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KudoZ™ translation help network
Providing ProZ users a way to offer each other, and guests, free assistance in translating tough terms.
What is KudoZ™?
KudoZ is a community-based terminology network that provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.
There are two broad areas: "help" KudoZ and "glossary-building" KudoZ. Both share many elements in common but have different objectives:
Through "help" KudoZ™, ProZ.com users offer each other, and guests, free assistance in translating tough terms. The question is posted by someone in need of term help, who should then select the "most helpful" among the answers received. Take a look at our flash introduction to learn more. In this type of KudoZ™, the emphasis is on helping the asker-- the fact that an archive of previously posted terms with suggested translations has been built is a planned, yet peripheral, benefit.
The purpose of the "glossary-building" KudoZ (GBK) is that of coordinating the efforts of willing members of the ProZ.com community in building up an authoritative glossary of terms and their translations in many languages and fields. GBK questions are posted for translation selectively by a GBK team. Community selection is be used to ascertain the most accurate translations from among those proposed.
How does KudoZ™ work?
A "help" KudoZ™ 'transaction' involves three steps:
A person in need of translation assistance posts a term or phrase, providing context and the desired target language.
A site user suggests a translation, provides an explanation and some references.
The asker reviews the suggestions and awards 1 to 4 points to the site user who provided the translation deemed to be the most useful or the most accurate.
How do I earn KudoZ™ points?
KudoZ™ points are earned by answering KudoZ™ questions and having these answers selected by KudoZ™ askers:
Someone posts a KudoZ™ question 👉 You propose an answer 👉 If your answer is selected as the most helpful, you are awarded 1-4 KudoZ points.
- Posting KudoZ™ answers does not award KudoZ™ points, but having these answers selected by askers does.
- Since KudoZ™ points help you to improve your directory position (see how exactly) , you are recommended to earn KudoZ™ points in your top language pair(s) and field(s) of expertise at least.