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How to count and translate PDF files

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000

When you must translate a PDF file, there are different options for converting it to an editable format, depending on its structure.

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How to become a sworn translator in Spain

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:47:17 +0000

The English translation of this article has been kindly offered by William McKenzie. Without a doubt, sworn translation denotes a qualification that is respected by clients and the marketplace in...

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The contractors and sub-contractors’ certificate

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:17:32 +0000

The English translation of this article has been kindly offered by William McKenzie. What is the contractors and sub-contractors' certificate which Spanish translation agencies so often (although it...

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How to translate with Joomfish

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:30:10 +0000

Joomfish is a multilingual content manager for Joomla, one of the most used content management systems.

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Translate for free with 3 FOSS tools*

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:19:32 +0000

With some open source translation programs you can get results comparable to those of commercial software. Let's find out how. T here are many free programs for translators on the market. They...

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Text-to-Speech (TTS) as a translator quality control tool

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000

You are alone and you want your translation read back to you? Text-to-speech systems can help you.

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Come confrontare due file Excel

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:41:55 +0000

This article is not available in English yet. If you would like to promote yourself as a translator, you may translate it and we will publish your name on our website. You could also use this page as...

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Translations without VAT

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:37:24 +0000

The English translation of this article has been kindly offered by William McKenzie. It’s the translator’s never-ending question: does this job incur VAT or not? I t’s not necessary to bill certain...

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Free checklist for project managers

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:09:12 +0000

Before entering a project in any management system, a series of data must be provided, as outlined below.

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Free tools for translators and project managers. Part 1: ApSIC Xbench

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Translators can use ApSIC Xbench to conduct a thorough quality check on bilingual texts. Moreover, it provides a clear and structured view of the terminology of any translation project.

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5 reasons to become TED translators

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:00:00 +0000

The English translation of this article has been kindly offered by Fabrizio Bianchi. TED.com, "Ideas worth spreading". This is the tagline of a website you can't miss, where you can access for free...

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Free tools for translators and project managers. Part 3: Notepad++

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000

You may think that text editors like the familiar Notepad could hardly be improved. Yet, Notepad++ offers several additional features that can be useful for translators and project managers.

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Two Excel macros which can prove very useful

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:06:00 +0000

Probably many of you do not know these two very useful macros for Excel which are distributed for free, allowing to import and export translation memories and glossaries in TXT format.

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10 little known keyboard shortcuts for Word

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Do you want to work faster with Microsoft Word? Then you should do without the mouse - whenever it is possible. Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts for you. Even if you are already familiar with...

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Non sai che pesci pigliare? «Falsi amici» ittici fra italiano e spagnolo

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0000

How to create a website in a few hours

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Every professional translator should have a website to promote the business. However, not everybody is able or willing to create a website or can afford paying for one. Qabiria has a fast and...

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Come tradurre il testo contenuto nelle immagini

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Come tradurre i nomi di specie animali e vegetali

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Trovare un ago nel pagliaio, parte 1ª: conosciamo le espressioni regolari

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Machine translation and freelance translators: a difficult relationship

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:40:11 +0000

We are publishing here the presentation that we made for the ProZ conference entitled "Machine translation: present, past and future" organized by ProZ.com in Barcelona on October 17th 2009.

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Come creare e gestire glossari online

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Vorresti diventare un traduttore?

m.paolillo@italian-translator.net (Monica Paolillo) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:22:46 +0000

PayPal come metodo di gestione di incassi e pagamenti

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:14:18 +0000

Using the browser (almost) as a CAT

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:32:38 +0000

Perhaps not everyone knows that you can use two browser windows (Opera or Firefox are recommended) to display the same content in two different languages, as if it were a tool for assisted...

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Notas sobre traducción teatral

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:03:37 +0000

La traducción teatral es muy exigente: el texto que produciremos está destinado a cobrar vida sobre un escenario. El esforzado traductor teatral que escribe, comparte en estas breves notas los puntos...

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Montar una empresa: trámites de constitución de una SLNE

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:09:49 +0000

Social networks for business: how to make the most out of your accounts

bonnechancechiara@gmail.com (Chiara Architta) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:00:00 +0000

A few tips on how to make the most out of your accounts on the most famous social networks, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (and a few other not so famous...)

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Riconoscimento ottico dei caratteri con Abbyy FineReader

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:30:10 +0000

Come tradurre ]project-open[ nella tua lingua

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:00 +0000

La localizzazione e il Web 2.0 (seconda parte)

mail@amtrad.it (Alessandra Muzzi) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Translation Project Management

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to republish the article "Translation Project Management" by Nancy Matis, where she exhaustively describes the role of project managers and the various phases of a translation project.

