Pandora's Box</span></strong></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Customizing Wordfast</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="en-GB"><font color="#000080">16:50 - 17:00</font></span></strong></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000000"><strong>Evaluations</strong></font></p>
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