A recap of our progress as a workplace and community in 2006, to date.

An update on the progress of the "WWA" feature for optionally collecting, and optionally displaying, entries from previous clients concerning their "willingness to work again" with you.

ProZ.com for Employers (aka Project Connect) was displayed at the Localization World conference in Montreal last week. This press release was circulated to announce the public debut of "your better way to source language professionals".

Compilation of the suggestions received at http://www.proz.com/topic/55502 and overview of ProZ.com's action plans

As many of you know, Michael C. Kidd, formerly of SDL TRADOS, joined ProZ.com's staff in June and has been leading efforts to market member services directly to top language companies and end clients. Here is the press release announcing his role to the rest of the industry.

A team of volunteers has localized ProZ.com into Albanian. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/55178

Marketing member services: we invite interested members with a penchant for design to participate in a focus group to provide feedback to the look-and-feel of the new interface.

ProZ.com, the world’s leading enabling and sourcing platform for language professionals, today announced that Alexa Internet, an Amazon.com company which gathers web information and statistics, has ranked ProZ.com in the top 5,000 most visited online destinations in the world. Propelled by ProZ.com’s growing community of translators, language service providers, employers and clients, the website has emerged as by far the largest and most visited networking forum in the language, localization and globalization industry.

A team of volunteers has localized ProZ.com into Latvian. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/53926

A team of volunteers has localized ProZ.com into Brazilian Portuguese. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/51718

Early bird registration available for the ProZ.com Regional Conference to be held in Edinburgh, UK on Fri 10 - Sat 11 Nov 2006 For more invormation visit http://www.proz.com/conference/8

A team of volunteers has localized ProZ.com into Hungarian. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/51276

A revised version of the WWA feature, customized based on member feedback and stripped down to the marketing function.

ProZ.com members using SiteCreator

As part of the June release we have added several improvements to the Jobs and Blue Board areas of the site, for more details see http://www.proz.com/topic/49944

As part of the June release you are kindly invited to visit http://www.proz.com/ratecalculator (or /Jobs/Rate Calculator) - a new tool for calculating rates

We have assembled all current rules, found out missing or outdated ones, integrated them all in a coherent body and produced a user-friendly display. Please see our announcement at http://www.proz.com/topic/48569 and the rules at http://www.proz.com/siterules

Several improvement were made to our forums. For more details check http://www.proz.com/post/348535#348535

Now it is even easier for our members to use their free hosting. For more details check http://www.proz.com/post/348227#348227

The site directory has been improved as part of the May release. For more details check http://www.proz.com/post/348189#348189

The KudoZ system has been improved as part of the May release. For more details check http://www.proz.com/post/348173#348173

A team of volunteers has localized ProZ.com into Russian. More languages in the pipeline. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/46033

A regional ProZ.com conference, to be held in Berlin from May 27-28, 2006.

ProZ.com's fourth international conference, to be held in Buenos Aires from August 25-27, 2006.

A project to create a comprehensive dictionary of all terms in all languages.

A new profile format--which has been in beta testing for one month--will be available for use. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/45409

A team of volunteers has localized ProZ.com into German, Romanian and Spanish. More languages in the pipeline. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/45405

The KudoZ system has been improved as part of the April release. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/45397

The site directory has been improved as part of the April release. For more details check http://www.proz.com/topic/45393

A new profile format is now available for testing and feedback by members. In addition to improvements in readability and ease-of-use, the new format features the following enhancements: * More complete information, greater flexibility * Readability and navigational improvements * Improved promotional aspects (Note that the current profile format will remain accessible, regardless of the implementation of this new format.)

Working mostly behind the scenes, your ProZ.com team has just completed a spring update. Accomplishments include: - Unicode support site-wide - The "ProZ.com Exchange" - Access policy shift - Sorting of language pairs - Consolidated rules plus articles on getting the most out of ProZ.com - New hardware for speed, increased traffic For details, see: http://www.proz.com/topic/44158

A new profile format is now available for testing and feedback by members. In addition to improvements in readability and ease-of-use, the new format features the following enhancements: * More complete information, greater flexibility * Readability and navigational improvements * Improved promotional aspects (Note that the current profile format will remain accessible, regardless of the implementation of this new format.)

Directory text ads have been released for the new Freelancers directory. ProZ.com Directory Text Ads provide a way for ProZ.com members (platinums), to stand out in this directory.

The ProZ.com Exchange has been redesigned from the ground up and re-released. Members are already actively using it to suggest exchanges (paid or non) of training, language lessons, translation memories, lodging and more.

Two new articles describe how you can get the most out of ProZ.com. One is a guide for translators and interpreters, and the other is a guide for outsourcers and translation companies.

A new site map has been added to serve as a clear navigation guide to the main features at ProZ.com.