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Cómo traducir al español títulos de periódicos ingleses
Cómo usar el gerundio en español
El componente enciclopédico de la traducción
English language: punctuation in relative clauses for translators
How Not To Join Sentences in TM Tools
How to collect stories with PageMaker for Mac (and PC too) without Trados Story Collector
How to find a translation for the name of a plant, animal etc in Google
Proofreading with DéjàVu
Researching the meaning of neologisms in emerging technologies
An Approach to the Translation of Literature: Rich Points & What They Reveal
El significado de los dichos populares
How to translate culture-bound elements (in Italian)
How to Read Culturally Diverse Authors: Introduction: Alejo Carpentier
Convalidaciones y Homologaciones en España de Títulos Extranjeros
Corpus Linguistics: Meaning in Context
Punctuation tips
Chinese Translation Industry Analysis - Part 1
How to give your Dutch customers a 40% discount
How to build a professional WEB SITE
Say Goodbye to the Monday Blues
How to Become a Freelance Translator in France
¿Cuáles son los pasos a seguir para que los traductores públicos se registren en la jurisdicción de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina?
Guide to accept on line payment
An easy way to understand the proper use of the Tenses.
IL PIÙ CELEBRE SEMIOLOGO ITALIANO E LE SUE ESPERIENZE DI TRADUZIONE/2
Earn KudoZ points effectively!
KudoZ - deciding when to squash a question
How to Organize an ID Verification Pow-wow
How to change browser encoding and install languages to read Japanese text.
Instructions on how to enable your browsers to be able to read Devanagri (Hindi).
"Downgrading" from Wordfast to Trados:
How to avoid undesirable mail (read "spam") in your mail-box
Teaching English to second language learners
How to improve WinXP performance
How to optimize your searches on the Internet [Howto in English and French]
Optimizing Your PC for Translation
PDF files: creating, using, converting
SEARCH ENGINES FEATURES AND SEARCH TECHNIQUES
Tutorial de iniciación a la Traduccion de Programas
Under the hood of Windows Explorer (XP)
Useful keyboard shortcuts in Word
Another TRADOS help (Spanish)
Basic Wordfast tutorial in Bulgarian/ Начално ръководство за Wordfast на български език
How to apply find/replace in Trados
Trados beginner's guide
WinAlign - alineación de documentos
Demystifying Software Globalization
Diesel Engines: A Brief Overview
What's in a Name: Juliet's Question Revisited
Navigating through Treacherous Waters: The Translation of Geographical Names
Translating SOPs in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Environment
Handling Greek and Latin Terms in Spanish Medical Translation
WordFisher for MS Word An alternative to translation memory programs for freelance translators?
His Excellency and His Interpreter
The Language of Inflation Traps in Translating Brazilian Portuguese
Going Broke in Brazil
The Check is not in the Mail-Banking in Brazil
Toward Corpus-Based Machine Translation for Standard Arabic
Useful Machine Translations of Japanese Patents Have Become a Reality
Philosophy, Anthropology, and Linguistics in Translation
An Easy Translation Job
Book Review: Science in Translation
New English-Polish and Polish-English Dictionaries: Some Problems Related to Legal, Financial and Insurance Terminology
What the Guys Said, the Way They Said It, As Best We Can
Translation: A Market in Crisis?
Translation and Typesetting
Translator, Adapter, Screenwriter Translating for the audiovisual
A Historical Overview of a Theoretical Polarization in Theater Translation
The Viewer as the Focus of Subtitling Towards a Viewer-oriented Approach
The Power of Film Translation
Lexicographical considerations in creating an online bilingual lexicon for students from a Chinese background: The problem of translation
Translation: Back from Siberia
The Use of Transition Notes in Learning English & Translation
The Importance of Teaching Cohesion in Translation on a Textual Level - A Comparison of test scores before and after teaching
Knowing Before Learning: Ten Concepts Students Should Understand Prior to Enrolling in a University Translation or Interpretation Class
TIPS&TRICKS PARA EL TRADUCTOR FREELANCE - 3a puntada
La teoría de la traducción como herramienta para cotizarse mejor ante potenciales clientes.
El Pretérito Perfecto ¿se cayó de las Carabelas de Colón?
How to find direct clients?
How to spell-check your TRADOS translation memories
Demonio ex Machina
To disappear, but to keep on hearing
More on Getting Direct Clients
La Profesión de Interprete
Polishing Your Translation Style-Part 1
Translator's Knowledgebase Requirements
Translation's Lost Art
Translation reviews
How to promote yourself
Creating shortcuts for common terms in Word
Integrating Skype functions into your profile page
Prix, service et marketing
Prices, Service and Marketing
Translating Names: Indonesia Case
What is T4K? And why should you care?
Precio, servicio y marketing
L'importanza del tempo per un traduttore freelance
Editing Segments and Concordance Search in various CAT tools
Indonesian Translator’s Perspective: So what, gitu loh?
Naming files in translation projects
Lenguaje Políticamente Correcto ¿sí o no?
Mauvaise traduction de titres d'oeuvres d'art
Alignement de corpus multilingues, repérage d'entités nommées et UNITEX
How to be a real translator
Contracts I: Would you sign this?
