Program

Meet in the hotel lobby at 9:00 am to share a taxi to our starting point: El Morro, a 16th-century citadel on the northwestern tip of the San Juan islet. We will then meander through the streets of San Juan, seeing historical landmarks, learning about the city and stopping for lunch.

See the Networking page for details.

This workshop is reserved for users who want to deploy their own virtual private server in the cloud for Wordfast Server. It is included in the conference fee; however, participation is limited to the first 8 people who sign up for it.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to deploy a virtual private server (est. cost of $268 per year), install and run Wordfast Server in demo mode for up to 2 concurrent connections for free, and load TMs and glossaries on Wordfast Server so they are accessible from any computer.

During this afternoon excursion, you can appreciate Old San Juan from the sea on the Amazing Grace, an 81 topsail schooner replica of the traditional American sailing crafts that fought fought the British in the War of Independence and again in 1812.

See the Networking page for details.

Join us for a drink at the hotel bar. Bring your bathing suit if you’re in the mood for a swim.

Meet up with friends and colleagues for this informal gathering before the conference gets underway. See the Networking page for details.

Collect your badge and enjoy a breakfast of champions before we start the day:

Assortment of breads, croissants and local pastries, fresh fruit salad and yogurt, juices, coffee and tea, oatmeal, Spanish omelet, crispy bacon, roasted herbs red bliss potatoes, and fluffy pancakes.

Welcome address, introductions, and messages from our sponsors.

Learn to create your own opportunities for your career and in life. Luck doesn’t put you in the right place at the right time. You need to look for openings, create opportunities, and be ready to capitalize on them. During this keynote, you will learn to spot divine connections that can help you achieve your goals. You will learn the secrets of proactive promotion, out-of-network analysis of ideas, and positive decision-making.

Freshly brewed Puerto Rican coffee, selection of herbal teas, flavored iced tea or fruit punch with brownies and blondies and assorted cookies.

Participants will be asked to submit questions they want to discuss when registering. We will compile these submissions and use them to assign themes to several round tables. During this session, participants can sit at the round table whose topic they are most interested in learning more about or sharing knowledge and best practices with their peers. Moderators will briefly summarize discussions at each table at the end.

Level: All

Buffet Lunch:
Potatoes and Bacon Soup
Spinach Salad
Tomato and Local Cheese Salad with White Balsamic Vinaigrette

Regular expressions (regex) are an important part of using a CAT tool at the intermediate to advanced level. Regex can be used for a variety of purposes from filtering the source and or target content of a file, to batch editing multiple target segments; from capturing untranslatable placeholders and variables to convert them into tags in standard file types such as MS Word, MS Excel, and others, to creating custom translatable content extraction rules when working with non-standard file types. This session will demonstrate all four applications in Wordfast Pro.

Level: Intermediate – Advanced

Meet with developers or expert users from our tech support team for one-to-one sessions to resolve specific problems or describe features or improvements you would like to see on the development roadmap for your particular tool.

Freshly brewed Puerto Rican coffee, selection of herbal teas, flavored iced tea or fruit punch with mini Reuben sandwiches and spinach and Boursin dip with plantain chips.

Is your business growing and do you need to outsource work to colleagues? Does your company use Wordfast Pro but some of your vendors need a more affordable CAT tool? Do you want to ensure consistency by leveraging shared TMs and glossaries, no matter the tool you’re using? During this session, we will look at best practices for collaboration in cases where a Wordfast Anywhere user outsources to a Wordfast Anywhere user, a Wordfast Pro user outsources to a Wordfast Anywhere user, or a Wordfast Anywhere user outsources to a Wordfast Pro user.

Level: Beginner – Intermediate

Meet with developers or expert users from our tech support team for one-to-one sessions to resolve specific problems or describe features or improvements you would like to see on the development roadmap for your particular tool.

What should you do next after you receive an email requesting a quote? What should you be doing to effectively take this prospect from lead to loyal client? During this session, we’ll examine the customer-centric sales methodology and how to apply it to your translation or interpreting business. After this session, you will be able to formulate questions to identify client goals and lead a sales conversation with direct clients. You will also be able to draft a sales follow-up email that reiterates goals, offers solutions, and details the next steps to seal the deal.

Level: All

Check out the Networking page for details about this rooftop dinner party. Please wear white with a blue or red accessory (for pictures’ sake!).

Enjoy a breakfast of champions before we start the day:

Assortment of breads, croissants and local pastries, fresh fruit salad and yogurt, juices, coffee and tea, oatmeal, frittata à la Florentina, sausage links, potatoes O’Brien, and French toast.

Level: Advanced

Meet with developers or expert users from our tech support team for one-to-one sessions to resolve specific problems or describe features or improvements you would like to see on the development roadmap for your particular tool.

Freshly brewed Puerto Rican coffee, selection of herbal teas, flavored iced tea or fruit punch with mini fruit tarts and cream scone with cream cheese and marmalade.

Participants will be asked to submit questions they want to discuss when registering. We will compile these submissions and use them to assign themes to several round tables. During this session, participants can sit at the round table whose topic they are most interested in learning more about or sharing knowledge and best practices with their peers. Moderators will briefly summarize discussions at each table at the end.

Level: All

Buffet Lunch:
Chicken Asopao Soup
Arugula Salad
Rottini Pasta Salad with Pesto

In this session, Reginaldo will bring a set of sample texts with problems that can be solved using Wordfast Pro features and settings (Preferences, TXLF filters, regex, etc.). The participants will be invited to try and find a solution for each problem. The proposed solutions will be discussed and compared to the solution devised by the speaker.

Level: Intermediate

Meet with developers or expert users from our tech support team for one-to-one sessions to resolve specific problems or describe features or improvements you would like to see on the development roadmap for your particular tool.

Freshly brewed Puerto Rican coffee, selection of herbal teas, flavored iced tea or fruit punch with mini Cubanito sandwiches and hummus with pita chips.

Wordfast Pro has a plethora of settings that affect its behavior. Some are self-explanatory, but many are pretty arcane. During the session, we will go through most of them, with a special focus on the less obvious ones.

Level: Intermediate

Meet with developers or expert users from our tech support team for one-to-one sessions to resolve specific problems or describe features or improvements you would like to see on the development roadmap for your particular tool.

What are your clients’ communication needs? And are you able to meet those needs? Companies and organizations use a range of communication types – layered communications – to engage with their customers and users. They tailor their message to their intended audience: from technical and specialist documents for experts, to social media posts for consumers. This session will explore different types and levels of communication, using examples from institutions and corporations. It will include a text analysis and discussion exercise.

Level: All

Stick around for a prize drawing, a few closing remarks, and to find out where next year’s conference will take place.

Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the rest of your tax-deductible business trip to Puerto Rico with some local fare in the Santurce neighborhood!

CULEBRA SNORKELING & BEACH TOUR

This full day boat trip will take you along the coast to Culebra Island, where you will be able to experience and enjoy the beautiful and colorful marine life of its pristine coral reefs and beaches.

Learn more and sign up here.