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25th translation contest: "Alien first impressions"

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Entries	535
Participants	437
Language pairs	85

Inspired by poetry: "Ploughing mountainsides"

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Entries	372
Participants	362
Language pairs	55

Mox presents: "The comic life of a translator"

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Entries	693
Participants	665
Language pairs	71

Bon voyage: "Stories about travel"

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Entries	481
Participants	407
Language pairs	77

21st translation contest: "The tides of tech"

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Entries	586
Participants	540
Language pairs	64

Strange urgency: "The cat"

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Entries	42
Participants	35
Language pairs	11

Benevolent deception: "The placebo button effect"

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Entries	382
Participants	330
Language pairs	57

Translation mash-up: "Dust Bowl"

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Entries	104
Participants	96
Language pairs	42

Homo-digital: "La sociedad transparente"

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Entries	82
Participants	76
Language pairs	23

17th Translation Contest: "The Sounds of Silence"

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Entries	883
Participants	810
Language pairs	77

2014 annual ProZ.com translation contest: "Celebrations"

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Entries	2,840
Participants	2,114
Language pairs	222

Exploring the desert: "The Doomed City"

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Entries	79
Participants	78
Language pairs	18

Sin telaraña en las pupilas: "Frases de Oliverio Girondo"

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Entries	196
Participants	136
Language pairs	20

Poetry with a tune: "Translation of Lyrics"

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Entries	285
Participants	263
Language pairs	38

11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society"

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Entries	820
Participants	668
Language pairs	93

Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes"

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Entries	625
Participants	593
Language pairs	64

9th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Business"

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Entries	1,163
Participants	769
Language pairs	141

1st Annual ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Awakening"

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Entries	933
Participants	705
Language pairs	120

7th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Sports"

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Entries	526
Participants	403
Language pairs	107

6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Relationships"

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Entries	591
Participants	451
Language pairs	98

5th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Travel"

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Entries	464
Participants	358
Language pairs	67

Fourth ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Raising children"

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Entries	518
Participants	393
Language pairs	82

Third ProZ.com Translation Contest

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Entries	230
Participants	208
Language pairs	49

Second ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007

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Entries	119
Participants	95
Language pairs	33

First ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007: "First ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007"

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Entries	240
Participants	186
Language pairs	18

