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Main Page From Jump to: navigation , search Welcome to the a collaborative effort of language professionals, for language professionals. 133 articles created by language professionals Art and craft of Books Business issues CAT tools Translation by country Desktop Publishing Industry data Invoicing Literary translation Interpreting Marketing Negotiation Productivity Risk management SDL Trados Tools Companies Work process All categories About the This wiki is a new area at ProZ.com. It is intended to enable ProZ.com users to bring together and share their collective knowledge of translation industry topics. Such topics might include how to get started in the industry, tax issues in various countries, CAT tools, translation quality, etc. If you are reading this and you are logged in, you are invited to add or change the content in any article by clicking on the "Edit" tab. With your thoughtful contributions, this resource will become increasingly valuable for all. All content is openly available. This wiki is still being developed and improved. Menu options may change, and informational text is still being added. If you have any questions or need any assistance, please check ProZ.com Translation industry wiki FAQs or else submit a support request . Discussion on existing wiki articles and ideas for new articles can be discussed in the ProZ.com wiki forum . Working with multi-lingual content For information about working with multi-lingual content in the , see Project:Language policy Finding your way around To find an article, you can search using the box on the left, or browse: All categories All pages You will also find a list of current categories at the top of this page. Learn more about using the wiki format These links to other sites may be helpful in learning more about how to use a wiki. Cheat sheet - simple instructions for editing, such as how to indent or make something bold or italic Wikipedia entry on editing a page - some more information about editing a page How to add a new page User's Guide MediaWiki FAQ Discussion related to this article Please note that ProZ.com forum rules apply to this area. Track this topic Main Page l Gaston l Local time: 06:58 Afrikaans to Ancient Hebrew + ... Welcome to the ProZ.com translation wiki Jun 4, 2010 If you have any questions or comments about the wiki in general, you can post them here. Each wiki article also has its own comment feature, for discussion about the content of that article. Best, Gastón Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, MFA Local time: 04:58 French to English + ... Thank you! Aug 1, 2010 What a wonderful idea to start a wiki! I have participated in a wiki in a different field and found it to be extremely beneficial. One of my favorite quotes is, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another"(Proverbs 27:17). May we all sharpen one another with our knowledge about the great profession of translation. Warm regards, Dr. Maryann Diorio TopNotch Translation Services www.TopN ... See more What a wonderful idea to start a wiki! I have participated in a wiki in a different field and found it to be extremely beneficial. One of my favorite quotes is, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another"(Proverbs 27:17). May we all sharpen one another with our knowledge about the great profession of translation. Warm regards, Dr. Maryann Diorio TopNotch Translation Services www.TopNotchTranslationServices.com ▲ Collapse Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) culture Local time: 10:58 English + ... Thank you! Sep 23, 2010 MaryAnn Diorio, Ph.D., D.Min. wrote: What a wonderful idea to start a wiki! I have participated in a wiki in a different field and found it to be extremely beneficial. One of my favorite quotes is, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another"(Proverbs 27:17). May we all sharpen one another with our knowledge about the great profession of translation. Warm regards, Dr. Maryann Diorio TopNotch Translation Services www.TopNotchTranslationServices.com Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) Tony Bennjamin Indonesia Local time: 16:58 Indonesian to English + ... How to translate articles in Wiki? Jan 28, 2011 Dear all, I like to find information from Wiki and found it very useful. But, unfortunately, there are still few number of good article that is not translated into my language. Which I am worry that not many people in my country can understand English very well, unless if they had taken course or study abroad. How can I translate the article in the Wiki? Thanks for the help. Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) Jared Tabor Local time: 06:58 SITE STAFF Creating localized articles in wiki format Jan 28, 2011 To create a translated version of an article in the wiki, you can first create the page, using the language code. For example: http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Translation_in_Argentina The translation in Argentina article, in English, was created in a Spanish version as well by naming a page "Translation in Argentina/es" ("es" being the code for Spanish). A tag, {{Langua ... See more To create a translated version of an article in the wiki, you can first create the page, using the language code. For example: http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Translation_in_Argentina The translation in Argentina article, in English, was created in a Spanish version as well by naming a page "Translation in Argentina/es" ("es" being the code for Spanish). A tag, {{Languages}} is then inserted in the different article versions, linking them together. The language code for Indonesian is "id". If you need more help with this, just let me know which article or articles you would like to work on and I can set the pages up for you. Thanks! ▲ Collapse Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) Nadja Zacher Local time: 10:58 Dutch to German + ... Feb 17, 2011 What a great idea! Thank you. Regards, Nadja Zacher Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) Mazower German to English May 30, 2011 Indeed this is a timely and welcome project for translation professionals everywhere. Anything which encourages collaboration + online meetings between translators can only be a good thing. May the project continue to grow and prosper. Yes, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" - one of the better proverbs, I always thought. [Edited at 2011-06-02 18:38 GMT] Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) abdou2011 Philippines Local time: 17:58 Arabic to English + ... Proz.com wiki Dec 5, 2011 Actually, I found this idea so useful. Indeed we are in dire need of such creativities and innovations. Thank you so much. Best regards, Abdou Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional) Yongzhen Liu China Local time: 17:58 English to Chinese Glad to join the big platform Mar 30, 2012 This is the first time I came here and I found everything interesting and amazing, glad to join the big platform, hope to get progressed soon! Sincere, Frint Subject: Comment: The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. ...