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This page will contain various bits of useful tips / hints / information received from members and others in the profession. Please feel free to send us any bits and bobs you might want to share with others.

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Free MemoQ (translation technology) information event in Dublin on the 25th January 2012 (<http://kilgray.com/events/memoq-roadshow-dublin>) and in Galway on the
26th January 2012.

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The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) has recently published the new
call for application for

The PAUL CELAN Fellowship 2012/2013 for translators

The program supports translations from Eastern to Western, Western to Eastern, or between two Eastern European langugages of cannonicaltexts as well as contemporary key works in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies.

Deadline for application: March 25, 2012

All information and details are available on the IWM's website:
www.iwm.at/fellowships.htm

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Have you heard of Dropbox (dropbox.com) where one can store documents and also share documents online.

With thanks to Jørgen Christian Wind Nielsen, Copenhagen
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Did you know:

the Across Systems GmbH offers its "Personal Edition" (which is a similar Translation Memory System edition to Trados Freelance) free of charge to freelance translators. Perhaps this might be interesting for your members.

Interested freelance colleagues can register on

http://www.across.net/en/across-for-freelance-translators.aspx >> Registration and may subsequently download the Personal Edition. Across will send them a software key that turns the demo version into a full version after registration. Please note that the Personal Edition is not free of charge for agencies (980 €) but only for freelance translators.

With thanks to Renate Dockhorn, Germany

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