Wordfast Training for Beginners

ProZ.com would like to invite you to attend the third co-sponsored Wordfast Training for Beginners (Level 1) on September 6^th and 7^th in Nice, France. This is a great opportunity for you to learn how to start using a CAT tool, meet other translators who use Wordfast, and take advantage of a business trip to visit the lovely city of Nice and its surroundings.

The training will be conducted in English by John Di Rico. The first day will be devoted to setting up and using the general features of Wordfast. The second day will focus on glossaries, translation memory management, and references. Time permitting, we'll learn how to create a translation memory from past translations using the alignment function of PlusTools.

The training will last two full days. John has negotiated special discount rates at hotels for training participants.

The cost is €260 including tax. 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 €115 will be assessed.

Space is limited so reserve your spot as soon as possible! We look forward to seeing you in September!

• Place: ARAPL - 22 avenue Georges Clemenceau - Nice, France

• Dates: September 6-7, 2007 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) 

• Price: €260 or €375 (FIF-PL, DIF)

• Number of participants: maximum of 10

• Required experience: working knowledge of MS Word

• Trainer: John Di Rico, Apex Traduction

Payment

Please register by clicking on the ¨Sign in¨ box to the right. Your status will be set to ¨registered¨

After you have registered, please contact the Trainer at

Apex Traduction

15 bd St Roch

06300 Nice

Tel : +33 4 93 89 05 57

Skype: jmdirico

jmdirico at apextra.net

www.apextra.net

He will provide you with payment details (wire transfer, check, etc.) and a training contract if necessary (FIF-PL, DIF).

After your payment is received, your status will be changed to ¨registered and paid¨ and your spot for the session will be secured.
      

If you have any questions, please contact the Training Coordinator at leonardo at proz.com

Program:

Day 1

09:00 -12:10

Why use CAT tools?

Segmentation, Translation Memory, additional functions, getting started with Wordfast, where and what to download

First translation session:

How to create a translation memory (TM), description of an open segment, protecting delimiters, closing a translation session, resuming a translation session, return to the previous segment, cancel a segment, force segmentation, copy the source segment, expand/shrink segments, provisional segments, revising a segmented document

BREAK for Lunch

13:40 -16:50

Cleaning up your document after translating:

Usual option (“Tools” tab in the WF interface) - clean-up report, simple option (“Quick-clean” icon in the Wordfast toolbar), creating a report folder

Analysis functions:

Preview, analyze a document, understand the results of an analysis

Handling placeables:

Preview, selecting placeables, copying placeables, personalizing placeables

Terminology management:

Preview, glossaries, creating a glossary, opening an existing glossary, using a glossary, insert the target word where the cursor is located, open the glossary editor with a word selected, open a glossary scroll-down toolbar

Glossary editor:

Preview, import terminology, glossary editor shortcuts and methods, the Open button, the Tools button, exercises

16:50 – 17:00

Q&A

Day 2

09:00 -12:10

Day 1 review and case studies

Translation memory management (TM):

Attributes: preview, personalizing

TM Editor:

Practice using filters, practice sorting using special filters: merging memories, marking redundant entries, reverse source and target, rewriting in Unicode

Translation memory management (TM):

Preview, create and select a translation memory, import a TMX translation memory

Translation memory editor:

Optimizing TM’s, background translation memory (BTM)

BREAK for Lunch

13:40 -16:50

Terminology management:

Personalizing fuzzy terminology recognition, using “Fields 1, 2, and 3” of the glossary

Glossary editor:

Practice using special filters: reverse source and target, rewriting in Unicode, etc.

Reference searches:

Context search: personalizing and strategies

Reference search: personalizing and strategies

Alignment using PlusTools

16:50 – 17:00

Evaluations