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ProZ.com Announces First-Ever Virtual Conference for the Translation Industry

Event to mark both International Translation Day and ProZ.com’s 10^th anniversary

SYRACUSE, NY June 1, 2009 — ProZ.com, the world's leading translator community, announced today that it will host the translation industry’s first-ever virtual trade fair. The event will be conducted entirely online, making it possible for any industry professional to attend for free from anywhere with internet access. The date for the virtual conference is September 30, 2009, International Translation Day – which also coincides roughly with ProZ.com's tenth anniversary.

Technology for the event will be provided by Unisfair, the web's leading provider of virtual events. Attendees will be able to participate in industry presentations, meet with translation company representatives, and network with other professionals via networking lounges and other special features designed to enhance the experience. Prize give-aways for attendees include a 10-year ProZ.com membership and more.

Thanks to strong support from sponsors, attendance at this unprecedented event will be entirely free.

Drew MacFadyen, ProZ.com’s Director of Outside Sales, commented, “Due to the nature of the translation profession, the world's translators are distributed across a wide geographical area. Given the unprecedented convenience of the virtual format and the strong interest we have seen so far from sponsors; it is possible that this will be the largest gathering of professional translators in history.”

About ProZ.com

With more than 300,000 registered translators and interpreters working in more than 300 languages, ProZ.com is the world’s leading community and workplace for language professionals. More than 15,000 companies, including such leading organizations as Bloomberg, IBM, Honda, eBay and The World Bank, use ProZ.com to quickly and easily connect with the translators they need. In addition, ProZ.com’s unique online workplace provides a host of valuable resources for translators – enabling them to more accurately and efficiently perform their demanding work.

For more information, please visit:

ProZ.com’s virtual conference page: http://www.proz.com/conference/74

Register to attend this unique event for free at: http://events.unisfair.com/rt/proz~2009

For more information on how to sponsor or exhibit, contact:

Drew MacFadyen

ProZ.com

[email protected]

+1.267.940.7678

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