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| User | Thread poster: N.M. Eklund Can the KudoZ term search function be improved? (staff: 'OK, improvements made') |
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cquest 
Poland
Local time: 07:24
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English to Polish
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| | Still nothing done? | Jun 24, 2009 |
OK, let me add another strange phenomenon to the issue of imperfect search engine.
Yesterday I tried to find a two-word term. No search results.
So, I tried Google. And there I found a link to the term in KudoZ.
OK, the word was a part of a 3-word term, but it was enough.
I had not used " " or "match entire phrase" and I am sure there had been no typo or other goofy mistake as I use KudoZ term search a couple of times a week.
However, apparently Google knew better than the internal search engine on ProZ
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cquest
Poland
Local time: 07:24
Partial member
English to Polish
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| | One more thing | Jun 30, 2009 |
On the topic of user-friendliness, I wonder why the SEARCH button is so much smaller than SEARCH AND SAVE SETTINGS. I have already happened to click the wrong button as a result. Shouldn't it be the other way round?
[Edited at 2009-06-30 14:37 GMT]
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chica nueva
Chile
Local time: 03:24
 Student member (2011)
Chinese to English
| | No surprise to me | Jun 30, 2009 |
cquest wrote:
However, apparently Google knew better than the internal search engine on ProZ
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Hello cquest
It's no surprise to me. Apparently that has been the case for quite a long time, at least that was my understanding ...
Lesley
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Kristina Mijic
Croatia
Local time: 07:24
 Member (2007)
English to Croatian
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| | No results when searching for "as is" | Jul 4, 2009 |
When searching for "as is" or "as-is", KudoZ term search does not return any results although there are two entries at least:
- "as is" basis: in English to Spanish
- "as-is": in English to Serbian
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cquest
Poland
Local time: 07:24
Partial member
English to Polish
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| | Search problems piling up | Jul 10, 2009 |
Apparently the Search function is becoming less and less functional
I've just put "whereas" to find no results whatsoever, although if I type "whereas ProZ" in the Google toolbar I get 4 results from a ProZ open glossary. It's getting annoying and undermines the reliability and the essence of this tool here....
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Amy Duncan
Brazil
Local time: 04:24
  Member (2005)
Portuguese to English
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| | I like it now | Jul 10, 2009 |
Now that I've gotten used to the new term search page, I like it better than the old one. I like the fact that the field to enter the term is already highlighted so you can just go ahead and type. I also like that my language pair comes up automatically, but that it's also easy to change it. The only thing I miss is the option to choose an area....tourism, marketing, legal, etc., whatever. That was helpful sometimes.
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Colin Brady
Australia
Local time: 01:24
French to English
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| | Looking into issue... | Jul 10, 2009 |
Hi cquest,
The reason "whereas" doesn't return any results is because of a weakness in the search tool that we use (that hasn't changed with this string of update to the term search.) For technical reasons, that particular term exists in a list of "stop words" that won't be searched for (the list includes words like "you", "if", etc.) I'm looking into a way to minimize this list, but there are some technical issues that must be worked through first.
Thanks for your patience,
Colin
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LittleBalu
Germany
Local time: 07:24
English to German
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| | Click on "Advanced options" below the "Search" button | Jul 10, 2009 |
Amy Duncan wrote:
The only thing I miss is the option to choose an area....tourism, marketing, legal, etc., whatever. That was helpful sometimes. |
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It's all there! Simply click on "Advanced options" to see the specific and general fields. You can select and/or deselect them individually as required.
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cquest
Poland
Local time: 07:24
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... thanks for your explanation. At least it shows someone IS reading this thread
I hope you'll come up with a solution soon
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Amy Duncan
Brazil
Local time: 04:24
Member (2005)
Portuguese to English
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| | Thanks LittleBalu | Jul 10, 2009 |
[quote]LittleBalu wrote:
It's all there! Simply click on "Advanced options" to see the specific and general fields. You can select and/or deselect them individually as required. |
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Yeah, I just saw that....duh.
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Rebekka Groß
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:24
Member (2001)
English to German
| | Why are the Specific fields in the Advanced Options not alphabetical? | Jul 14, 2009 |
Or is it just me? I find it really hard to select fields. Perhaps, Colin or someone else can shed some light into this? I don't select specific fields ocassionally but when I do it's a bit of a hassle.
BTW, this is a bit OT but is there no specific field for Photography?
Thanks
Rebekka
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 07:24
Member (2002)
English to German
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Rebekka Gross wrote:
Or is it just me? I find it really hard to select fields. Perhaps, Colin or someone else can shed some light into this? I don't select specific fields ocassionally but when I do it's a bit of a hassle.
BTW, this is a bit OT but is there no specific field for Photography? |
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Hi Rebekka,
I agree with your suggestion to show specific fields in alphabetical order. And yes, there is a specific field called "Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)"
Steffen
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David Abraham
Romania
Local time: 08:24
Member (2011)
Italian to English
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| | Please go back!! | Jul 23, 2009 |
Please go back to the way it was! Since the so-called improvement, every time i search very simple terms, I get no results at all.
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Thomas Ochiltree
United States
Local time: 01:24
Member (2005)
Latin to English
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| | Can't access replies to question | Jul 29, 2009 |
When I entered a question I got a reply indicating seven answers in two catagories, but only the first one. There was no way of accessing the other answers. This makes the search function -- which is a major reason I subscribe to ProZ, completely useless.
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Sisiutl
Mexico
Local time: 00:24
Partial member (2005)
French to English
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| | Apostrophes causing inaccurate search results | Aug 10, 2009 |
This may have been a problem in the older version of the Search page, although I certainly don’t remember it.
It seems that any apostrophe appearing in the search box sends the wrong message to the search engine, which stops at the apostrophe itself when looking for corresponding entries.
Thus, “mise à l’atmosphère” yields the following search results, none of which is remotely useful:
• “bouchon lisse mise a l\'air libre(marine)”
• “circuit de mise a l\'air libre”
• “clapet de mise a l\'air libre”
• “électrovanne de mise à l\'air libre”
• “mise à l\'échelle”
• “valve de mise à l\'échappement”
Any way this might be solved? It is quite frustrating.
Thank you.
PS: I should add that the results are the same whether or not the expression is enclosed in quote marks.
[Modifié le 2009-08-10 05:15 GMT]
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