1 - Mi a ProZ.com?

A ProZ.com – a közösség – a nyelvvel foglalkozó szakemberek csoportja. Tagjaik közé fordítók, tolmácsok, fordítóirodák és az ügyfeleik tartoznak. A ProZ.com – a webhely – egy piactér és munkahely: nyelvi szakemberek ezrei adnak és kapnak itt munkát vagy fordítási tanácsot naponta. A ProZ.com – a munkatársak – olyan programozók és nyelvrajongók kis csoportja, akik New York államban, Syracuse városban végzik munkájukat, amelyet önkéntes moderátorok segítenek világszerte.

2 - Hogyan ejtik a „ProZ.com” nevét?

New Yorkban, a központban a ProZ.com munkatársai a webhely nevét úgy ejtik, hogy „próz-dot-kom”. A „proz” rész ejtése pontosan úgy történik, mint a „próza” szó elejében. Mások viszont úgy is mondják, hogy „pro-zí-dot-kom”, „pro-zed”, „proszetta” stb.

3 - A webhelyet a régi megjelenéssel szeretném használni, azzal, ahol a teljes menü a bal oldalon volt. Van erre lehetőség?

Igen. A visszatéréshez egyszerűen kattintson erre a hivatkozásra:
http://www.proz.com/topic/42674?toggle_design=v3 (Azt ajánljuk, hogy vegye fel ezt a hivatkozást a Kedvencek vagy a Könyvjelzők közé, hogy bármikor váltani tudjon a régi és az új megjelenés között.)

Vigyázzon, mert a régi megjelenéshez már nem nyújtunk támogatást. Egyes funkciók csak az új megjelenésű webhelyről érhetők el, a régiről nem (az új megjelenéssel minden funkció elérhető).

Mivel nem tudjuk garantálni, hogy a különböző fejlesztések eredményeképp a régi megjelenés nem válik használhatatlanná, és azt szeretnénk, ha a webhely összes tagja hozzáférne az összes funkcióhoz, ezért a régi megjelenést idővel meg fogjuk szüntetni. Addig is azt javasoljuk azoknak a felhasználóinknak, akik régi megjelenéssel használják a webhelyet, hogy váltogassanak a régi és új között (a könyvjelzők vagy kedvencek közé felvett „visszaléptető” hivatkozással), amíg meg nem szokják a webhely új megjelenését.

4 - Hány szószedet található a webhelyen?

A webhelyen található szószedetek két típusba sorolhatók: a személyes szószedetek és a KudoZ szószedetek csoportjába.

(A GlossPost egy olyan speciális fórum, amelynek célja a szószedetek, szótárak és terminológia-adatbázisok URL-címeinek terjesztése a fordítók között.)

Amikor egy felhasználó feltesz egy kérdést a KudoZ rendszerben, az értékelés után lehetősége van a KudoZ-kérdés felvételére a KudoZ szószedetbe, illetve a személyes szószedetébe. Miután a kifejezés bekerült a KudoZ-szószedetbe, az kereshetvé válik a KudoZ különböző keresőfunkcióival: a KudoZ-kereséssel, a KudoZ-szószedetekkel, és a KudoZ menüben szereplő szószedetkereső funkciókkal.

Megjegyzés: Ha a KudoZ-kifejezést a személyes szószedetébe veszi fel, a kifejezés a „személyes szószedetébe” kerül, nem a „KudoZ” szószedetbe.

A személyes szószedeteket Ön töltheti fel/írhatja be a saját terminológiai adatbázisa felépítéséhez. Ehhez kattintson a profillap bal oldalán látható „kifejezések szerkesztése” hivatkozásra. Ha valamelyik szószedetet törölni szeretné vagy át szeretné nevezni, kattintson a „Saját szószedetek” elemre a „Saját ProZ.com” menüben.

Megjegyzés: A személyes szószedetbe beírt kifejezések és a KudoZ-kifejezések formázása után írunk jóvá BrowniZ-pontokat.

5 - Az országom nem szerepel a webhelyen, vagy hibásan szerepel a listában.

