Type of business | Private |
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Social network service | |
Available in | English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, etc. |
Founded | Syracuse, New York (1999) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Henry Dotterer |
Founder(s) | Henry Dotterer |
Employees | 20 (2018)[1] |
Website | ProZ.com |
Alexa rank | 10,039 (April 2014)[2] |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Required |
Users | 960,097 (October 2018)[1] |
Launched | November 1999 |
Current status | Active |
ProZ.com is a membership-based website targeting freelance translators. Founded in 1999,[1] it is mainly used for posting and responding to translation job offers. As of 20 October 2018, ProZ.com reports more than 960,000 registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.[1]
Type a term into the KudoZ toolbar to instantly search KudoZ and other ProZ.com resources. Taus Search Widget: desktop application that allows you to search.
The site is available in more than 45 languages and is being localized in 35 other languages,[3] although localization is not complete for many languages, the default setting being English. QuantCast reports ProZ.com has 220k monthly unique U.S. visitors.[4]
The website is not restricted to professional translators and hosts a number of semi-professional and amateur translators. It is open to anyone, without proof of competency or legal registration.[5][6]
Features and information[edit]
ProZ.com is based in Syracuse, New York, United States, and it has offices in La Plata, Argentina and Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The site features a virtual community of translators and offers a wide range of resources, registered users are able to broadcast their professional identity as translators on the internet and receive job offers in the mail with the appropriate language combinations. Registration is required for most services. It also provides discussion forums and online glossaries.[7] Although much of the website requires paid membership in order to be used, and the website receives income from paid advertising, the site has been developed with the help of unpaid volunteers. One remarkable feature are its terminology questions, asked and answered by users; more than 2 million term translation questions have been answered via the site.[8]
The website features reputation systems: WWA for translators[9] and the BlueBoard for outsourcers.[10]
Inc. Magazine rates the service as 'a helpful resource for small translation projects' but because only paid members could see the going rates, 'non-members may have trouble figuring out how much to offer.'.[11] (That rate information has since been made public.[12])
A Guardian blog article published in April 2012 referred to ProZ.com as 'the world's largest translator organisation'.[13]
On September 30, 2009 the site organized a virtual conference that attracted a large number[vague] of attendees.[14] Annual virtual translation conferences have been held since then, and are open to anyone with a registered profile on the site.
Scams[edit]
Numerous cases of scamming and identity theft (including large-scale data harvesting[15]) have been reported and preventive measures taken to address the problems.[16]
Sites with comparable features[edit]
ProZ.com leads its major competitors in the segment of translation websites, such as TranslatorCertification.com,TranslatorsCafe.com, TranslationDirectory.com, TraduGuide.com, TTMEM.com in two major metrics, volume of activity and registered users.[17]
Cooperation with non-profits[edit]
ProZ.com has contributed programming services and a work platform, and access to its database of translators to the non-profit group Translators Without Borders.[18] It also cooperated with non-profit Ashoka, and has sponsored events held by the American Translators Association[19] and others in the past.
In particular, ProZ.com is hosting and powering the translation platform[20] used by Translators Without Borders to deliver over 2.5 million words in 2011 and 4.5 million words in 2012, donated by volunteers to humanitarian organizations. This includes the translation into several languages of Wikipedia medical articles as part of the Wikiproject Medicine.
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'About ProZ.com'. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ^'Proz.com Site Info'. Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ^'Localization control center'. proz.com.
- ^'ProZ.com'. quantcast.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^'ProZ.com guiding principles'. proz.com.
- ^'Frequently Asked Questions - ProZ.com'. proz.com.
- ^'ProZ.com (in Spanish)'. El Cuaderno de Bitácora. ASETRAD. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^Phil Goddard (21 January 2010). 'The power of ProZ'. ITI Bulletin. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^'Frequently Asked Questions - ProZ.com'. proz.com.
- ^'The Blue Board'. proz.com.
- ^Inc. Magazine http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080401/what-are-you-trying-to-say.html
- ^Rates charged by ProZ.com translators http://search.proz.com/employers/rates
- ^The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/apr/11/volunteers-translation-language-health-messages
- ^TrànslationWörks http://www.translationworks.co.uk/tworks_eng/2009/10/prozcom-1st-virtual-conference.html
- ^Lingvopoint Steals Identities of Proz Users
- ^'Translator scam alerts - ProZ.com'. proz.com.
- ^'Oct Translator Portal Proz Aims for Enterprise'. Global Watchtower. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^TCWorld 'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2010-08-31.Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^American Translators Association 46th Conference sponsors
- ^Harvard International Review http://hir.harvard.edu/youth-on-fire/translation?page=0,2
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ProZ.com&oldid=915812620'
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
Description
Serving the world's largest community of translators, ProZ.com delivers a comprehensive network of essential services, resources and experiences that enhance the lives of its members.
ProZ.com Mobile enables language professionals and outsoucers to:
• Browse translation and interpreting jobs, submit offers, and keep track of these offers.
