Add Broad Fields in the glossary term-search Iniziatore argomento: Stéphanie Soudais
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Dear Staff,
When using "proz.com term search" you may restrict your search to a specific field, which is useful when there are many entries in the glossary. But sometimes you need to check several fields (e.g. "cost" : you might need to search in economy, finance, investment... while it would be easier and faster to search in the broad "business/finance" field.
So I suggest to add Kudoz broad fields (tech/engineering, business, art/literary, social science, etc) in the ... See more Dear Staff,
When using "proz.com term search" you may restrict your search to a specific field, which is useful when there are many entries in the glossary. But sometimes you need to check several fields (e.g. "cost" : you might need to search in economy, finance, investment... while it would be easier and faster to search in the broad "business/finance" field.
So I suggest to add Kudoz broad fields (tech/engineering, business, art/literary, social science, etc) in the search system.
Stéphanie ▲ Collapse
| | | | | I'm with you | Nov 15, 2008 |
Excellent idea, Stéphanie! This option should definitely be included in the KudoZ term search.
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This might be helpful for some users, but as for myself, I prefer to make my term searches as broad as possible, thus including terms/questions that have been included in the wrong category.
Many askers base their selection of category on the overall document (without considering the totally clueless who choose random categories). One example is tech specs, where a term can be entered as "tech/ engineering", when in fact I might consider it as legal (from a part of the specs dealing with o... See more This might be helpful for some users, but as for myself, I prefer to make my term searches as broad as possible, thus including terms/questions that have been included in the wrong category.
Many askers base their selection of category on the overall document (without considering the totally clueless who choose random categories). One example is tech specs, where a term can be entered as "tech/ engineering", when in fact I might consider it as legal (from a part of the specs dealing with obligations). Names of government agencies can be just about anywhere.
Occasionally I have to wade through 1-3 pages of references, but overall this gives me more of an opportunity to find the one ideal answer that I need, hidden away in a category I never would have thought of. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Agree, Richard | Nov 15, 2008 |
I, too, usually make my searches as broad as possible. But today, I looked for a term, got 4 pages of results, half of them being labelled tech/engineering, while I was searching for a more "business" meaning. I had to review each page and ended up with nothing satisfactory.
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Steffen Walter 
Germania
Local time: 13:42
Membro (2002)
Da Inglese a Tedesco
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| Fully seconded | Nov 17, 2008 |
Hi all,
This idea is definitely worth considering - I've alerted staff to this thread so that they can assess if this can be implemented.
Regards,
Steffen
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