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| Poll Discussion | Poll: How many notes have you written to remind yourself of something in the last 5 days? | 24 hr Lucky Reminder | I use this application all the time. Some of my
clients require invoices to be sent on a specific
day of the month and this programme flags me the
day before. I also use it for things like | Chris Lancaster | Jul 18, 2010 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Can you type without watching the keyboard? | Errr | aprnntly mot | Chris Lancaster | Jul 8, 2010 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: In how many countries have you lived? (more than six months) | 4 | New Zealand (8 months)
Saudi Arabia (one
year)
Indonesia (total of 7 months but over 3
separate trips)
Spain (16 years)
I have also
spent periods in SE Asia and the Far East, US, | Chris Lancaster | Oct 29, 2009 | | Speech recognition | Which headset for DNS? | Sennheiser | I use a Sennheiser ME3 with DNS 8 and it works
extremely well. | Chris Lancaster | Oct 2, 2009 | | Money matters | Sending translation test request to sell products? | Check previous forum posts | Have a look at this forum (and others) to see if
it could be the same sort of
scam.
http://www.proz.com/forum/safe_computin
g/111884-possible_scam:_agency_asking_translators_
to%2 | Chris Lancaster | Sep 25, 2009 | | Translation in Spain / La traducción en España | VAT Numbers in Spain | Try this | According to that site, Spanish NIFs have to be
9-block numbers. Has your supplier tried putting
an X at the beginning as well as the final letter?
| Chris Lancaster | Sep 15, 2009 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you have a retirement plan? | Yes | I was persuaded by my 'gestor' a few years ago to
pay into a private pension scheme. I pay in the
capped amount each year (was 8,000 euros,
currently 10,000 euros), part of which is tax
| Chris Lancaster | Jun 29, 2009 | | Smart shoppers | Can anyone recommend a counting tool? Please share observations | Total Assistant | No idea if this will be any better but it's what I
use. Good
luck.
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/es/dow
nloads/Ayudante_Total_26576_p/ | Chris Lancaster | May 13, 2009 | | Off topic | Holiday in the Carribean | Barbados | I took my wife and 2 kids to Barbados last August
and we had a great 10 days. The hotel we stayed
at (Bougainvillea Beach Resort) fully lived up to
its promise. We were even lucky enough | Chris Lancaster | May 9, 2009 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever worked on a translation outdoors? | Yes, from early June to September | We're fortunate enough to have an outdoor pool
that's all too inviting... I spend part of most
days working poolside from early June to end of
Sept. | Chris Lancaster | Apr 21, 2009 | | Business issues | Is it normal to be asked to buy software? | Another possibility | The advice from Tom and from Jerzy is excellent.
However, if you still think the offer may be
genuine you could tell them that you'll buy the
s/w AFTER the period of 8 months has elapsed,< | Chris Lancaster | Nov 16, 2008 | | Translation in Spain / La traducción en España | Constitución de una sociedad limitada | Setting up an SL | I set up an SLU around 18 months ago. It cost 3010
euros (which you have to lodge with the bank but
can then withdraw once the company has been set
up). Notary/Registry fees were a further | Chris Lancaster | Nov 3, 2008 | | Office applications | A weird problem with MS Word - dancing toolbars! | Same here | I've got exactly the same problem (same version of
MS Word, too) | Chris Lancaster | Oct 23, 2008 | | Off topic | Where to buy a flat near Barcelona? | Fotocasa | Try fotocasa.com as well. We bought our house 2
years ago after finding it on this site.
Also
bear in mind that prices are on the way down in
Spain as they are in many other countries r | Chris Lancaster | May 7, 2008 | | Spanish | Las cien mejores películas | Favorite | Would have to be "Goodfellas" with De Niro, Ray
Liotta and Joe Pesci (en español 'uno de los
nuestros', creo). Some of the best acting I've
ever seen. Never get tired of watching it
| Chris Lancaster | Dec 21, 2007 | | Software applications | Useful applications | I don't need anything | I was merely wondering what other useful
tools/applications are being used out there. | Chris Lancaster | Dec 11, 2007 | | Software applications | Useful applications | | The other day there was a useful link to wordweb,
which made me wonder what other
applications/freeware translators swear by in
their daily endeavours. For example, a lot of
agencies r | Chris Lancaster | Dec 11, 2007 | | Translator resources | Accounts translation- resources | Great tip | I read Canaria's post and bought a secondhand copy
from Amazon UK for 30 UKP. Geat tip, thanks. | Chris Lancaster | Dec 6, 2007 | | Money matters | Client thinks VAT was part of quote | What I've been told | FWIW I have several clients in EU countries,
including Holland, and I've sat down with people
at AEAT (Local Tax Authority) and my Gestor and
been told, quite categorically, that no VAT sh | Chris Lancaster | Nov 28, 2007 | | Office applications | Search and replace in Word/PDF copied and pasted | Thanks everyone | Some very useful tips there... many thanks to you
all. | Chris Lancaster | Nov 8, 2007 | | Office applications | Search and replace in Word/PDF copied and pasted | Format | Normally I go through the pasted doc 'tweaking' it
manually as you say but I know there is a search
and replace formula that can replicate the
original format in the pdf - I just can't rem | Chris Lancaster | Nov 7, 2007 | | Office applications | Search and replace in Word/PDF copied and pasted | | Can anyone remind me how to use the S&R tool in
Word to reformat a PDF when the text is copied and
pasted from the pdf into Word and ends up as a
'single body' of text (i.e. not with the s | Chris Lancaster | Nov 7, 2007 | | Spanish | ¿Cómo se hace el pago trimestral de IVA (España)? | Quarterly VAT payments | Hi Thomas,
1. I think most banks in Spain can
process payments.
2. Yes, you have to pay even
if your clients have not yet paid you. You have to
pay the VAT you've charged and you can | Chris Lancaster | Oct 18, 2007 | | Money matters | What solution for 85% taxation? | Customer base | I looked into taking up residence elsewhere for at
least 181 days of the year to avoid paying huge
taxes in Spain. I took (paid) advice from a tax
consultant in Madrid and was told that, w | Chris Lancaster | Sep 11, 2007 | | Off topic | Family hotel in Paris | FAmily hotel in Paris | We stayed at the Novotel, walking distance to the
Eiffel Tower. We had a good-sized family room (2
adults and 2 kids 13 and 9); I can't remember the
price off-hand but it was good value. W | Chris Lancaster | Sep 3, 2007 | | Getting established | Implications of relocating from Spain to Canada | Charging US agencies IVA | Just a quick question Ross, and not anything to do
with this particular thread exactly... You say you
don't have to charge US agencies IVA from Spain
and yet I received a call yesterday fr | Chris Lancaster | Aug 30, 2007 | Translation industry discussion forumsOpen discussion on topics related to translation, interpreting and localization | Trados Business Manager Lite | Create customer quotes and invoices from within Trados Studio
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