A webhely mind a nyelvek, mind az országok tekintetében az ISO kódokat használja. Az országok listája és a hozzájuk tartozó ISO kódok itt találhatók: here.

Ha az Ön országa nem jelenik meg a webhelyen, vagy az ISO kódok alapján hibásan szerepel a listában, kérjük értesítse a webhely munkatársait egy segítségkérő üzenet küldésével.

6 - Can I customize my homepage?

Yes. There are several areas of the homepage which you can customize to suit your preferences, including the forums, jobs and KudoZ questions shown.

7 - Can I link to ProZ.com from my website?

Yes! Links to ProZ.com from your website are welcome. You can find some easy links and images to include in your website here: http://www.proz.com/link_to_proz

Please note that when linking to ProZ.com, we ask that you not show ProZ.com pages embedded within the frames of your own site.

8 - How can I contact ProZ.com staff?

The quickest, most convenient (and most highly preferred by ProZ.com staff) way to contact ProZ.com is to submit a:

Support Request

Comments and suggestions, as well as reports of problems and requests for help should be submitted using the Support Requests link above.

Note: Most system messages come from bounce-handler@proz.com. This is NOT a valid address, and any replies are automatically deleted. Please submit a Support Request instead.

9 - How do I take a "screenshot" to send to ProZ.com support?

A screenshot is an image of your computer screen as it currently looks to you. It is useful for showing to support staff to illustrate a problem you are having. If you are using Microsoft Windows, you can take a screenshot by pressing the "print screen" button on your keyboard. That will copy an image of your screen to the clipboard. You can then paste this screenshot into another program, such as Microsoft Paint or Microsoft Word. Save this file and send it to ProZ.com support staff as a file attachment.

10 - Where can I see my past support requests?

Just look under the My ProZ.com tab at the top of the page, "My support requests".

11 - How can I clear my browser's cache?

Most browsers maintain a local copy of web pages on your disk or in memory to speed up reloading previously visited web pages. This is called a "cache" of those pages. Sometimes, the browser doesn't recognize that a newer version of a page is available, and shows you the old one.

To override your browser's cache, try reloading a web page by holding down the SHIFT key and pressing F5 or clicking Refresh or Reload. If that does not work, try clearing your cache by following the instructions on this page:

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/cache.htm

If you continue to have problems that appear to be caused by caching, you may need to edit the cache settings in your browser. See this page for more information about editing your browser's cache settings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache

12 - How is the randomness of the featured translator determined?

The selection algorithm is completely random and is not weighted in favor of any particular individual. The protections are specific to the frequency of display in relation to a rough deviation from the mean.

Specifically, the display frequency is compared to the average number of times a translator has been featured, if a randomly selected profile has been featured more than twice the average, then another profile will be selected until one meets the criteria.

13 - What are “ad-hominem statements” and why are they forbiden by site general rule #2?

According to the Law Encyclopedia's definition quoted by Answers.com, “ad-hominem” [Latin, To the person.] is a term used in debate to denote an argument made personally against an opponent, instead of against the opponent's argument.

The reason that ad hominem arguments are not allowed is that they tend, at least in ProZ.com forums, to degeneration in discourse. Since the solution to translation-related problems or issues do not tend to require an ad hominem statement, this restriction against them does not detract from the purposes of the forums. On the contrary, disallowing ad hominem remarks has the effect of refocusing attention on the issues.

14 - I have a complaint about a rules enforcement or other action taken by moderators or staff, where can I register this?

If you have a problem, complaint or question regarding rules enforcement actions taken by staff or moderators, please contact site staff via the support system. Requests for clarification on site rules and rules enforcement should use this channel, and not be posted in the forums.

15 - Localization / character sets

15.1 - I am viewing the site in a language I cannot understand. What happened?

On the bottom right corner of the home page there is a drop down menu titled "Site language". To change the site language, please click on the drop down menu (titled site language) and select the language desired.

15.2 - What character sets (Cyrillic, etc.) can I use throughout the site?

