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Kirill Semenov 
Ukraine
Local time: 08:28
Member (2004)
English to Russian
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| It does not work properly | Apr 4, 2006 |
The search works OK for Latin characters, but when I try to use it for Russian (Cyrillic, both via ProZ site and via ProZ KudoZ Search toolbar), it gives glitches so often that I stopped to try it. Now I use it only to search something in English.
| | | | | Very helpful! | Apr 4, 2006 |
I use it on a daily basis and find it very helpful - especially when I can't find a term in any of my other sources - the possibility of actually posting a question is priceless!
| | | | sylvie malich (X)
Germany
Local time: 07:28
German to English
| That's exactly what I've been doing | Apr 4, 2006 |
Lia Fail wrote:
...it works very well, seems to be easier to enter term in Google and include Proz as a key word.
I usually get 0 results unless I use this method.
-sylvie
| | | | | same here-glossary would be fantastic if one could find the terms in it | Apr 4, 2006 |
sylvie malich wrote: Lia Fail wrote:
...it works very well, seems to be easier to enter term in Google and include Proz as a key word. I usually get 0 results unless I use this method. -sylvie
I feel something really needs to be done so that a glossary search really does reveal what's in the glossary. Often the result is 000 and then on Google, lots of Kudoz hits appear. Very frustrating and time-wasting. For 2 of my 3 source languages, the Kudoz glossary is always a tremendous help but it would be great if improvements were made to the actual search function.
[Edited at 2006-04-04 11:07]
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Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:28
Italian to English
Now that the number of entries has grown in my languages, I am making greater use of it.
While it cannot yet claim to be as comprehensive as a dictionary, it really does show up how limited and out of date many dictionaries are.
Seeing how words are actually used in context (and often having a range of options to choose from) has made it one of my first points of reference.
| | | | | feature improvements | Apr 4, 2006 |
The Proz.com term search feature has not been improved for quite some time. It would be nice to have more options when searching for a term. For instance, a "+" or "-" to include/exclude a word (or a box one could tick), inverted commas to include a specific phrase (and not just two separate words), etc.
I am surprised these -or other- improvements have not been implemented yet.
Diego in BA
| | | | | googling tip (off-topicky) | Apr 4, 2006 |
Lia Fail wrote:
...it works very well, seems to be easier to enter term in Google and include Proz as a key word.
What I do is search this way:
intitle:term spanish site:proz.com
This way I get the term I want in the page title, so I generally get more hits for kudoz questions and less for forum posts, for example; the word Spanish (in my case) helps make sure I'll get a translation of my term into Spanish.
FWIW,
Andrea
[Edited at 2006-04-04 18:54]
| | | | NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 01:28
Member (2002)
French to English
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MODERATOR | Thanks Andrea! | Apr 6, 2006 |
That's an invaluable tip for maximising the use of an invaluable tool.
Nancy
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