Languages, techniques, styles, tools and equipment are constantly evolving and that’s why CPD (continuing professional development) is important for all professions and mine is no exception. I try to keep abreast of the latest developments in the translation world and also fill in any gaps in my knowledge and improve my skills.
CPD comes in several forms: studying online or classroom-based courses; attending workshops and seminars; going to conferences; reading books, articles and blogs; listening to webinars, etc.
Below is a list of the more “formal” CPD I have undertaken in recent years with links where appropriate. Dates refer to when I did the CPD, and not, for example, when the webinar was first broadcast.
- Translation Theory for Practitioners (eCPD Webinars) – June 2011
- Revising Translations – How to offer a Professional Service (eCPD Webinars) – September 2011
- Revision and Editing for Translators (eCPD Webinars) – April 2012
- LinkedIn® profile optimization for freelance translators (The Alexandria Library) – January 2013
- Technical Writing for into English Translators (eCPD Webinars) – March 2013
- ES-EN Translation Workshop (eCPD Webinars) – March 2013
- Writing for the Web (eCPD Webinars) – March 2013
- LinkedIn® Winning Strategies for Freelance Translators (The Alexandria Library) – March 2013
- IAPTI International Conference (London) – October 2013
- The Difference between Proofreading and Editing (Proz.com) – February 2014
- BP14 Conference (Budapest) – May 2014
- Lenguando Conference – (London) – September 2014
- Corpus-guided decision-making for editors and translators (El Escorial) – October 2014
- Readability: 10 strategies for improving flow in translated or non-English speakers’ texts (El Escorial) – October 2014
- METM14 Conference (El Escorial) – October 2014
- Translation in Travel & Tourism: Is It Really That Simple? (Proz.com) – February 2015
- Editing Non-native English: an Introduction (eCPD Webinars) – February 2015
- Editing Non-native English: Academic & Scientific Texts (eCPD Webinars) – February 2015
- Best Practices in Tourism Workshop (ITI MAT, London) – March 2015
- Spanish to English Translation Quality Assurance 1: Terminology (Proz.com) – April 2015
- Spanish to English Translation Quality Assurance 2: Style (Proz.com) – April 2015
- Proofreading 1: Introduction (SfEP) – April 2015
- Translation Quality (The Alexandria Library) – May 2015
- How to Write a Killer LinkedIn Profile (FreeAgent) – May 2015
- Translation Technology: The Next Big Thing (eCPD Webinars) – May 2015
- Workshop on Social Media – Shameless Self-Promotion! (ITI Wessex) – May 2015 (I was also a speaker)
- Secret Sauce of Great Writing by Shani Raja (Udemy) – October 2015
- Lilt: machine assistance, not machine translation, to optimize your productivity
(Proz.com) – February 2016 - Translating Business Film Material Workshop by Jean-Pierre Mailhac (ITI MAT, London) – March 2016
- Advanced Subtitling Workshop by Adriana Tortoriello (CenTraS, UCL, London) – February 2017
- The ABC of Copywriting by Tom Albrighton – May 2017
- Misused English Words and Expressions in EU Publications by Jeremy Gardner (European Court of Auditors) – June 2017
- Writing with Impact: Writing that Persuades by Clare Lynch (Udemy) – August 2017
- memoQ Workshop (ITI Wessex) – October 2017
- Hello memoQ! – an introduction for individual translators ¦ August 2016 – October 2017
- Don’t Trust Your Spell Check by Dean Evans – November 2017
- Want to know how to get started with memoQ (ITI Webinar) – January 2018
- German-English Translation Slam (Bristol University & ITI Western Regional Group) – February 2018
- Talking GDPR with Paula Arturo (Marketing for Translators and Interpreters, Facebook) – April 2018
- Mind your Ts and Cs! Watch your back! Terms and Conditions for language professionals (ITI Webinar) – April 2018
- Are you GDPR compliant? (ITI Webinar) – May 2018
- GDPR – what freelance linguists need to know (eCPD Webinars) – May 2018
- One Day in… Gray’s Inn (ITI Networking Event, London) – June 2018
- Teaching with Style: Using Joseph Williams’s Classic Guide with Students by Joseph Bizup (Pearson English) – August 2018
- ISO 17100:2015 – raising the profile of the translation industry (ITI Webinar) – August 2018
- Why translators and interpreters need professional liability insurance (ITI Webinar) – August 2018
- Copy Edit This! Quizzes 1-14 (The New York Times) – August 2018
- BP16 Translation Conference Videos – September 2018
- The 5 writing mistakes that are killing your sales and how to fix them (Webinar by Marie Forleo) – October 2018
- Group Translation Practice DE>EN (ITI Wessex) – November 2018