The ProZ.com site does not differentiate between different character sets. Text that is inputted is outputted exactly as entered, including using the same character set.

Translators may have problems viewing certain character sets on the site. These problems are not specific to ProZ.com, and need to be corrected at the browser/operating system level. Exactly how to do this varies, but usually requires manually specifiying the character set to display the page in using a "Character Set " or "Character Coding" menu in the browser, or installing the needed character set at the browser or operating system level. Please consult your local documation for further details.

Questions regarding displaying different character sets often come up in the ProZ.com Forums (click here), so you may wish to browse the archives for helpful hints. Always check the archives first before asking a question, because there is a good chance it has been asked before.

15.3 - The localization in my language is inconsistent. What can I do?

Thanks for your willingness to help.

ProZ.com was translated by volunteers using an automated system that showed strings without context, and did not facilitate communication among translators. For this reason, the translations are inconsistent, even incorrect, in some places.

We plan to organize proper localization teams later in the year. At that time we will call for volunteers.

15.4 - How does ProZ.com handle character sets?

Originally ProZ.com did not specify a character set in its pages, allowing text to be entered in any encoding specific to the language being used. Unfortunately this policy does not make for a site that is easy to view, especially in languages in which there is no single standard character encoding, such as Japanese.

To alleviate this problem ProZ.com began a policy to migrate the site to using Unicode as a standard character encoding for the entire site. Starting in February 2006 parts of the site began being converted to using Unicode and converting older data into working Unicode text.

15.5 - How can I set the character encoding used by my browser?

Most browsers allow you to view a page in your chosen encoding by selecting View->Encoding from the browser's main menu. Note, however, that your choice of encoding may not "stick"--that is, when you visit another page, the encoding may change and you may need to set your browser's character encoding again.

15.6 - What is Unicode?

To understand what Unicode is, it is important to understand the concept behind a character set.

When text is entered into and stored on a computer it is stored in binary like all data on a computer is stored. A character set is essentially a table that tells the computer how the binary version of the text turns into actual characters on the screen. Most character sets only have room for a maximum of 255 characters, so originally each language family would have its own character set that mapped the stored data into the characters of that language's alphabet or symbols.

Because character sets were specific to languages that shared the same symbols, and there were often more than one character set for any given language, exchanging text between computers became increasingly difficult as the internet and international exchanges became more widespread.

To solve this problem the Unicode character set was created. The intent of Unicode is to offer a single character set that contains a way of representing all characters from as many languages as possible. For most people the technical details are not important, the important thing is that with Unicode it is possible to display almost any character on the same page or document without having to worry about which character set needs to be used.

15.7 - Why should I use Unicode?

To put it simply, Unicode is the character encoding of the future. As time goes on the need for the exchange of text in multiple languages becomes more and more important. For international, multi-lingual communities like ProZ.com this is an absolute essential technology.

Here are just a few of the possible texts that can all be displayed at once using unicode:

Arabic - يونِكود
Cyrillic - Юникод
Greek - Γιούνικοντ
Chinese - 统一码
Hebrew - יוניקוד
Japanese - ユニコード
Devanagari - यूनिकोड

15.8 - This text is in Unicode, why is it showing up as question marks or missing character symbols?

There are two reasons why this could be happening.

The first is that while Unicode is a character set that tells your computer which characters to display your computer still needs a font to determine what these characters actually look like. Most modern computers come with all the Unicode fonts for the most widely used languages, but there are some that need their own font to be added.

Fonts for some of the lesser used scripts in unicode can be found here.

The other reason this text might be garbled is that it is not truly Unicode. When a modern browser receives non-Unicode text when it is expecting Unicode it will try its best to turn that text into Unicode, but depending on the original character set of the text this might not be possible. What results is a text that uses the Unicode character set that because it was translated incorrectly no longer holds any meaning.

15.9 - I am unable to sign in, and my username or password contains non-ASCII characters.

Because ProZ.com's login forms now expect usernames and passwords to be entered in Unicode, if your username or password was previously entered using non-Unicode characters, you may be unable to sign in.

