La Red de Asociaciones de Correctores de Textos en Español (RedACTE) es una agrupación de colectivos profesionales nacida en 2020 tras años de colaboración. Una de las primeras actividades de esta nueva red fue una reunión virtual, celebrada el 29 de junio pasado, entre representantes de las asociaciones que componen la Red y responsables de la Fundéu: su director general, Javier Lascuráin; uno de sus especialistas lingüísticos, David Gallego; y Francisco Javier Pérez, miembro de su Consejo Asesor y actual secretario general de la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, ASALE.

A partir de este primer acercamiento, se ha forjado una colaboración para intercambiar opiniones sobre términos y expresiones nuevos o que generan dudas en el uso diario del idioma. 

¡Y Fundéu ya ha anunciado la colaboración en su sitio!

https://www.fundeu.es/blog/fundeu-y-la-nueva-red-de-correctores-redacte-colaboran-en-el-cuidado-del-espanol/

Los invitamos a visitarnos con frecuencia para leer actualizaciones sobre esta colaboración.

SEA President Helen Eby will teach an upcmoing webinar at Editors Canada on August 6. 

Here are the detials! http://training.editors.ca/upcoming_webinar/clear-spanish-text-in-a-foreign-land-is-it-possible/

How does a Spanish editor or translator approach working on a text for a Spanish-speaking audience in a country like the US where Spanish is not the dominant language? Standards are set by those who use Spanish in daily communication. Translators and editors must spend time with this group to find ways to write text that communicates clearly without sounding awkward, balancing prescriptive and descriptive approaches carefully. Helen will present her book on this topic.

As we recently shared, SEA is now a member of the Alliance of Spanish Editing Associations called RedACTE for its acronym in Spanish. 

This Alliance started with 8 associations--from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, USA--and has already ushered the foundation of a new association in Costa Rica.

Among the Alliance's goals: sharing resources and opportunities for members. With this in mind, all of the associations post activities in a shared calendar that you can access here: https://redacte.org/calendario/

Check it often as more events are added almost daily, or better yet, subscribe!

We are proud to announce that Editors Canada, the renowned editing association from Canada that helped SEA with its launch, is now a trusted partner! 

SEA members pay member prices for select training offers by Editors Canada.

We are thrilled to share that Helen Eby, our current SEA President will present an upcoming webinar at Editors Canada, and this is one event where SEA members can enjoy the select discount.

Check it out at  http://training.editors.ca/!

En tiempos de crisis, la claridad puede salvar vidas. Por eso, el Center for Plain Language acaba de añadir la categoría COVID-19 a la nómina de premios ClearMark de este año.

Si usted o su equipo publican información en español sobre este tema, ya sea escrita directamente en español o traducida, ¡podrían aganar el prestigioso reconocimiento ClearMark!

Los trabajos a nominar debe utilizar los principios del lenguaje claro para ayudar al lector a encontrar información sobre la enfermedad del coronavirus, entenderla, identificar síntomas, tomar medidas preventivas o paliativas y acceder a recursos para aprender más.

El período de nominaciones estará abierto hasta el 10 de julio. Luego de la selección, se anunciará a los ganadores en la ceremonia de premios ClearMark durante la Conferencia virtual de octubre de 2020, que abandera el lema “Acceso para todos”.

Además, todos los trabajos que se nominen recibirán comentarios, sugerencias y, seguramente, elogios, de los jueces, gane quien gane.

Para más información o para remitir sus nominaciones, accedan a https://centerforplainlanguage.org/awards/clearmark-awards-covid-19/.

La expansión de los premios pone en evidencia la importancia de la comunicación sobre salud, y su expansión en español, la importancia que tiene nuestro idioma en el ámbito nacional.

Los alentamos a presentar sus trabajos y, ¡les deseamos la mejor de las suertes!

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English:

ClearMark Awards: New COVID-19 category

In times of crisis, clarity can save lives. That's why the Center for Plain Language just added the COVID-19 category to this year's ClearMark Awards.

If you or your team publish information in English or Spanish on this topic, either written in the language or translated, you could win the prestigious ClearMark Award!

Entries should use the principles of plain language to help readers find information about COVID-19, understand it, identify symptoms, take prevention or other measures, and access resources to learn more.

The nomination period will be open until July 10. After the selction process, winners will be announced at the ClearMark Awards ceremony during the October 2020 Virtual Conference, with the theme Access for All.

In addition, all of the entries will receive feedback, suggestions and, of course, praise from the judges, no matter who wins!

For more information or to submit your etry, go to https://centerforplainlanguage.org/awards/clearmark-awards-covid-19/.

The expansion of the awards underscores the importance of health communication and health literacy, and its expansion into Spanish, the importance of the Spanish language at the national level.

We encourage you to submit your work and wish you the best of luck!

Los premios ClearMark, patrocinados por el centro de lenguaje claro Center for Plain Language de los Estados Unidos, reconocen las comunicaciones en lenguaje claro creadas por organizaciones de América del Norte, ¡lo que incluye entes gubernamentales y no gubernamentales, empresas e instituciones de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá!