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Come risparmiare tempo prezioso nella gestione dei file

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Finding a needle in a haystack, part 2: desktop search tools

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Are you tired of wasting precious time looking for lost files on your hard disk or on old CD-ROMs hidden in your drawers? Desktop search tools and disk cataloguing tools will provide precious help!

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7 regole d'oro per ottenere la migliore traduzione

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:58:01 +0000

Trattando come prodotto una commodity, com’è la traduzione, è estremamente importante affermare la propria competitività. Come fare in modo che i clienti non dicano “uno vale l’altro”? Come fare in...

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Some remarks on sworn translation

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:27:28 +0000

The English translation of this article has been kindly offered by William McKenzie. Everything you need to know about sworn translation (and that nobody tells you) after having passed the exam and...

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Translating graphics with Paint.NET

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Stanislav Okhvat) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0000

This article has been originally published on Translator Tools by Stanislav Okhvat . It is reproduced here with the author's permission. One smart person once said that "a picture is worth a thousand...

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Put OCR Software in Your Business Model

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:30:10 +0000

OCR technology is often regarded as the ideal solution for translating PDF documents, but it can be useful at a broader level in our sector, too. Please see the original English article by Kevin...

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Il backup come ultima linea di difesa

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Paolo Attivissimo) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:01:23 +0000

Ergonomia e traduzione. Meglio prevenire che curare.

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:16:31 +0000

Come utilizzare vari dizionari in CD-ROM contemporaneamente

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Dizionario ragionato di termini tecnologici

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:49:02 +0000

The 8-step rule: how to solve any software error

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:24:00 +0000

A quick troubleshooting guide to find a solution to error messages generated by any software (first of all Trados).

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Strumenti gratuiti per traduttori e pm, 4ª puntata: Meebo

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Free tools for translators and project managers. Part 2: Launchy

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Tired of wasting time looking for programs in the Windows Start menu? Then Launchy is just for you. This fast open source software rapidly searches and launches programs just by typing a couple of...

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Què he de fer per ser traductor i intèrpret jurat de català

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:24:55 +0000

La localizzazione e il Web 2.0 (prima parte)

mail@amtrad.it (Alessandra Muzzi) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Montar una empresa de servicios lingüísticos: la SLNE

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:38:04 +0000

How to prolong the life of your laptop battery

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Taking few simple precautions can significantly increase the work life of the Li-ion battery of a laptop or other equipments. In fact, some common mistakes reduce the battery life, forcing you to...

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The Portrait of the Translator as a Business (Wo)man

rubo@wordbonds.es (Rubén De la Fuente) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Rubén de la Fuente (expert in localization and professor at Alfonso X University in Madrid, currently Spanish linguist at PayPal) talks about the translator's profession.

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5 trucchi per ottenere il massimo da Microsoft Windows Search

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:00:00 +0000

How to share a glossary in OmegaT

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

The easiest way to share a glossary file between two translators using Dropbox. W hen several translators work together on a project, sometimes they need to share a glossary. Nowadays file hosting...

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Quant'è che non aggiorni le tue tariffe di traduzione?

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:48:57 +0000

Montar una empresa de servicios lingüísticos: el plan de empresa

webmaster@qabiria.com (Carlos Fernández Giua) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:06:22 +0000

How to share an OmegaT project through Dropbox

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Working together on an OmegaT project is very easy, if you use a Dropbox folder to share the TM. W hen two translators work together on the same project, it can be convenient to share the...

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Come tradurre un manuale tecnico scritto in LaTeX

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0000

The social value of a customized toolbar

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:40:11 +0000

Project management outsourcing

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:40:11 +0000

Dodecalogo di sicurezza

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Paolo Attivissimo) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:35:57 +0000

La posta del cuore

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:22:32 +0000

Sharing a project with OmegaT and Subversion

sergioalasia@yahoo.it (Sergio Alasia) — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:00:00 +0000

The English proofreading of this article has been kindly provided by Scott Ellsworth. The new "team project" feature in OmegaT allows several translators to work together on the same project the easy...

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IntepretBank: strumenti per la produttività degli intepreti

biofaust@gmail.com (Fabrizio Bianchi) — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Utilizzare Microsoft Translator con OmegaT

mcevoli@qabiria.com (Marco Cevoli) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:00:00 +0000