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lien
Netherlands
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Est-ce que l\'on ne pourrait pas remplacer \"gagnant\" par un autre mot, cela donne trop l\'impression que c\'est une competition alors qu\'en realite toutes les reponses aident a eclaircir une question. Cela eviterait aussi l\'esprit concours de vitesse entre deux ou trois repondeurs. Je crois que Proz a depasse le stade enfantin, c\'etait surement interessant au debut pour attirer les gens.
Ce serait plus simple de dire Choose an answer.
Lien
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TonyTK
German to English
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| Good idea ... | Apr 1, 2003 |
... and the same applies to the exhortation
\"No answers have been proposed yet.
Earn KudoZ points by answering now!\"
that obviously encourages some people to suggest answers that make several of us want to tear our hair out (not easy in my case).
How about replacing it with:
\"No answers have been proposed yet.
Feel free to suggest an answer if you understand the question (!TIP! It is often... See more ... and the same applies to the exhortation
\"No answers have been proposed yet.
Earn KudoZ points by answering now!\"
that obviously encourages some people to suggest answers that make several of us want to tear our hair out (not easy in my case).
How about replacing it with:
\"No answers have been proposed yet.
Feel free to suggest an answer if you understand the question (!TIP! It is often a good idea to read it first.) Research shows that askers generally prefer answers that contain words that actually exist in the target language in question. Context is everything. Speed is nothing. The devil is in the detail. God is dead. Papa was a rollin\' stone. Pour me another tequila, Sheila. These boots are made for walking. Where did our love go? Dooya dooya dooya dooya wanna dance?\"
- or words to that effect
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Nikki Graham 
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:46
Spanish to English
| choose the most helpful answer | Apr 1, 2003 |
I agree that it would be a good idea to change the wording, but I doubt very much if doing this would stop people from racing to get there first or in any way help to improve the current situation.
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Jacek Krankowski (X)
English to Polish
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| Agree with Nikki | Apr 1, 2003 |
Not every virtual contingent of 50,000 (and counting) is as easy to control as out in the real world.
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langnet
Italy
Local time: 04:46
Italian to German
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| I totally agree | Apr 1, 2003 |
Answering KudoZ questions shouldn\'t be a contest!
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| First impressions | Apr 1, 2003 |
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On 2003-04-01 12:39, Amara wrote:
I agree that it would be a good idea to change the wording, but I doubt very much if doing this would stop people from racing to get there first or in any way help to improve the current situation.
Maybe it won\'t help for those whose \"click before you think\" habits are already well-established, but imagine yourself a newcomer; this is the first KudoZ... See more Quote:
On 2003-04-01 12:39, Amara wrote:
I agree that it would be a good idea to change the wording, but I doubt very much if doing this would stop people from racing to get there first or in any way help to improve the current situation.
Maybe it won\'t help for those whose \"click before you think\" habits are already well-established, but imagine yourself a newcomer; this is the first KudoZ you\'ve ever answered... you will get the wrong idea right from the start. Your first impressions might be modified later as you get involved and learn what it\'s really about, but the messages may get you off on the wrong foot right from the start.
Another one that needs changing is the message you get as an asker; every time your question receives an answer, you are asked to pick a winner, even after the first answer. Surely this is one of the factors that leads to answers being selected too quickly, especially by casual users who aren\'t familiar with how the site works, who don\'t realize that the best answers may arrive hours after the first answers (when America wakes up  )
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Caroline Mackay-Sim (X)
Local time: 12:46
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| Thank you..Tony TK | Apr 2, 2003 |
..for a good laugh. Nothing like it.
[ This Message was edited by: CAMackay-S on 2003-04-02 13:53]
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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:46
Spanish to English
| Good words from GoodWords, but... | Apr 2, 2003 |
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On 2003-04-01 18:26, GoodWords wrote:
Another one that needs changing is the message you get as an asker; every time your question receives an answer, you are asked to pick a winner, even after the first answer. Surely this is one of the factors that leads to answers being selected too quickly, especially by casual users who aren\'t familiar with how the site works, who don\'t realize that the best answers may arr
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Uldis Liepkalns
Latvia
Local time: 05:46
Member (2003)
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the main point is that questions should be kept open for a few hours (preferably a day or two) not a few minutes!!!
I represent an Agency and I always need an answer in matter of minutes- situation usually is as follows- the translator turn in the ready job, there is half an hour to deadline, but there still is marked in colour one unclear term or item. Then I need the answer right now, not tomor... See more Quote:
the main point is that questions should be kept open for a few hours (preferably a day or two) not a few minutes!!!
I represent an Agency and I always need an answer in matter of minutes- situation usually is as follows- the translator turn in the ready job, there is half an hour to deadline, but there still is marked in colour one unclear term or item. Then I need the answer right now, not tomorrow. You\'ll ask why translator hasn\'t done it himself- you see, not all translators in this country are online, actually very few are, and you have to be very wealthy indeed here to afford to browse the web via dial up 
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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:46
Spanish to English
| Sorry to hear about your expensive Internet connection | Apr 3, 2003 |
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I represent an Agency and I always need an answer in matter of minutes- I need the answer right now, not tomorrow. you have to be very wealthy indeed here to afford to browse the web via dial up
But are you sure that you\'ve been given the right answer to your questions in such a short time?
