# 翻译人员综合英语术语表

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-english-glossary-for-translators/107371>\
**Category:** Translations\
**Created:** [2019 年1 月 24 日 07:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-english-glossary-for-translators/107371 "2019-01-24T07:31:44Z")\
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作者： ![Benjol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/benjol/32/3907_2.png) [@Benjol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjol)\
发布日期： [2019 年1 月 24 日 07:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-english-glossary-for-translators/107371/1 "2019-01-24T07:31:44Z")

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Transifex provides a glossary function per language, but what we are missing is a glossary which gives the context for the English terms. Sometimes you can use the tags in Transifex to work out where a given text is actually used, but other times it’s still not clear. And some terms are ambiguous when translated, so extra context is needed.

The aim here is _not_ to provide a context _per tag_, nor for every single word, but if a translator finds a given word ambiguous, he/she should be able to come here and get help. I don’t know if it’s best to do a big wiki or what, but something is better than nothing.

I also think that the English developers should get into the habit of coming here to confirm their terminology too: fairly often there are inconsistencies in the original text, which make extra work for everyone. (Dear devs, every time you change a word, that is `numeber_of_languages` people who have to review/check/translate something 💏 )

See also:

> [@Dev guideslines for making translation easier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-guideslines-for-making-translation-easier/84104):
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> I’m aware of topics and guidelines for translators, but are there guidelines anywhere for devs so that they can make translation easier? If not, I have a few ideas slight_smile Avoid ‘walls of text’. tos\_topic.body is totally unwieldy, for example. And that’s if you just have to translate it the once. But every time there is a modification, you have to scroll up/down to find the differences. Try to avoid ambiguity (i.e. does “User Modified” mean “modified by the user” or “the user has been …

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