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ProZ.com translation contests offer a fun way to take a break from your normal routine while testing and honing your skills with fellow translators.


Current and previous contests

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11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society"Finished
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Entries820
Participants668
Language pairs93
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Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes"Finished
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Entries625
Participants593
Language pairs64
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9th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Business"Finished
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Entries1,163
Participants769
Language pairs141
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1st Annual ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Awakening"Finished
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Entries933
Participants704
Language pairs120
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7th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Sports"Finished
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Entries526
Participants403
Language pairs107
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6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Relationships"Finished
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Entries591
Participants451
Language pairs98
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5th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Travel"Finished
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Entries464
Participants358
Language pairs67
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Fourth ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Raising children"Finished
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Entries518
Participants393
Language pairs82
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Third ProZ.com Translation ContestFinished
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Entries230
Participants208
Language pairs49
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Second ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007Finished
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Entries119
Participants95
Language pairs33
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First ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007Finished
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Entries240
Participants186
Language pairs18



Recent discussion about ProZ.com translation contests

Discussion about 11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society" in French to English - Entry #12638Congratulations on your winning translation

I actually missed the whole event, but loved the 'readability' of your translation and wholeheartedly approve of its faithful reflection of the original text - bravo!
Rowsie
France
Discussion about 11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society" in Indonesian to English - Entry #13273Congratulations!

Excellent translation!
Discussion about 11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society" in English to Farsi (Persian) - Entry #14347Thank you

Dear Mr. Hosseinzadeh, Thank you very much and I wish you all the best always in your professional career.
Discussion about 11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society" in English to Polish - Entry #13637Tylko Dwie Uwagi...

Gratulacje, Pani Anno, za wzięcie udziału w tym konkursie, i przepraszam,że dopiero teraz piszę jakiś komentarz ( po podróży, właśnie przedzieram się przez gąszcz zaległych emails). Podobało mi się Pani tłumaczenie, miałabym tylko dwie uwagi:
- „magazynów wnętrzarskich” – to po prostu nie brzmi dobrze, właściwe byłoby, według mnie, użycie całego sformułowania „ magazynów poświęconych dekoarcji wnętrz”. Niestety, niektórych zwrotów nie się uprościć, bo wtedy brzmią dziwacznie, jak w tym przypadku.
- całe zdanie w nawiasie „ co w niektórych przypadkach...”powinno być częścią poprzedniego zdania, a nie samodzielną jednostką.
Ale ogólnie inne rzeczy bardzo dobre.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie,
Zofia
Congratulations to the (first batch of) winners in the Yogi Berra translation contest!Yogi - Afrikaans Translation

I checked this one - could have read English or German translation - and found a glaring mistake for:
"We´re lost, but making good time" voted best by 5(!) for: "Ons is verdwaal, maar geniet dit baie". The second part says enjoying it very much, but the original speaks of making up good time, ie. catching up on it!
-> Shouldn´t only native speakers be allowed to vote? Why can I not register as trilingual instead of just as bilingual?

Otherwise, a great wensite with many possibilities and lots of useful information!

Greets




What members have said about ProZ.com translation contests

I take the chance to compliment the ProZ.com programming team, for having made a really brilliant contest system.

It was fun to translate [the contest source text] because it presents a certain idea or principle in many different ways (and words) and thereby reveals whether the translator has full command of his/her target language.
Anna Haxen
Denmark

I was just so excited about winning that I couldn't wait to display the winner’s ribbon and the certificate on my profile page!




ProZ.com translation contests

ProZ.com translation contests offer a fun way to take a break from your normal routine while testing and honing your skills with fellow translators.


This is an updated version of the ProZ.com translation contests platform. Some aspects of the old Contests interface have not yet been ported to the new interface.

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