Welcome

Welcome to the Community Glossary project! Microsoft is working in cooperation with local governments, universities, and other groups worldwide to help them build standardized glossaries of technical IT terms.

The Community Glossary Website allows a locally designated Project Moderator and volunteers to build the technical glossary for those languages where terms have not yet been standardized. The terminology is drawn from words used in the user interface of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

The use of local volunteers to build the glossary allows technical IT terms to be standardized and agreed upon by that community. Those translated terms then can be used for whatever purposes the community desires.

Using a volunteer process to build the glossary supports the following goals:

• Helps local groups to promote and preserve their languages
• Allows volunteers to develop their resumes and portfolios
• Builds community and allows this community to create the official IT terminology database for their local language.

Community Glossary for Your Language

If you believe a Community Glossary would be beneficial for your language, contact your local Microsoft subsidiary office.

Currently Active Community Glossaries

Community Glossary Process and Features

Login: For security, you will be prompted to log in using your .NET Passport when you first access the glossary work areas of the site. You will also be prompted to register separately with this project and join this community to participate in the glossary work. To register, all you need to do is choose a display name. The name you choose will be displayed to other users of the site, and will be used to identify your suggestions and to calculate the total number of suggestions you have submitted. When you register, carefully review the Microsoft.com Terms of Use and the Community Glossary Guidelines and Rules of Conduct, then click “I Accept” on the authorization page.

Translation suggestions: Once you have joined your glossary community, you can suggest translations for each English term. You also have the option of including a comment to explain why you made that particular suggestion and why you believe it is the best one.

Moderator’s Responsibilities: The Project Moderator is the expert selected by the group (often a local government entity) that is managing the glossary project. The project moderator sets the schedule for the glossary work, reviews submissions, and monitors the discussion room. At the date set by the project moderator, he or she begins to review all translation suggestions for each term. Based on community input and linguistic excellence, the moderator selects the best suggestion, then locks that term. This work continues until all terms are locked, and then the glossary is complete.

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