Attending Events / Seminars / Conferences are best way to stay in touch with the community. Different events are planned for different reasons, and you could choose which event to attend depending upon the details that are provided by the organizers.

Some events also have workshops which are interactive sessions which help you to better understand the topic and in due course, you end up interacting with other participants and broaden your network of friends.

Best way to get information about the event is to contact organizers while registering for the event or simply checking the webpage. These days most events have a dedicated page on the internet where you could register and find all information about the event. Below is the list of forthcoming translation events from September 2009 until October 2009.

1. Name of Event – Getting Started in Translation and Interpretation

2. Date -  Saturday September 19, 2009 at 10:00 am to  1:00 pm

3. Venue – SFSU Downtown Campus, 835 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103 US

4. Website – http://www.ncta.org/cde.cfm?event=248512

5. Main purpose – This workshop will give you practical information about preparing for and launching a successful career in translation and interpreting. A wide variety of useful themes of interest to beginners will be covered, including concrete tips and resources on topics such as education certification exams; marketing one’s services to agencies and direct clients; the negotiation and drafting of contracts; computers and CAT programs; creating and updating glossaries; bookkeeping issues; and T&I associations and conferences.

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1. Name of Event – Agis ‘09

2. Date - Monday September 21, 2009 at 8:00 am to Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 5:00 pm

3. Venue – University of Limerick, Limerick, SC 29434 US

4. Website – http://www.agis09.org

5. Main purpose- World poverty is the motivation to bring hundreds of translators, NGO volunteers and localization specialists together on a common platform to help build global information sharing. If you are a professional translator, a localiser, a student, or a volunteer – then this is your event.

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1. Name of Event - LRC XIV Localisation in the Cloud

2. Date – Thursday September 24, 2009 at 8:00 am to Friday September 25, 2009 at 5:00 pm

3. Venue – Clarion Hotel Limerick, Limerick, IE

4. Website – http://www.localisation.ie/resources/conferences/2009/index.htm

5. Main purpose- The theme of this year’s conference is Localisation in The Cloud and the conference aims to look at the application of cloud based computing and software as a service concepts to the software localisation industry.

The conference will also provide a forum for discussions on engaging customers, service providers, tools developers and the user community in the cloud.

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1. Name of Event – SDL Global Information Management Thought Leadership Conference – London

2. Date - Thursday October 15, 2009 at 9:30 am to  4:30 pm
3. Venue – Landmark Hotel, 222 Marylebone Road, London, GREATER LONDON NW1 6JQ GB

4. Website – http://www.sdl.com/london

5. Main purpose- Attend this free event to learn why Global Information Management – the concept of authoring and managing multilingual content for your local audiences – is important for retaining and growing market share in the global marketplace.

To register for this event please go to http://www.sdl.com/en/events/2009-10-15-gim-london.asp

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1. Name of Event – Localization World

2. Date – Tuesday October 20, 2009 at 8:00 am t Thursday October 22, 2009 at 5:00 pm

3. Venue – Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA 95054 US

4. Website – http://www.localizationworld.com/lwsv2009

5. Main purpose- Localization World is a conference that  invites leading businesses to acquire knowledge on localization, translation, and global website management.

If you have information about any other translation / interpretation event from Sept 2009 to October 2009, then do write a comment to this article.