Wordfast Intermediate Training - Level 2

ProZ.com would like to invite  you  to attend a  Wordfast Intermediate Training (Level 2) on March 5^th and 6^th 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.

The training will be conducted in English by John Di Rico. The first day will be devoted to optimizing translation memory and glossary management and using the BTM, VLTM, and MT to speed up your workflow. The second day will focus on handling specific file types including: HTML, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and faxes. We'll also look at other software applications that complement Wordfast (PlusTools, Werecat, Olifant, Intelliwebsearch). Time permitting and depending on user needs, 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 €275 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 €75 will be assessed.

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

• Place: Nice – ARAPL, 22 avenue Georges Clemenceau

• Dates: March 5-6, 2008 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) 

• Price: €275 or €350 (FIF-PL)

• Number of participants: maximum of 12

• Required experience: working knowledge of MS Word

• Trainer: John DiRico, Apex Traduction

After you have registered, please contact the Trainer at

Apex Traduction
374 Ch. de la Lauzière
06670 St Blaise
Tél : +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 (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.

Program:

Day 1

09:00 - 12:10

Quality control functions:

Preview, typo functions, spelling or grammar correction functions, respecting untranslatable elements

The Tools tab in Wordfast:

Cleanup, Analyze, Quality-Check, Translate, Extract

Pricing strategies using analyze

Translation memory management (TM):

Attributes: preview, personalizing, database organization
Penalties: preview, personalizing.
Translation memory rule (“TM rules”)

Big momma vs. client-specific vs. subject-specific translation memories

TM Editor:

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

BREAK for Lunch

13:40 - 16:50

Background translation memory (BTM):

Preview, use

Very large translation memory (VLTM):

Sharing a TM with other translators around the world

Workflow management

Machine Translation (MT):

Using Google Translate or Babelfish on short segments

Terminology management:

Using “Fields 1, 2, and 3” of the glossary, creating a blacklist

Glossary editor:

Practice using filters, practice sorting using special filters: reverse source and target

16:50 - 17:00

Questions

Day 2

09:00 - 12:10

Personalizing placeables, how to manage fields, hyperlinks, e-mail addresses, URL’s, bookmarks

Reference searches:

Context search: personalizing and strategies

Reference search: personalizing and strategies

Links to external references:

Intelliwebsearch

Translating Excel and PowerPoint files

Using Werecat for PPT and textboxes

BREAK for Lunch

13:40 - 16:50

Translating HTML files

HTML basics

Handling PDF files and faxes

Converting with PlusTools or Abbyy Finereader

Alignment with PlusTools

Creating TMs from past translations

Pandora's Box

Customizing Wordfast

16:50 - 17:00

Evaluations