If you know the encoding in which your username and password are stored, visit the non-Unicode login page, set your browser to use the correct encoding, and sign in. (See this FAQ to learn how to set the character encoding in your browser.)

If you do not know the original encoding of your username and password, or if you still have trouble signing in, you can change your username and password to use Unicode characters by following the instructions on this page.

15.10 - My name appears garbled in some parts of the site. How can I correct it?

If your name does not display correctly in some parts of the site, it may be stored in a character set other than Unicode. If that is the case, underneath your name on your profile page you will see a link to convert your name to Unicode. Click the link and follow the instructions on the subsequent pages. (If your identity has been verified, converting your name to Unicode using this method will not cause your identity verification to be revoked.)

15.11 - My data appears garbled in some parts of the site. How can I fix this?

If data that you entered appears garbled in some parts of the site, it may not have been encoded in Unicode. In much of the site we try to automatically convert data to Unicode when possible, so your data may appear fine in some areas but garbled in others. To make your data appear correctly throughout the entire site, simply correct it using the editing form for that data. New data that you submit from now on should automatically be encoded using Unicode, and should therefore appear correctly throughout the site.

15.12 - What are these checkmark and arrow icons appearing by text throughout the site?

Because not all data at ProZ.com is encoded using Unicode, we are attempting to automatically convert non-Unicode data into Unicode as it is displayed. This conversion is not always accurate because it requires the system to guess the encoding of the original text. The and buttons allow viewers to tell the system whether it converted the data correctly.

If the text preceding the buttons appears garbled, please click on the icon to help the system determine the correct conversion of the data.

If the text is displayed correctly, click on the icon to tell the system that it guessed correctly.

16 - Languages

16.1 - How was the list of languages used throughout ProZ.com created?

The ISO (International Standards Organization) published a 3-letter coding system with approximately 430 languages included. We use those, with additions made based on member requests.

16.2 - I would like a certain language added to the list. How can I request that?

Enter a support request.

16.3 - What about other changes?

Please suggest any other changes to the list via support request.

17 - Date and time

17.1 - What time zone is used on ProZ.com?

By default, all times are shown on the site in GMT. However, registered users can choose to see times in their preferred time zone instead.

17.2 - How can I see dates and times in my own time zone and preferred format?

You can change the way dates and times appear to you on ProZ.com by adjusting your date and time display preferences. In addition to setting your time zone, you can specify whether you prefer to see times using a 12- or 24-hour clock, for example.

To edit your date and time preferences, click the time zone link in the current time that is shown at the top of each page. You can also edit this from the profile editor and various other places.

17.3 - Which time zone should I choose? Why are there so many time zones in my country?

Some countries have several different time zones to choose from. This is often a result of different regions within the country observing different rules about when to adjust clocks for daylight savings time (or whether to observe it at all).

If several time zones are listed for your country, choose the one with the GMT offset that matches your current time.

If there is more than one time zone with your GMT offset, choose the time zone associated with the nearest large metropolitan city. Some attempt has been made to indicate the most common time zones in these cases.

If you are in a jurisdiction with daylight savings time rules that are unusual for your area, you are likely already aware of this, and you should select the time zone that indicates this special region.

If you are still unsure which time zone to choose, please submit a support ticket for assistance.

17.4 - How is daylight savings time (DST) handled?

Time changes due to daylight savings time or summer time should be handled automatically, if your time zone is set correctly. ProZ.com uses the public domain "zoneinfo" database to track rules for daylight savings time in different jurisdictions. See http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoneinfo for details.

If you do not want to wait until the timezone database is updated with the new data for automatic DST changes, you can temporarily pick a different timezone with the correct GMT offset. To do so, go to your time/date preferences, underneath the drop-down list of timezones, and click [Show all]. Then select one of the other timezones labeled as yours. For example, if your timezone is GMT+5 and it changes to GMT+6 for DST, you can temporarily select a timezone that is GMT+6.

17.5 - What is GMT?

GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time, which refers to a time standard based on International Atomic Time. This time standard is also known as UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). World time zones can be expressed as positive or negative offsets from GMT.