Recent discussion about ProZ.com translation contests

Discussion about 25th translation contest: "Alien first impressions" in English to Portuguese (BR)	Great experience! This is the first time I take part in a ProZ contest and it was a challenging exercise. The perception I have is that much more than showing my skills, I was able to learn by observing my colleagues’ translations and calling into question some choices of my own. I really think events like this can help us to develop our abilities and our sense of professional community since I believe that when I am respectfully criticized on solid ground, my performance can reach a higher rate.	Verusca Mesquita ბრაზილია
Finals phase for "Alien first impressions"	[IMG]https://cfcdn.proz.com/file_resources/forums/e05ac82fc4b44795ec4a16af78422479_AFI-Hybrid-Forum5 (1).png[/IMG] Hi all I hope you have had a great start to 2021! The translation contest "Alien first impressions" has now moved to the finals phase, which means that you can vote for your favourite translation to become the winner in the following language pairs: English to Armenian English to Hebrew French to German French to Portuguese (BR) English to Albanian English to Polish French to Dutch French to Russian English to Czech English to Hungarian English to Swedish Spanish to Arabic Spanish to French Spanish to Russian French to Arabic English to Amharic English to Hindi English to Japanese English to Slovak English to Swahili English to Turkish English to Vietnamese Spanish to German Spanish to Romanian French to Croatian French to Romanian English to Bulgarian English to Finnish English to Georgian English to Macedonian English to Malayalam English to Bosnian English to Thai English to Romanian English to Slovenian English to Somali English to Urdu Spanish to Catalan Spanish to Greek Spanish to Indonesian French to Catalan French to Serbian French to Hungarian English to Portuguese (EU) English to Arabic French to Portuguese (EU) English to Azerbaijani English to Dutch Spanish to Polish English to Russian The following language pairs have been placed in feedback, since they did not receive enough entries or ratings to determine finalists and winners: English to Spanish English to Italian French to English Spanish to English English to French English to Portuguese (BR) English to German Spanish to Portuguese (BR) English to Chinese English to Malay English to Serbian English to Croatian French to Spanish French to Italian English to Korean Spanish to Portuguese (EU) English to Catalan English to Persian (Farsi) English to Ukrainian English to Igbo English to Punjabi Spanish to Chinese French to Bulgarian French to Swedish French to Swahili Spanish to Czech French to Greek French to Polish Thank you all for participating, and best of luck to all the finalists! Julieta	Julieta Llamazares არგენტინა
Extended hybrid phase for "Alien first impressions" translation contest	[IMG]https://cfcdn.proz.com/file_resources/forums/b36d7f2e9a73cc60ab25d57b41840eb6_AFI-Hybrid-Forum3 (1).png[/IMG] Hi, all I hope you are having a great week I wanted to let you know that the hybrid phase of "Alien first impressions" translation contest has been extended until January 11. While many language pairs have been moved to finals, there are still 20 pairs that need to select finalists, and 17 that need a few more entries to move to the next phase. These language pairs are still receiving submissions: English to Belarusian Spanish to Hungarian French to Swedish English to Greek English to Gujarati English to Igbo English to Norwegian English to Panjabi Spanish to Czech Spanish to Chinese Spanish to Italian Spanish to Turkish French to Bulgarian French to Greek French to Polish French to Swahili These language pairs need ratings to select finalists: English to Spanish English to Italian French to English Spanish to English English to French English to Portuguese (BR) English to German Spanish to Portuguese (BR) English to Chinese English to Malay English to Russian English to Serbian English to Croatian French to Spanish French to Italian English to Korean Spanish to Portuguese (EU) English to Catalan English to Persian (Farsi) English to Ukrainian You can choose the winner in these language pairs by voting for the best, sencond best and thrid best entries: English to Armenian English to Hebrew French to German French to Portuguese (BR) English to Albanian English to Polish French to Dutch French to Russian English to Czech English to Hungarian English to Swedish Spanish to Arabic Spanish to French Spanish to Russian French to Arabic English to Amharic English to Hindi English to Japanese English to Slovak English to Swahili English to Turkish English to Vietnamese Spanish to German Spanish to Romanian French to Croatian French to Romanian English to Bulgarian English to Finnish English to Georgian English to Macedonian English to Malayalam English to Bosnian English to Thai English to Romanian English to Slovenian English to Somali English to Urdu Spanish to Catalan Spanish to Greek Spanish to Indonesian French to Catalan French to Serbian French to Hungarian English to Portuguese (EU) English to Arabic French to Portuguese (EU) English to Azerbaijani English to Dutch Spanish to Polish Thank you for participating! Julieta	Julieta Llamazares არგენტინა
Rating others' entries when you've entered yourself	@Phil and @Lingua philgoddard wrote: I wasn't aware of that particular piece of small print, and it seems none of the other contributors to this thread was either. I suppose if one isn't aware of something, it can appear to be "a particular piece of small print". (-: But take heart: I was also surprised at some of the rules that I did not know of or must have forgotten about. I'm not sure how many of the other contributors who appeared to agree on this issue were also confusing tagging with rating (i.e. confusing commenting with voting). In the recent past it was not possible to vote for your own entry, but I've just noticed that they changed the rules and you are now allowed to vote for your own entry (though if you do that, your vote does not count). The other threads that people linked to relate to a time when the contest went through drastic changes. And I agree that it was a long and painful teething process that put many people off from wanting to participate in any subsequent contests. Yes, four years... one of the contests took four years to go through the various phases because Staff designed it in some way and did not want to admit that it didn't work and did not want to start a next contest until the previous one was done and dusted. It was a sad chapter in contest history. (Lots of broken promises, too. I remember being told that if only we can get X number of people in my language combination to vote in the current round of voting, we would proceed to the next round, and I contacted dozens of people individually to get them to vote, but in the end we did not go to the next round despite having reached relevant thresholds. And even though most of the contestants said "look, we don't mind the lack of votes in this round, just move us to the next round so that we can get closure", Staff wouldn't budge.) The "new" design in those days was supposed to help ProZ.com deal with the fact that while earlier contests had only a couple of dozen participants, the later ones had hundreds...! So I understand the reason for new designs, but that particular contest was tanked by a lack of leadership and will-power. But people's overall ratings will still be determined almost solely by the amount of red or green "ink" that appears on their translations. I can only speak for myself, but when I vote for the best, second best and third best entry, I try to choose the best translations, not the translations with the most greens and the least reds. But I'm sure you're right: no doubt some people will vote for the entries with the most favourable colouring. This should encourage you to disagree whenever you can. Lingua 5B wrote: Out of 10 entries, 9 have nothing but dislikes, while the 10th one has some likes, but a bigger number of dislikes. It is the same in my language combination, but it makes sense: it's easier to notice a mistake than it is to praise. I myself put a thumbs up only if something is truly spectacular, but thumbs down at the smallest infraction (though it is astounding just how many bad translations there are). [Edited at 2020-12-07 20:35 GMT]	Samuel Murray ნიდერლანდები
Rating others' entries when you've entered yourself	ExtenD, it works indeed. Mina Chen wrote: It works to some extend It works to some extenD, pun intended. Extend is a verb, but perhaps I'm not in a position to judge, as I was not holding your pen, pardon your keyboard. [Edited at 2020-12-07 19:17 GMT]	Lingua 5B ბოსნია და ჰერცოგოვინა

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This was my first translation contest ever and I didn't expect to win. Taking part in it was already a nice experience! For someone who's relatively new to the translation business, this is like a wish come true.

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