• Post jobs and receive quotes from language professionals from all around the world.
• Browse the freelance directory and get in touch with the largest community of translators and interpreters via email, phone or Skype, organize job candidates into lists (ProZ.com Lists™) and folders, or browse specialized groups of pre-screened experts (ProZ.com Pools™).
• Manage risks by checking the Blue Board™ --a database of outsourcers containing colleagues' past experience with them-- and help others by leaving feedback.
• Search millions of translated terms and phrases in a collection of glossaries and dictionaries built by and for professional translators.
• Give and receive help with the translation of tough terms through KudoZ™.
• Exchange information with colleagues by answering daily polls.
• Discuss topics of interest to translators and other language professionals via forums.
• Share information about what you are working on to promote the work you do and track your project history over time.
• Test and hone your translation skills by participating in regular contests.
• Learn about upcoming powwows in your country, propose powwows, share photos and chat with other attendees. (ProZ.com powwows are informal get-togethers of translators, potential clients and others in the industry; coffee, dinner, a walk, any of these with the purpose of networking and sharing ideas and even jobs!)
• Share jobs, KudoZ questions and points, quick polls and what I'm working on posts on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn with just one click.
IMPORTANT: Some ProZ.com Mobile features are available to ProZ.com paying members only. For more information, visit http://www.proz.com/faq/177020#177020
Learn more about ProZ.com Mobile: http://www.proz.com/mobile
Contact us:
Via e-mail: [email protected]
Through our support center: http://www.proz.com/support?mode=ask&type=mobile
Follow us:
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prozdotcom/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProZcom
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/proz-com
On Google+: https://plus.google.com/101932109974728806945/posts
On Instagram: https://instagram.com/prozcom/
On Pinterest: https://es.pinterest.com/prozcom/
ProZ.com Mobile enables language professionals and outsoucers to:
• Browse translation and interpreting jobs, submit offers, and keep track of these offers.
• Post jobs and receive quotes from language professionals from all around the world.
• Browse the freelance directory and get in touch with the largest community of translators and interpreters via email, phone or Skype, organize job candidates into lists (ProZ.com Lists™) and folders, or browse specialized groups of pre-screened experts (ProZ.com Pools™).
• Manage risks by checking the Blue Board™ --a database of outsourcers containing colleagues' past experience with them-- and help others by leaving feedback.
• Search millions of translated terms and phrases in a collection of glossaries and dictionaries built by and for professional translators.
• Give and receive help with the translation of tough terms through KudoZ™.
• Exchange information with colleagues by answering daily polls.
• Discuss topics of interest to translators and other language professionals via forums.
• Share information about what you are working on to promote the work you do and track your project history over time.
• Test and hone your translation skills by participating in regular contests.
• Learn about upcoming powwows in your country, propose powwows, share photos and chat with other attendees. (ProZ.com powwows are informal get-togethers of translators, potential clients and others in the industry; coffee, dinner, a walk, any of these with the purpose of networking and sharing ideas and even jobs!)
• Share jobs, KudoZ questions and points, quick polls and what I'm working on posts on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn with just one click.
IMPORTANT: Some ProZ.com Mobile features are available to ProZ.com paying members only. For more information, visit http://www.proz.com/faq/177020#177020
Learn more about ProZ.com Mobile: http://www.proz.com/mobile
Contact us:
Via e-mail: [email protected]
Through our support center: http://www.proz.com/support?mode=ask&type=mobile
Follow us:
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prozdotcom/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProZcom
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/proz-com
On Google+: https://plus.google.com/101932109974728806945/posts
On Instagram: https://instagram.com/prozcom/
On Pinterest: https://es.pinterest.com/prozcom/
What’s New
Ratings and Reviews
457 Ratings
Great
This website has been huge help with all talented members, thank you
Developer Response,
Thanks for taking the time to submit your feedback, Raydadio, and for your support of ProZ.com. We are glad to know that you are getting the most out of the site. Enjoy!
Useful but not perfect
This app is useful for those of us who need to submit to jobs and connect to other freelancers on the go. It would be even better if access to the terminology databases were possible.
Developer Response,
Hi David. We are glad to read that the app is helping you to get the best out of ProZ.com on the go. Thanks for letting us know! Regarding terminology, the app includes both access to Term Search and to KudoZ. That is, you can search terms in any pair at any time or else post KudoZ questions and get help from other members in real time and also on the go. Please give it a try at these two services and let us know how it goes. Thanks again for taking the time to review our app! The ProZ.com Mobile Team
What Happened!?!?
I got on and assumed everything was going perfectly since they fixed the bug. Unfortunately as I’m trying to register the screen is blank. I deleted and downloaded it 2x and still blank. You can only login but not register?!? What kind of crap is that?
Developer Response,
Thanks for the heads-up, Just Honestly Saying! For some reason your feedback comment was not emailed to us before. Please accept our apologies for the delay in our reply. Our developers are looking into this issue now and we will let you know once it is fixed. Thanks again.
Information
Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Family Sharing
With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.