Add entries to your term base - with a little help from Excel
Come lavorare con un PC in ordine - Linee guida per il traduttore freelance
Found in translation – meet Alice, Bob and Carol
Tame those %*?*&%$$ PDF files
Found in translation - Have TRADOS, will translate
Mentoring new translators
La localización de software
Translating certificates
Consideraciones en torno al lenguaje especializado
Basic guide on how to start working with WinAlign
Getting the most out of ProZ.com: A guide for outsourcers and translation companies
How to translate changing documents
Translation Criticism- How to deal with Regionalisms?
Applying Translation Office 3000 to your daily professional life
A Beginner's Guide to Translation Errors
Making Your Resume Stand-Out: A Lesson in Professionalism
Choosing the correct font for your job (in the context of Hindi)
Georgian Fonts
A few marketing tips for online freelance translators from a customer view point
Blog as a marketing tool for freelance translators and interpreters
Second Language Acquisition: Learners' Errors and Error Correction in Language Teaching
A TagEditor Secret
Pilih Mana? Situs atau Sites? Elektrik atau Elektris?
A Translator's CV - a translator's best friend- Part II
How to Find Direct Clients?
Translating idioms and buzzwords
Switching word order in MS Word
Common Mistakes in Translating from Chinese into English
MyGreeklish to Standard Greeklish Translator needed
How to save neck, back, wristles
Skype als Kommunikationsmittel mit den Auftraggebern oder freien Mitarbeitern
Algunos interrogantes vigentes en el mundo de la traducción.
Sixteen (16) cornerstones of ProZ.com
Quality management for translation projects
9 reasons for the most simple, economical, fast and effective way of marketing by freelance translators
Dealing with Quality Issues on the Translation process (revised)
A NON-NATIVE USER PERSPECTIVE OF CORPUS-BASED DICTIONARIES
Slightly more advanced SEO for your website
TIPS&TRICKS PER IL TRADUTTORE FREELANCE - 1a puntata Babylon Builder
TIPS&TRICKS PER IL TRADUTTORE FREELANCE - 2a puntata: WINALIGN
EXPLAIN or TRANSLATE: a perpetual dilemma for English-language teachers
Help Translate ProZ.com Into Your Language
Ppt.Helper - A Real Help!
Wordfast Beginner's Guide
You get what you pay for
Translating culture-specific notions
Using Dragon Naturally Speaking in translations
Hiring a Freelance Translator or a Translation Agency? The decision is yours.
El Interprete y Su Par
Consciousness in Translation - Part One
Ten Commandments of a Freelance Translator
How to generate a multiple language terminology db from a Web glossary
Is there a 'critical age' for language acquisition?
Interpreting into a foreign language
Translations: Do Them In-House or Contract Them Out?
Why teach English as a foreign language? What's in it for me?
Translation and Text Understanding
Consciousness in Translation - Part Three
Blind translators
Seeking for the Faultless Interpreter.
Blogging - what's it all about?
Court in Translation - Common areas of Court Interpreting and Screen Translation
Professionalism as a key to success
Importância do estudo dos dicionários jurídicos bilíngües
Trados beginner's guide
PC平台QuarkXPress文档的中文本地化应用
Accents in Subtitles: Can subtitles portray the difference? Analysing Pedro Almodóvar’s All About my Mother.
Consciousness in Translation - Part Four
A Project Naming Convention & Workflow suggestion
Project Organization for Scheduling and Reference
Put OCR Software in Your Business Model
Translating Transit Projects with Déjà Vu X
MemoQ - what does it offer?
Translating SDL Trados TTX Files in Déjà Vu X
Domestication vs. Foreignization in English-Arabic Translation
Marine Science 101: SEO, Good Copy, and Translation
Incongruity of Company Law Terms: Categorization of Polish Business Entities
Teaching English to Second Language Learners- Top Tips and Keys for Successful Teaching
Cómo afrontar una traducción técnica
Hiring right - road to success
The issue of non-native English-speakers vs. native English-speakers as teachers of English as a second language
Panduan dalam Mencari Penerjemah
Klien Adalah Raja?
John Donne’s metaphysical poetry
¿Cómo traducir verbos de movimiento del inglés al español?
Translation theory with regards to translating metaphors
Guide to international taxation (Double taxation)
Buchrezension Langenscheidt Fachwörterbuch Wirtschaft, Handel und Finanzen - Spanisch
20 Questions to ask your Translation Company
Lost in translation? Common terms used by translation agencies

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» Pendrive for a translator
By Stanislaw Czech | Published 04/3/2008 | Technology | Recommendation:
How to turn a tiny device into a moveable office. Store files, run programs and much more.
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» Translating SDL Trados TTX Files in Déjà Vu X
By Kevin Lossner | Published 01/12/2008 | Technology , CAT Tools | Recommendation:
Déjà Vu X is a versatile tool capable of translating many formats, including the standard SDL Trados TTX format. This quickstart guide describes how to do this conveniently.
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» Creation of Local Techie Translator-Consulting Pools
By Karin Kutscher | Published 01/13/2007 | Technology | Recommendation:
An idea to create local pools of translators with expertise in computers at the user level, who can help their colleagues on an as-needed basis.
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» Switching word order in MS Word
By Christopher Lord | Published 08/9/2006 | Technology | Recommendation:
two very useful macros for instant switching of word order in Word documents
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