Name Change - Already!
Oh well, now that I see myself linked in several place, I realized that just having my name there does not really reflect too much on the content. Some actually changed the link title to my tag line, so I think that’s what I should do too. So, the name is now “In-House Translators - A Dying Breed” and I am keeping my idiotic name as the tag line.
Maybe everyone who has linked me as “Susanne Aldridge III” can switch it to “In-House Translators - A Dying Breed”. Unfortunately, that is too long, so I had to shrink the font, which now looks a little puny. I’ll probably have to change some more things around, I am not giving up on the template just yet because I like the clean and plain look.
OK, after playing with it for 10 minutes, it doesn’t look like I can fix the title easily (especially with one eye on the clock and ready to leave). Be prepared to possible see a new theme, if I cannot get the header to extend over the width of the two columns.
First steps with SDL Trados Synergy
One of the reasons I went to the ATA Conference was to find some project management software that is targeted at the translation market. This year, it seems like I am spending more and more time on managing translations and while I like to do this and it is a nice change of pace from actually translating into German.
Some of my recent projects had up to 10 languages and since I prefer to work with freelance translators, I have to open 10 translation memories, analyze 10 files, write 10 emails, wait for 10 replies, post-process 10 translations, file 10 invoices and last but of course not least, get 10 invoices paid. Yes, it is as time consuming and tedious as it sounds and I need to streamline my process. This is particularly awful if after all is sent out, you get the dreaded “Oops sorry, we forgot something” email from a developer and have to start over. Somehow, we are way too accessible since we are in the same building - heck, if I get up and look over my cubicle wall, I can even see many of them. Here are my first thoughts on Synergy after setting up a couple of projects.