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Poll: Have you ever attended a paid webinar/training session on ProZ?
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Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
França
Local time: 03:15
Francês para Inglês
. Jan 25, 2024

I tried a free one once but the trainer spent more time promoting her paid sessions than doing any actual training so I didn't bother to listen to the end.

Not that I want to come across as someone who believes in conspiracies but I do my own research when I need to learn about something.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Ester Vidal
Simon Turner
Barbara Carrara
The Shredder
Alexandra Speirs
Michele Fauble
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 02:15
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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No Jan 25, 2024

The range of webinars on ProZ haven't inspired me yet…

ipv
 
Angie Garbarino
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Local time: 03:15
Membro (2003)
Inglês para Italiano
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Sorry to hear that Jan 25, 2024

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

The range of webinars on ProZ haven't inspired me yet…


I was a trainer in many webinars and got good feedback, but of course they were in Italian, for translators into ITA (not experienced like you) so obviously you did not see them
 
The Shredder
The Shredder
This Jan 25, 2024

Kay Denney wrote:
Not that I want to come across as someone who believes in conspiracies but I do my own research when I need to learn about something.

I find David Icke a useful source when doing my own research.

Lieven Malaise
 
Sebastian Witte
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Alemanha
Local time: 03:15
Membro (2004)
Inglês para Alemão
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Yes Jan 25, 2024

Out of 17 paid webinars attended since 2010, most of them were OK, though not all that many of them were excellent, and one or two of them were even below par.

Particularly memorable was the webinar by Attila Piróth, "MS Word for translators: Find and replace features and other tips and tricks". This one was excellent.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 02:15
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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@Angie Jan 25, 2024

Angie Garbarino wrote:

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

The range of webinars on ProZ haven't inspired me yet…


I was a trainer in many webinars and got good feedback, but of course they were in Italian, for translators into ITA (not experienced like you) so obviously you did not see them


AFAIK there are no webinars in Portuguese and all the videos (but one) are in Brazilian Portuguese. Besides that, most of the courses are focused either on beginner translators or on CAT tools and AI. I could be interested in some advanced courses on the Portuguese terminology of law, medicine and international development, but so far I haven’t found one on Proz, so I’ll keep making my researches whenever needed…

Angie Garbarino
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
 
Quentin NEVEN
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Bélgica
Local time: 03:15
Inglês para Francês
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Not yet Jan 25, 2024

Not yet, and I do not plan to do it in the near future.

There is a lot of free information out there, and as a beginner, I focus on that.

If I had to pay for something, it would be a live conference of some sort. Meeting translators face-to-face would be quite valuable at this point (at any point probably).

The Shredder
Kay Denney
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
 


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