Los premios ClearMark se otorgan cada año desde 2010. Entre los ganadores anterior en idioma español se encuentran el Rhode Island Department of Health (Division of Community Health and Equity) y MAXMUS Center for Health Literacy.

¿Tiene una nominación o tiene curiosidad por saber algo más? Vea el webinario informativo preparado por el Center for Plain Language. En el webinario, encontrará información sobre el proceso de nominación y selección y sobre la preparación de nominaciones. Es una excelente forma de empezar a prepararse para los premios.

¡Comuníquese con nosotros si tiene preguntas o sugerencias!

Conference organizer and editor extraordinaire Gael Spivak was in touch recently with SEA directors Helen Eby and Romina Marazzato Sparano with a fabulous announcement!

As you know, Editors Canada has supported SEA from the beginning by sharing their experience with us while in the process of forming our association. Now that we are official, Editors Canada continues their support in the form of a member discount for their second international conference!

The conference will take place from June 19 to 21, 2020, at Le Centre Sheraton hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The Editors Canada member discount for SEA members means a significant savings on conference registration fees. Find out more about the conference here: 

https://www.editors.ca/professional-development/conference/conference-2020

We hope to see you there!

SEA President Helen Eby attended the Editorial Freelancers Association conference in Chicago this year (2019) and networked with conference sponsors to obtain benefits for SEA members. 

The Chicago Manual of Style publishers now offers SEA members a significant discount on the print version of the Chicago Deusto Manual of Style for Spanish. 

The University of Deusto has created a full adaptation, not just a translation, based on the sixteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. This new work retains much of the structure and underlying style of the English edition of the Manual, but offers tailored advice to those who work with words in Spanish-speaking countries. Drawing on the expertise of the world-renowned University of Deusto, this adaptation places a special emphasis on publishing in the scientific and technical fields—an area that has shown dramatic growth globally in recent years. The Manual de estilo Chicago Deusto includes the most up-to-date digital writing standards, as well as current International Organization for Standardization norms, with attention paid to the latest linguistic suggestions from the Real Academia Española.

Professional SEA members can now access their discount code by logging in and visiting the Discount Codes page under Member Benefits (only visible to Professional Members when logged in). 

Visit the page for The University of Chicago Press Books here

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/M/bo18426406.html

Members can use their discount at checkout here: https://www.press.uchicago.edu/index.html

SEA representatives have been meeting with stakeholders to advocate for the profession since our founding in late 2018.

We connect with those who use and need our members’ services to let them know what SEA members can offer. At the same time, we learn what users need and can use this information to better serve our members.

In October of 2018, Helen Eby, SEA President, visited Washington DC., where she met with representatives of the Federal Government. What was their reaction to SEA?

• ·       They welcomed the association.
• ·       Some informed her that they are advocating for regulations requiring that both translating and editing be done by professionals "certified at the highest possible level."
• ·       Helen explained that a Spanish editor reviews a document after the translation is finished and may add missing information, omit irrelevant material, clarify complicated text, include visual aids such as charts and tables, and generally make sure the text is appropriate for the target audience.  
• ·       They wished these services were available in other languages.
• ·       They seemed willing to facilitate that staff in charge of writing documents in Spanish join our association, so they could have a forum to discuss issues related to Spanish writing in the United States. (SEA welcomes Spanish editors working in a wide variety of settings.)
• ·       They were interested to hear that the support of a Spanish editor could be available for those who work on websites in Spanish to avoid wrong link references, inconsistent capitalization styles, and other issues that drive traffic away. Helen recommended that those tasked with working on the Spanish version of websites have some basic Spanish editing skills enabling them to recognize these issues. She added that working editors interested in improving their skills would find a warm welcome at SEA.

In March of 2019, SEA was present at the 2019 Health Literacy Conference in Portland, Oregon, organized by Legacy Health. Those present made the following comments:

• ·       “Finally we have the resources we need to launch our Spanish project! We were hesitant to launch the Spanish version of a training because it is important to get it right.”
• ·       “I am seeing translations that are downright dangerous for patients at my hospital. I’m glad to see an association of Spanish editors that can help with this!”
• ·       “Let me check that directory. I need someone with these qualifications. Yep! Found them! You have two of them! Good.”
• ·       “You have guidelines for editing? That is fantastic! And a style guide? Wonderful! This is truly a professional association!”

What stakeholders should SEA visit next? Wtite to us with your ideas!

SEA was introduced to the national community of editors in the Winter issue of Tracking Changes, the flagship publication of ACES, The Editing Society. In an almost entirely devoted to Spanish Editing, Tracking Changes shares with its readers how and why the Spanish Editors Association was formed and discusses issues pertaining to Spanish texts in the United States. The issue also features several Spanish Editors.

ACES has graciously given us permission to share this issue with our members! Learn more about SEA and the work of Spanish Editors here: Tracking-Changes-Winter-2019.pdf.