General Information You can only miss one class www.personalweb.unito.it/mariacristina.caimotto At the end of this lesson, please send me an e-mail [email protected] Subject: [seminario traduzione] + your name and Proz page 10 lessons: Dates available on the website (no class next week!) Online Resources for professional translators Translation Seminar 2008-09 What is the goal of this presentation? Provide links to useful online information Provide guidelines on how to use it Explain the Kudoz system (30 kudoz points = 1 extra mark for your final exam!) A few tips to become a professional translator Various kinds of resources Online dictionaries Search engines Mailing lists Websites providing information Online communities (Kudoz) Official associations PLEASE NOTICE THAT… AUTOMATIC TRANSLATORS ARE NOT INCLUDED! Online dictionaries Use reliable dictionaries, not the first result you get on google www.garzantilinguistica.it (free subscription) www.demauroparavia.it http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://ec.europa.eu/eurodicautom/ Search engines www.google.com You can use the Internet as a corpus to verify your lexical choices Quick way to check spelling “unknown English term” + glossario should provide an Italian glossary including the term you’re looking for Websites providing information Company glossaries http://www.iltessile.it/dizionario.asp http://www.geatech.it/index.php?page=cat alogo&mcat=1&cat=18&scat=30&art=304 www.iti.org.uk (Getting into translation) http://www.swan.ac.uk/sel/tranlink.htm Mailing lists www.vernondata.it/langit/index.html (Read the “Guida della Felicità” before you write anything) www.yahoogroups.com Biblit (www.biblit.it) Intramel Lantra The checklist Online communities http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/ Default.asp www.proz.com Create your own profile Kudoz answers Example: http://www.proz.com/profile/809804 Professional translators Simon Turner http://www.turner.it/tariffometro.htm (“Come diventare traduttore”) www.aiti.org www.aitipvda.org http://www.aniti.it http://www.assointerpreti.it Don’t forget to send me an email [email protected] Subject: [seminario traduzione] Please include Your name The link to your Proz page Thank you!