ProZ.com has arranged a series of FREE webinars on tools and products during the 2nd week of December. Companies providing free Webinars include: Across - Wed, Dec 10, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT Alchemy - Thu, Dec 11, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT Beetext - Thu, Dec 11, 2008 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMT Kilgray (MemoQ) - Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT SDL TRADOS - Tue, Dec 9, 2008 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMT Wordfast - Tue, Dec 9, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT To view details on all sessions and to register for any of the FREE webinars please visit http://www.proz.com/online_trainings and look for the free webinar series. Sign up for as many as you like.

Voters will be eligible to win one of the iPods.

The ProZ.com Certified PRO network was announced. It is now possible to apply for admittance into the network.

The Warsaw Pact Debate is a panel discussion about managing the relationship between translation agencies and freelance vendors. The panel discussion will be the finale of the TM-Europe 2008 Conference on October 10th at 4.30 PM CET. Andre Pellet of Proz.com will be chairing the debate and a panel of three representatives of translation agencies of different size (Lionbridge, Magit, Welocalize) and three freelance translators with a lot of experience and interesting opinions. Opposite them we have the conference participants and the on-line audience. There are a lot of issues to be discussed and all the ingredients for a very lively debate are there. However, we are also hoping that this proves to be a very positive discussion on how agencies and vendors can openly talk about their problems and sometimes conflicting needs, with the aim of seeking consensus and working together to develop the whole industry and promote standards and best practice rather than simply focusing on their differences. We will be running a live webcast of this debate on-line with an option to submit questions and comments to the moderator both before and during the debate itself. In order to join this debate you should register free of charge at http://www.tm-global.com/resources?q=node/13 and you will receive the access details prior to the webcast by email. On-line participation facilities are limited so please register soon to book a place. You can submit questions and opinions before the debate by sending them to [email protected] and marking your email “Warsaw Pact Debate”.

ProZ.com, the world’s leading community of translation professionals, today announced that the "KudoZ" archive of terms and their translations has now grown to a size of over two million terms. With well researched answers to 2 million queries, KudoZ is the largest multilingual term base built by language professionals.

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It has now been one year since ProZ.com staff member Justin Chlebus passed away. He had just turned 22. To honor Justin's life and on the occasion of his birthday, a scholarship program is being created: the Justin Chlebus Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship program was kicked off this weekend with an in-person event among Justin's friends and family in Syracuse. This event was first and foremost a celebration of Justin's life among the people who knew and loved him. It also served as the start of fund-raising efforts for the scholarship program. Several thousand US dollars were raised toward the fund. More information about the program, and the possibility to donate, is available via this page: http://www.proz.com/justin-chlebus-memorial-scholarship For now, donations are being accepted only via Paypal. Your generosity in memory of the great person we have lost, and for the promising young people that the scholarship will hopefully touch, will be appreciated.

Dear ProZians, We are excited to announce that ProZ.com is now available in Estonian, Farsi, Malay and Urdu. This wonderful accomplishment is credited to the following groups: Estonian Elingor OÜ You may view the Estonian version by clicking on the following link: http://est.proz.com/ Farsi Reza Ebrahami, Sasan Zangeneh, Mohammad Reza Razaghi, Rahi Moosavi, Edward Plaisance, Jr. You may view the Farsi version by clicking on the following link: http://fas.proz.com Malay Ayob Salleh, yam2u, Rahayu, Shakirah Md Zain, Pei Ling Haußecker, Sophia Jusoff, Nasima Sarwar, Siti Hajar Baharuddin You may view the Malay version by clicking on the following link: http://may.proz.com Urdu TRYTUN Translation Services, Ramesh Bhatt, Naseera Mirza, You may view the Urdu version by clicking on the following link: http://urd.proz.com/ When working on the newly localized interface, you will find a link to the localization team leaders' and volunteers' profiles at the bottom of every page. You are kindly invited to provide feedback about the localization directly to the localization team leaders. We again want to thank the localization teams for this achievement. Kind Regards, Maggie O'Hara

Dear ProZians, We are proud to announce that ProZ.com has been partially localized into Belarusian, Cebuano (Bisayan), Korean and Ukrainian A partial release happens when a localization team finishes the first phase of the localization project. While the respective languages are visible, the localization teams will continue to work on the other phases in order to complete the entire project. Once the project is complete, then we will notify the community and announce the team members who were involved in the project(s). If you would like to use one of the localized versions, please go to the "site language" drop down menu (on the home page) and just choose the language you wish to view the site in. Kind Regards, Maggie O'Hara

A new page has been released to simplify the administration of LWA entries provided and received on the Blue Board. This page can be found as a new option, My LWA, under the MyProZ.com tab at the top of the page.

A new feature has been released to assist in the handling of translation memories, glossaries and other files. This feature provides a way to quickly and securely upload and save a number of files for your own personal use (others will not have access to these files).

You can now make your CV available in multiple languages.

Profile owners who have "Likelihood of working again" (LWA) feedback in their Blue Board pages will now be able to show the corresponding statistics in the top-right area of the profile.

A new directory has been released for beta testing by members.

A long-standing request from members has been answered. ProZ.com has released its first online training sessions.

A new page and FAQs dedicated to the Willingness to Work Again feature have been released

A new profile and related profile updater have been created for translation agencies and companies. This will apply to all profiles that have their account type set to "Translation agency/company".

6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: submission phase is on!

Having a complete profile is one way to help ensure that you get the most out of your ProZ.com experience. And if you start now, you can win some free prizes too.

As part of a wide program of profile improvement, section 6, "Default rates", of the profile updater has been completely redesigned to provide a more clear and user-friendly interface.