| Pages in topic: < [1 2 3 4] | Bug in contest code led to "leak" of entries in a handful of pairs Thread poster: Henry Dotterer
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Susie Miles (X) 
Local time: 03:59
English to Spanish
| Deadline for voting now | Mar 30, 2008 |
Please, could you let me know when is the deadline for this final round voting? I am not feeling very well today and would like to vote or add some notes, but don´t know if I will have some few more days.....
Cordially,
Susie
| | | | | English to Japanese, looks ok... | Mar 30, 2008 |
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Dear Henry and all,
Firstly I sincerely thank you and ProZ staffs for taking seriously my suggestion in the first post to this forum into consideration. I also notice the posts from two colleagues for the English to Japanese pair here, and appreciate them for clarifying their answers or what they experienced at this occasion. Now it seems unclear whether or not leakage was actually an issue to bring this language pair to the last 6 ones with ... See more *** English to Japanese ***
Dear Henry and all,
Firstly I sincerely thank you and ProZ staffs for taking seriously my suggestion in the first post to this forum into consideration. I also notice the posts from two colleagues for the English to Japanese pair here, and appreciate them for clarifying their answers or what they experienced at this occasion. Now it seems unclear whether or not leakage was actually an issue to bring this language pair to the last 6 ones with notes as three people out of the same pair convince we do not have any time to look at others' submissions nor discuss it with others, etc. At least, for now, we reach the number necessary to meet the criteria for voting round, I feel we could go on to the next stage as long as all of us consent.
Just to add up, I personally do not perceive so negatively about leakage itself. I suppose it can technically happen, as Kawamura-san comments. We should be aware. And like many others, it may be a trivial matter as to authenticity of translations. I agree with Gazali in that translation is the art and one translator possibly translates differently from another in most cases. I doubt anyone, especially if we are ProZ members, picks up any other ones' terms or phrases and actually submit entries, for example, on the other hand, considering the extraction may not be necessarily 'piece of cake' for translation in content, even though it's short, and also any new members can come in to participate, I supported the idea that we're to be confirmed as well as convinced for whether or not we "saw" leaked entries and what method of treatment would be best to take before making any decision. Just it.
Now it looks like truly tirivial. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Dagmara Kuliś (X)
Belgium
Local time: 07:59
English to Polish
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Any final decision? Or any idea when the voting will begin in the 'endangered' pairs (or if it will begin at all)?
| | | | RominaZ
Argentina
English to Spanish
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| Thank you, M. Ali | Mar 31, 2008 |
M. Ali Bayraktar wrote:
I am sure that you will not allow to post that but anyway I will try.
I am the person who reported this bug in the contest.
And as soon as I have discovered the leak I have left my entry empty in order to submit it when site staff would solve that problem.
However as soon as I have submitted my support ticket, site staff has blocked all editing procedure.
And my entry left there empty.
So I have written a lot of support ticket and described the situation.
I have got nothing, I am only taking blocks, ignores,
That is not true, M. Ali; you should not make such a misleading statement here. I have personally thanked you and apologized to you, and Romina has also written to you several times. I understand your disappointment. Let's talk again privately if there is something you have not understood.
For others reading this, please know that M. Ali deserves credit and thanks for bringing this bug to light. The only reason he has not been thanked publicly in this thread was to maintain anonymity while the contest is underway.
| | | | RominaZ
Argentina
English to Spanish
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| Affected pairs update. | Apr 3, 2008 |
Dear All,
I'm happy to inform you that all the affected pairs but one have moved to the final voting round.
The only pending pair is Russian> German, which will pass to the final as soon as I receive the pending reply from the last participant.
The final voting deadline is Thursday, April 10 at 14: GMT.
... See more Dear All,
I'm happy to inform you that all the affected pairs but one have moved to the final voting round.
The only pending pair is Russian> German, which will pass to the final as soon as I receive the pending reply from the last participant.
The final voting deadline is Thursday, April 10 at 14: GMT.
You can see the entries and vote here http://www.proz.com/contests .
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
Best regards,
Romina ▲ Collapse
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| Thank you, everyone! | Apr 7, 2008 |
Thank you, everyone, for your cooperation and understanding. Romina should also be thanked for the hard work she has put in to restoring integrity after the "leak".
All pairs have been squared away and voting turnout in this final round has been exceptional. We look forward to announcing winners by week's end.
After this contest closes, Romina will air some ideas in new thread (based on member suggestions) for voting next time around. Your feedback will be appreciated t... See more Thank you, everyone, for your cooperation and understanding. Romina should also be thanked for the hard work she has put in to restoring integrity after the "leak".
All pairs have been squared away and voting turnout in this final round has been exceptional. We look forward to announcing winners by week's end.
After this contest closes, Romina will air some ideas in new thread (based on member suggestions) for voting next time around. Your feedback will be appreciated there. ▲ Collapse
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