And surely translators co... See more Quote:
I represent an Agency and I always need an answer in matter of minutes- I need the answer right now, not tomorrow. you have to be very wealthy indeed here to afford to browse the web via dial up
But are you sure that you\'ve been given the right answer to your questions in such a short time?
And surely translators could inform you long before the deadline is only 30 minutes away that there\'s a problematic term?
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Uldis Liepkalns
Latvia
Local time: 05:46
Member (2003)
English to Latvian
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| You see, Nikki, | Apr 3, 2003 |
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But are you sure that you\'ve been given the right answer to your questions in such a short time?
And surely translators could inform you long before the deadline is only 30 minutes away that there\'s a problematic term?
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Of course you\'re right that 30 minutes is a very short time, but ces\'t la vie and ces\'t la translators
Of course, we do not deliver to the client dou... See more [/quote]
But are you sure that you\'ve been given the right answer to your questions in such a short time?
And surely translators could inform you long before the deadline is only 30 minutes away that there\'s a problematic term?
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Of course you\'re right that 30 minutes is a very short time, but ces\'t la vie and ces\'t la translators
Of course, we do not deliver to the client doubtful version, or at worst we tell him about the difficulties and deliver the correct term latter. Paradoxically, the most baffling terms are not scientific or technical, but idiomatic terms you can\'t find in a printed dictionary, (e.g., I remember \"arm\'s length transaction\"), sometime there isn\'t such a term in target language at all (yesterday we met \" earn-outs\"), and that\'s were human assistance from fellow professionals is invaluable.
About Internet connection prices here in Latvia- they are twice higher than, say, in neighboring Lithuania and Estonia and, AFAIK, 4 times higher than in Germany… So it goes, as Vonnegut said
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lien
Netherlands
Local time: 04:46
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TOPIC STARTER | choose a winner | Apr 5, 2003 |
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On 2003-04-01 18:26, GoodWords wrote:
... but imagine yourself a newcomer; this is the first KudoZ you\'ve ever answered... you will get the wrong idea right from the start. Your first impressions might be modified later as you get involved and learn what it\'s really about, but the messages may get you off on the wrong foot right from the start.
Exactly! That is t... See more Quote:
On 2003-04-01 18:26, GoodWords wrote:
... but imagine yourself a newcomer; this is the first KudoZ you\'ve ever answered... you will get the wrong idea right from the start. Your first impressions might be modified later as you get involved and learn what it\'s really about, but the messages may get you off on the wrong foot right from the start.
Exactly! That is the whole idea and you express it better.
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| Using the answer isn't the same as closing the question | May 16, 2003 |
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On 2003-04-02 19:07, uldis wrote:
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the main point is that questions should be kept open for a few hours (preferably a day or two) not a few minutes!!!
I represent an Agency and I always need an answer in matter of minutes- situation usually is as follows- the translator turn in the ready job, there is half an hour to deadline,
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On 2003-04-02 19:07, uldis wrote:
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the main point is that questions should be kept open for a few hours (preferably a day or two) not a few minutes!!!
I represent an Agency and I always need an answer in matter of minutes- situation usually is as follows- the translator turn in the ready job, there is half an hour to deadline, but there still is marked in colour one unclear term or item. Then I need the answer right now, not tomorrow
You can go ahead and use the answer any time you need it, even if the question hasn\'t yet been officially closed.
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Intergraf
Local time: 21:46
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| Exactly! It's not competition, it's collaboration! | Jul 27, 2003 |
lien wrote:
Est-ce que l'on ne pourrait pas remplacer "gagnant" par un autre mot, cela donne trop l'impression que c'est une competition alors qu'en realite toutes les reponses aident a eclaircir une question.
My feelings exaclty - I hate the competitiveness and it's what makes me avoid KudoZ after a short period of contributing to them. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a shark tank... I always come back, weeks later, hoping it has changed. So far, it hasn't.
lien wrote:
Cela eviterait aussi l'esprit concours de vitesse entre deux ou trois repondeurs. Je crois que Proz a depasse le stade enfantin,
Agree - it is NOT a speed contest. In fact, it shouldn't be a contest at all. It should be a forum for collaboration, for helping out a colleague with a troublesome term or turn of phrase.
However, I do feel that those who contribute should be rewarded in some way. This is why I'd like to be able to give points to more than one person; in other words, be able to rate ALL the answers given, on a scale of "0" (not useful at all) to "4" (outstanding answer). The scale would be thus:
0 = not useful
1 = somewhat useful
2 = useful
3 = very useful
4 = extremely useful; excellent answer
The "0" grading, as opposed to "1" as the lowest possible, would be to discourage people submitting an answer merely to gain a point.
Having the ability to rate all respondents would help the respondents fine-tune their future answers, and it would give points to all who have contributed something useful to the person presenting the inquiry.
I've seen many cases where the complete answer is contained in two or more responses, each of which has presented a partial answer or has given information that's most useful when viewed together with the other responses.
If people contribute information that's useful to the asker, they should be given credit for it.
I often come across interesting questions that have already been graded, yet I still put in my two cents' worth - it may not help the particular asker (sometimes I do this months later), but hopefully it will be useful to the next person who looks at the page. After all, that's what it's all about, isn't it? Helping out?
And to make sure askers grade the questions, maybe give a brownie point for each rated answer, another for constructive comments attached to that grading, and deduct a brownie point for no grade and another for no comment. This would encourage askers to give feedback to their respondents - it's the least they can do after someone took the time to propose an answer.
T.
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