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Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Intermittently :-)

Christine Andersen — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:16:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Christine Andersen
Post title: Intermittently :-)

Sometimes, depeding on the job, I find myself using the search several times in the same week. Then several weeks may go by before I use it again. I know from the 'Daily Digest' and previous searches roughly what I can expect to find, and sometimes the discussions are really helpful.

At other times I know the client and probably the concordance in the TM is a better place to search, especially if it has come from a good agency. There I can sometimes recognise which colleagues have contributed, and I know which ones I can rely on!

But if you work in a pair that is less active, it is more a matter of chance what has been entered in the glossary.

I do (almost) always check before posting a new question myself...

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Rarely now

Lany Chabot-Laroche — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:55:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Lany Chabot-Laroche
Post title: Rarely now

I used to be one of the first places I checked, but after a while I noticed that I never found any answer to my questions. Either the term was not found or it was not in the right context.

I still use it, but it is now one of the last places I check now. I still have it bookmarked in my ressources folder though.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Quite frequently - thanks to all those who enter terms

Venkatesh Sundaram — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:39:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Venkatesh Sundaram
Post title: Quite frequently - thanks to all those who enter terms

[quote]Michael Harris wrote:

I tend to use it to double check difficult terms as there are some very good suggestions from very good translators there - Thanks to all of those who enter really useful terms!!! [/quote]

Exactly.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | I agree

Rocio Barrientos — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:44:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Rocio Barrientos
Post title: I agree

[quote]Cristina Heraud-van Tol wrote:

... and many times during the day.

The English Spanish dictionary is really complete. . [/quote]

:)

Have a nice day ProZians!

Rocío

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Same here

Interlangue (X) — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:50:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Interlangue (X)
Post title: Same here

[quote]Angela Dickson wrote:

I don't usually go to ProZ term search directly, but sometimes it comes up via a Google search. I always, always look at the question from which the glossary entry was extracted, as very often the answers by themselves are less than helpful. The process by which the answer was arrived at is usually more enlightening than the answer itself. [/quote]

As a matter of fact, that is how I discovered ProZ...

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Daily...

Cristina Heraud-van Tol — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:38:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Cristina Heraud-van Tol
Post title: Daily...

... and many times during the day.

The English Spanish dictionary is really complete. Almost every term I am looking for it's there. It's a wonderful help! It's incredible to see sometimes what words have been added to the Search Term feature; some are so basic that everybody should know them, I think. It's also interesting to get regional dialect variations of a certain term, especially when talking about clothing and food (banana is plátano in Peru, cambur in Venezuela, guineo in the Caribbean, and so on).

Unfortunately, this doesn't happen with other languages. When I am looking for the translation of a term from French to Spanish, it's almost never there so I have to set this option of "Translation to Any Language", to see if at least I find the term in English, Italian, Portuguese, etc., languages based on which I can figure out the Spanish term. I can imagine that for other combinations with less speakers in this Proz network, there is much less content.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Priority: key factor

Ivette Camargo López — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:16:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Ivette Camargo López
Post title: Priority: key factor

[quote]Parrot wrote:

I must've developed a spontaneous protocol for searches. Starts with Google, includes IATE and other standard sources... but since I'm often redirected to ProZ anyway, it's now a part of the "route". I also keep a direct link because sometimes I'm SURE I've seen that expression input already.

Maybe the relevant question (if you want to assess ProZ.com term search) is, what priority in such a route it occupies. I imagine that would vary with combinations. [/quote]

I follow a similar procedure as you have commented. Proz.com's term search is one of the many resources I use, but its priority depends on many other factors, which have already been commented by others in this thread.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Part of my "rounds"

Parrot — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Parrot
Post title: Part of my "rounds"

I must've developed a spontaneous protocol for searches. Starts with Google, includes IATE and other standard sources... but since I'm often redirected to ProZ anyway, it's now a part of the "route". I also keep a direct link because sometimes I'm SURE I've seen that expression input already.

Maybe the relevant question (if you want to assess ProZ.com term search) is, what priority in such a route it occupies. I imagine that would vary with combinations.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | All the time

Ulrike Kraemer — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:09:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Ulrike Kraemer
Post title: All the time

I use the KudoZ term search like an online dictionary, and it's my first port of call (quoting Catherine) before looking anywhere else for the terms I need to find. That's why I think it's a pity that so many askers and/or answerers don't bother to enter terms in the glossary (at least in my language pairs).

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Frequently

Michael Harris — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:48:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Michael Harris
Post title: Frequently

I tend to use it to double check difficult terms as there are some very good suggestions from very good translators there - Thanks to all of those who enter really useful terms!!!

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Depends

Niraja Nanjundan (X) — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:31:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Niraja Nanjundan (X)
Post title: Depends

I always keep the term search page open when I'm looking up terms, but I don't always use it, although I find it useful to cross-check terms I find elsewhere on the web. As neilmac says it's quite useful in certain specialised areas, such as legal and financial.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | via Google

Angela Dickson (X) — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:14:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Angela Dickson (X)
Post title: via Google

I don't usually go to ProZ term search directly, but sometimes it comes up via a Google search. I always, always look at the question from which the glossary entry was extracted, as very often the answers by themselves are less than helpful. The process by which the answer was arrived at is usually more enlightening than the answer itself.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Sometimes several times a day

Catherine Winzer — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:58:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Catherine Winzer
Post title: Sometimes several times a day

The term search is often my second port of call if I can't find a term in a dictionary.

Admittedly, it doesn't always have what I'm looking for. But sometimes it has exactly what I need and other times the suggestions are sufficient to point me in the right direction.

I then usually double-check (if it's a term I'm not familiar with in English) e.g. by putting the term back into Google to see how many hits it gets and what contexts it is used in.

I find the service very useful. It has been a help to me on numerous occasions.

[Edited at 2009-05-13 08:59 GMT]

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | I answer questions more often than I use the term search

Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:41:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk
Post title: I answer questions more often than I use the term search

... because:

1) usually, contexts differ, but there is just one term;

2) often, terms and/or selection of terms are/is subjective.

IMHO, Proz.com term search is just another adviser (not necessarily The Ultimate Authority!),
whereas "producing" terms is a good exercise and place for useful discussions and insights.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search? | Depends on:

neilmac — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:40:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Depends on:

1) Whether I'm working or not;
2) What I'm working on (I find it very useful to compare legal and financial terms). There some fields that I don't usually even need a dictionary for, but when translating legal texts there can be big differences between the form and meaning in the different variants of Spanish so ProZ.com term search is invaluable for making comparisons, since there are a lot of L. Am. Spanish (and USA English) terms in the glossaries.

Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?

ProZ.com Staff — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How often do you use the ProZ.com term search?".

This poll was originally submitted by Colin

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