Translator forums - The Art & Business of Translation

Tracking

Forum (moderator)

Latest post

RSS

Art of Translation and Interpreting

Translator resources (Maria Karra)
Found a good glossary or other resource? Need one? Share links

View forum

Looking for Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian Dictionaries

Where can I find the American "Form of Solemnization of Matrimony" in Russian?

CAT tools and productivity

Errorspy (troubles)

GlossPost: Periwork Political Science English-French Glossary (eng > fra)

Oct 15
Lidija Marta Kozlovac

Translation Theory and Practice (Monika Coulson)
Share your approaches, learn from others

View forum

How important are search engines to your translation process

Translation certification and language certification

Translation test

Cut the clutter...

Significance of Disputes Arising "Under" or "Out of" a Charter

Oct 12
Nicole Schnell

Literature / Poetry (Nancy Lynn Bogar)
What makes a translation correct is something the literary world has struggled with for ages. Continue the struggle

View forum

Off: Pandora in the Congo

Off: Dumas Translations for French>English Linguists

2008 Nobel of Literature is announced tomorrow

Capitalization of first letter in lines in poetry

Oct 15
Álvaro Blanch

Interpreting (Magda Dziadosz)
For discussing topics of interest to interpreters (conference, court, simultaneous, consecutive, telephone, whisper)

View forum

I have four years left of college and want to be a conference interpreter - what can I be doing now?

NRPSI Interpreters - still being called?

Certification in business interpreting in/outside UK?

On-line Interpreting training (used to be offered on Proz.com)

Off: Just spare them a minute. Interpreters in war zones.

Oct 15
halesd

Subtitling (Maya Gorgoshidze)
A forum for the discussion of subtitling.

View forum

Media Subtitler: line width

Oct 13
Helen Farrell

Proofreading / Editing / Reviewing (Özden Arıkan, Fabio Descalzi)
A forum for the discussion of proofreading, editing and reviewing

Oct 5
Suzan Hamer

Translation Project / Vendor Management (Parrot, Maya Gorgoshidze)
Discuss project management and vendor management here.

View forum

Can anyone recommend a reliable translation agency in the US for me?

Oct 10
Anderson Zheng

Business of Translation and Interpreting

Money matters (Ralf Lemster)
Discuss financial matters of interest to language professionals

View forum

Why does it take so long to get paid?

Quote for movie translation?!?

Money Transfer to Iran

Banking costs in Ireland

Newbie: How do I invoice an agency?

1:30am
José Henrique Lamensdorf

Getting established (Wolfgang Jörissen)
Getting started? Growing an existing business?

View forum

CAT Decision

Specialty Selection

The sorrows of the young translator...

Getting started

how does one get some work to get started?

Oct 15
Fernando Guimaraes

Being independent (Mihai Badea)
Independent professionals enjoy special benefits and face unique challenges. Compare notes

View forum

Off: What do you do when you can't concentrate?

a problem of old age?

A couple of general questions regarding voice-over

Oct 14
Marie-Hélène Hayles

Business issues (Evert DELOOF-SYS)
Running a business requires skills in a variety of areas--sales, accounting, legal matters, etc. Swap know-how here

View forum

Is payment by cheque necessarily a bad thing?

How to market yourself globally

Unsolicited solicitation asking me for freelance work

Who is a sworn translator?

By-passing PM to contact other project collaborators?

Oct 15
Laura Gentili

Translators Associations (Cristiana Coblis)
News, activities and discussions about the translators' associations

Oct 5
OlafK

Language studies

Linguistics (Marcus Malabad)
Discuss the science behind language

View forum

Why do some languages not have continuous tenses

Oct 15
Kaspars Melkis

Professional development (Parrot)
Announce scholarships, fellowships, grants-in-aid, or get help in preparing projects and applications

Oct 5
islander1974

Teaching and Learning Languages (Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ)
Share techniques, trends, issues and experiences related to teaching or learning languages

Oct 8
Susanna Garcia

Multilingual families (Monika Coulson, Berni Armstrong)
Speaking more than one language at home, at school or in the social environment

Oct 9
Adam Lankamer

Ancient languages (Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ)
Discussions about Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, or post using them

...

Artificial languages (Krys Williams)
Discussions about Esperanto, Klingon and other artificial languages

View forum

What you think about "chat" and "sms" language?

Oct 10
Amy Williams

StudentZ Forum (Anne Diamantidis)
If you are a student user or member, make yourself at home in your forum! Here you will meet StudentZ from all over the world, make new friends, and share experiences on our first steps into translation world.

View forum

Student Users: Ad Verbum versus Ad Sensum Translation

Oct 15
diana coada

StudentZ Pub (Anne Diamantidis)
This is a student member only forum created to discuss issues related to features and tools for students in ProZ.com.

...

Linguistic diversity (Parrot, Fabio Descalzi)
Forum on language endangerment, survival, revitalization and promotion

...

Events and Awards

Language Industry Events & Announcements (Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni)
Announce language-related events, announcements, local powwows, calls for papers, etc.

View forum

AITI-ER: Giornata a porte aperte - Bologna, 29.11.08

Interpreting the future - Berlin, 11.-13.09.2009

UK Regional Event - 22 November

The Warsaw Pact Debate

DTT Seminar in Freiburg/IFRS+GAS financial reports

Oct 13
Annapaola Frassi

Honors / Citations (Mats Wiman)
Has a colleague won an award, done an interesting translation, or otherwise elevated the profession? Honor them here

...