There is a handy, little tool that can easily solve this. Some of you might be aware of it, but for those who have never heard of it: I heartily recommend Time and Date’s Time Zone Converter. This tool works pretty straightforward: enter a time/date and a city, and Time Zone Converter will calculate the time/date for a different city.

For instance, my client in Prague wants me to deliver a translation on April 24 at 8:00. I’m in Chicago. So I enter:

And the result is:

It’s very easy to use and extremely helpful. Time and Date’s Time Zone Converter can be found at this link.

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I’ve been using Translation Office 3000 for several years and it’s one of the best investments I made. It not only creates invoices and handles payments, but it’s a great and easy-to-use project management tool for translators. It literally saves me hours every month on administrative tasks.

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From SDL:

NEW! SDL Trados Studio 2009 Demo

Download the new SDL Trados Studio 2009 interactive demo to discover the host of new features, including:

• How to use the new features in SDL Trados Studio 2009, such as, AutoSuggestTM, Real-time preview, QuickPlaceTM and Context Match.
• How to customize your new editing environment and set up your short cuts.
• How to use the project management and SDL package technology
• How to upgrade your translation memories and use the enhanced concordance search
• Specific topics for our power users such as, advanced translation memory creation and maintenance.

Request the demo at:
http://www.translationzone.com/en/downloads/demodownloads/sdl-trados-studio-2009-demo.asp

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Regla 1: El sujeto del gerundio tiene que coincidir con el sujeto de la oración principal.

Incorrecto: Los bomberos entraron al edificio ardiendo en llamas. (¡Au!)

Correcto: Los bomberos entraron al edificio que ardía en llamas.

Regla 2. La acción del gerundio tiene que realizarse al mismo tiempo o antes que la acción del verbo principal.

Incorrecto: Los bomberos apagaron el fuego, apareciendo en las primeras páginas de todos los diarios. (Esos son los periódicos más rápidos de toda la historia)

Correcto: Los bomberos apagaron el fuego y aparecieron en las primeras páginas de todos los diarios.

Regla 3: La acción que expresa el gerundio se tiene que interpretar como una circunstancia (de tiempo, de modo, de causa o condición).

Correcto: Los bomberos controlaron el incendio sacrificando sus vidas. (Expresa el ‘cómo’)

El gerundio en español jamás expresa un resultado (regla 2), aunque muchas veces expresa la causa. Los ejemplos anteriores son quizá los más comunes, pero no son los únicos. Quizá el error más común sea usar el gerundio al inicio de la oración o como la oración principal.

Getting Started

Incorrecto: Empezando

Correcto: Para empezar

O aun mejor: Introducción

El gerundio en español puede ser complicado. En caso de dudas lo mejor es no usarlo o preguntar a alguien más. Pero no lo descarten completamente. Si escribo esta entrada es porque el corrector o correctora eliminó todos los gerundios de mi traducción, aun cuando yo los había usado correctamente. (Y el texto era sobre bomberos)

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Rule 1. The subject of the gerund must be the subject of the main clause.

Incorrect: Los bomberos entraron al edificio ardiendo en llamas. (Ouch!)

Correct: Los bomberos entraron al edificio que ardía en llamas.

Rule 2. The action of the gerund must occurr at the same time or before the action expressed by the main clause. Never after.

Incorrect: Los bomberos apagaron el fuego, apareciendo en las primeras páginas de todos los diarios. (Those must be the fastest newspapers ever)

Correct: Los bomberos apagaron el fuego y aparecieron en las primeras páginas de todos los diarios.

Rule 3. The action expressed by the gerund must have an adverbial function (when, how, why, etc.)

Correct: Los bomberos controlaron el incendio sacrificando sus vidas. (How)

The Spanish gerund never, ever, expresses a result (rule 2), but it can often express the cause. The above are very common uses of the Spanish gerund, but they’re not the only ones. Probably the most common mistake is to use the Spanish gerund at the beggining of the sentence and/or as the main clause:

Getting Started

Incorrect: Empezando

Correct: Para empezar

Or better yet: Introducción

The Spanish Gerund can be very tricky sometimes. In case of doubt, don’t use it or ask somebody else. Just don’t discard it altogether. I’m writing this post because a proofreader removed all the Spanish gerunds in my translation, even though they all were used correctly. (Oh, and the text was about firefighters.)

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For instance, using TO3000 and shortcuts, I keep all my databases (glossaries, TMs, termbases, project references, etc) in one single place, regardless of their physical location. I just add shortcuts of their folders in a Client-specific folder automatically created by TO3000 at the moment the client is added. The next time I want to access any of those files, I just go to the Project>Folders tab and find it in the Clients Folder, right by the Project Folder.

This is particularly useful for those translators who use a separate Translation Memory or Glossary for each client or topic. There’s no need to spend any time trying to find the client’s files, they’re all available from one single location.

For a detailed explanation, click on the link:

The first step is to configure TO3000 to create a Databases folder: go to Settings>Advanced>Folders>Client Folder (tab)>Add folder. It could be any name: Databases, Reference, etc.

TO3000 Advanced Settings

Once a new client is added to the database, several folders will be created, included the new added folder (Databases, Reference, etc.) The next step is really easy, just create a shortcut of each TM, glossary, etc. and move it to the Database Folder.

TO3000 displays all the related folders next to the project folders, including all the shortcuts to the TM’s, glossaries, etc. The actual files remain in their own location.

TO3000 Project view

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I’ve been using SDL Trados Studio for a while now and so far, I really liked it. The release candidate still has plenty of bugs, but overall it’s very usable. It’s a shame because, in my opinion, it’s the best product SDL has launched and it fixes many of the productivity issues of previous versions.

Anyway, since many of the commands are new, I compiled a list of all the shortcuts in the Editor view. I find it very useful; I hope somebody else will too. I uploaded two lists: one with all the Editor shortcuts and the other one has the most common shortcuts highlighted.

Download: Studio 2009 – Editor Shortcuts.pdf
Download: Studio 2009 – Editor Shortcuts (highlighted).pdf

FYI, these are the shortcuts I have highlighted:

Edit: SDL has released a Show Shortcut list plugin that can be added to the toolbar. I haven’t tried it yet but sounds really helpful.

Also, SDL acknowledged that their policy about SDL Trados 2007 and SDL Trados 2007 Suite was a mistake and they have corrected the course, so I removed my comment about not upgrading.

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