ProZ.com translation contests

ProZ.com translation contests offer a fun way to take a break from your normal routine while testing and honing your skills with fellow translators.


Current and previous contests

Contest logo		34th Translation Contest: "Sounds of Victory"Finished
Entries170
Participants132
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Contest logo		33rd translation contest: "Back to the playground"Finished
Entries434
Participants341
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Contest logo		32nd Translation Contest: "Movie night"Finished
Entries433
Participants331
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Contest logo		31st translation contest: "A translator's life"Finished
Entries802
Participants600
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Contest logo		30th translation contest: "Translators translating translators"Finals phase
Entries106
Participants91
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Contest logo		Mini contest 2021: "Ilustraciones"Finished
Entries170
Participants118
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Contest logo		28th translation contest: "CPN contest"Finished
Entries124
Participants110
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Contest logo		27th translation contest: "Stories about nature"Finished
Entries455
Participants406
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Contest logo		26 translation contest: "Game on"Finished
Entries328
Participants293
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Contest logo		25th translation contest: "Alien first impressions"Finished
Entries535
Participants437
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Contest logo		Inspired by poetry: "Ploughing mountainsides"Finished
Entries372
Participants362
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Contest logo		Mox presents: "The comic life of a translator"Finished
Entries693
Participants665
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Contest logo		Bon voyage: "Stories about travel"Finished
Entries481
Participants407
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Contest logo		21st translation contest: "The tides of tech"Finished
Entries586
Participants540
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Contest logo		Strange urgency: "The cat"Finished
Entries42
Participants35
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Contest logo		Benevolent deception: "The placebo button effect"Finished
Entries382
Participants330
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Contest logo		Translation mash-up: "Dust Bowl"Finished
Entries104
Participants96
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Contest logo		Homo-digital: "La sociedad transparente"Finished
Entries82
Participants76
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Contest logo		17th Translation Contest: "The Sounds of Silence"Finished
Entries883
Participants810
Language pairs77
Contest logo		2014 annual ProZ.com translation contest: "Celebrations"Finished
Entries2,840
Participants2,114
Language pairs222
Contest logo		Exploring the desert: "The Doomed City"Finished
Entries79
Participants78
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Contest logo		Sin telaraña en las pupilas: "Frases de Oliverio Girondo"Finished
Entries196
Participants136
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Contest logo		Poetry with a tune: "Translation of Lyrics"Finished
Entries285
Participants263
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Contest logo		11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society"Finished
Entries820
Participants668
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Contest logo		Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes"Finished
Entries625
Participants593
Language pairs64
Contest logo		9th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Business"Finished
Entries1,163
Participants769
Language pairs141
Contest logo		1st Annual ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Awakening"Finished
Entries933
Participants705
Language pairs120
Contest logo		7th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Sports"Finished
Entries526
Participants403
Language pairs107
Contest logo		6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Relationships"Finished
Entries591
Participants451
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Contest logo		5th ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Travel"Finished
Entries464
Participants358
Language pairs67
Contest logo		Fourth ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Raising children"Finished
Entries518
Participants393
Language pairs82
Contest logo		Third ProZ.com Translation ContestFinished
Entries230
Participants208
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Contest logo		Second ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007Finished
Entries119
Participants95
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Contest logo		First ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007: "First ProZ.com Translation Contest 2007"Finished
Entries240
Participants186
Language pairs18



Recent discussion about ProZ.com translation contests

Discussion about 33rd translation contest: "Back to the playground" in English to AmharicNice

I appreciate this type of competitions
Andualem Taye
Andualem Taye
Ethiopia
Discussion about 34th Translation Contest: "Sounds of Victory" in English to ArabicThree point look = منطقة الثلاث نقاط

بالفعل يا أستاذ محمد، يقال "تصويبة ثلاثية النقاط" في حالة قيام اللاعب بتسديد رمية واحدة وفي حالة التصويب الصحيح يُمنح الفريق 3 نقاط دفعة واحدة
لكن
a three-point look = تشير تحديداً إلى منطقة الثلاث نقاط، أي أن اللاعب يقف وراء خط الثلاث نقاط ويقوم بتسديد رمية واحد
لذلك، فإن التفسير الدقيق في رأيي هو ترجمتها إلى " رمية من وراء/خلف خط الثلاث نقاط

إذا شاهدت الفيديو، ستجد أن اللاعب لم ينجح في إحراز "رمية/تصويبة ثلاثية النقاط" وإن ما قام به هو محاولة لتسديد رمية من وراء خط الثلاث نقاط

[Edited at 2025-07-16 21:39 GMT]
Heba Abed
Heba Abed
Egypt
Discussion about 34th Translation Contest: "Sounds of Victory" in English to ArabicAgree

في كرة السلة يقال على تلك الرمية تصويبة ثلاثية وتعني رمية واحدة تمنح الفريق 3 نقاط دفعة واحدة
Mohamed Raheem
Mohamed Raheem
Kuwait
Discussion about 34th Translation Contest: "Sounds of Victory" in English to Arabic he's going to go for a three-point = تسديد رمية من وراء خط الثلاث نقاط

He's going to go for a three-point =المقصود بها تسديد رمية واحدة فقط من وراء خط الثلاث نقاط وليس تسديد ثلاثية متتالية أو ثلاث رميات كما فسرها البعض
هذا يتضح تماماً من مشاهدة المباراة من خلال الرابط على قناة اليوتيوب

[Edited at 2025-07-16 11:55 GMT]


Tom Isaac = توم إيزاك
أسماء الأشخاص لا تترجم في اللغة العربية وأنما يتم كتابتها كما هى كما هو واضح في المثال أعلاه ، والذي ترجمه بعض المترجمين إلى توم إسحاق!


[Edited at 2025-07-16 12:09 GMT]

[Edited at 2025-07-16 12:09 GMT]

[Edited at 2025-07-16 12:10 GMT]

[Edited at 2025-07-16 12:15 GMT]
Heba Abed
Heba Abed
Egypt
Discussion about 34th Translation Contest: "Sounds of Victory" in Spanish to Portuguese (EU) - Entry #38830Great translation!

Excellent translation!
Florbela Marques
Florbela Marques
Portugal




What members have said about ProZ.com translation contests

It was fun to translate [the contest source text] because it presents a certain idea or principle in many different ways (and words) and thereby reveals whether the translator has full command of his/her target language.
Anna Haxen
Denmark

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Adele Oliveri
Italy

Concursurile m-au învăţat ceva. Pentru mine, ca traducător obişnuit, ele constituie o "oportunitate de învăţare" accesibilă.
lucca
Romania