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Name of Seminar:  Project Management			Date of Seminar:  Saturday May 17, 2007
Early Registration before February 15: $95 Registration Fee after February 15:      $135			Location: American National Standards                 Institute                 24 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor                 New York, NY 10036
	Ms. Lana Rachkovskaya, founder and owner of Capital Translations, Inc., has over 13 years of experience in the translations industry, providing translation and language services to the largest companies in various industries including medical, healthcare, legal, marketing and financial fields. She had a successful career both in Russia and in the United States, and actively participates and lectures at translation seminars and workshops in both countries.
Ms. Rachkovskaya’s extensive experience in the translations industry includes broad knowledge and expertise in the project management aspect of the translations, including knowledge of the leading translations technology and effective methods for translations coordination and management. Over the years, Ms. Rachkovskaya trained personnel in translations companies, provided consulting and training on management, analysis and understanding of the translations workflow, as well as on the usage of translation memory tools and glossarization. Ms. Rachkovskaya also designed translation databases for project management and took part in working on the compilation and design of computer dictionaries and machine translation tools.
12:30 to 1:00 p.m.		Registration
1-00 to 2:15 p.m.		Session 1	- Working Effectively with PDF files - Office Equipment: Computer, E-Fax, Scanner, Blackberry - Time Management – Multitasking. Standard Turnaround Times, Word counts - Folder Structures, File Management - Project Management Systems – TO3000, Projetex
2:20 to 3:35 p.m.		Session 2	- Other Helpful Software - ExactSpent, Trados, AnyCount, DeltaView - Trados: TM and File Management - Managing a project from start to finish - Communication with Clients - Out of the office responses
3:40- 4:50 p.m.		Session 3	-  Invoicing  - E-mail management - Back-up - Professional Relationship with other translators/vendors. What you need to know: Freelance Agreements, POs, within 30 days payment policy  - Accounting: QuickBooks or other software to print checks. Maintaining your expenses: categorize all your expenses in advance.
4:50 to 5:00 p.m.		Evaluation and Presentation of Certificates
THIS SEMINAR IS APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION FOR FOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION POINTS FOR ATA-CERTIFIED PARTICIPANTS.