Translation for environmental organizations.
Course summary
Description Conservation of nature is a critically important issue for the modern society and there are many environmental organizations focusing on its different aspects and areas. Nature conservation includes a broad range of various issues from air pollution and global warming to the protection of rare animal and plant species. Often the solution of various environmental problems requires the joint efforts of scientists, politicians, managers, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations and individuals not in just one country but in several countries. Sometimes, even global efforts are required to investigate and find ways for fixing various problems. This often operates through joint multi-language projects and here we, translators come to help. For us, translators, translation for environmental organizations can be a stable source of income, but also an opportunity to contribute to a very important work as well as a source of interesting and useful information regarding the protection of the environment we live in. We will discuss -Areas of environmental translation -Equipping yourself for environmental translation -Dealing with new environmental terminology -Potential customers and how to maintain good continuous relationships with them Target audience This session can be interesting and useful to those who are making their first steps in environmental translation but also to those who specialize in environmental transaltion but understand the value of learning from others' experience. You are all welcome! Learning objectives You will learn Why environmental translation is important for the modern society. What are the different areas of environmental translation. How to equip yourself for environmental translation. How to deal with new environmental terminology. How to attract potential customers and to maintain good continuous relationships with them Prerequisites You need to be a professional translator or an environmental professional with an excellent command of your native and target languages Program Click to expand -Different areas of environmental translation -Equipping yourself for environmental translation -Dealing with new environmental terminology -Potential customers and how to maintain good continuous relationships with them Virtual platform system requirements Click to expand ProZ.com videos require a current flash player. Update here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ With low bandwidth Internet connections the video playback may buffer and load slowly, in this case we recommend you wait the whole or most part of the video to load before playing. Registration and payment information (click to expand) Click to expand Price: 20.00 USD Click on the buy button on the right to purchase your seat Participation fee includes unlimited access to the recording. How do I purchase the video? To purchase your seat at this session please click on the "buy" button. After your payment is received, your status will be changed to “registered and paid” and an invoice and receipt of payment will be sent to you for your records. How do I access the video? Once the payment is processed you will be able to watch the video here. Created by Anneta Vysotskaya View feedback | View all courses
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