Babylon Translation Community is your place to ask and answer questions related to translation, grammar and writing style. In short: it is all about sharing and helping each other. Together let us strive to put our thoughts into words, and to give the words the meaning they deserve. A lively and stimulating exchange of thoughts and words is what this community is all about.

Yes, everyone can contribute to our Babylon Translation Community. Even as a Guest user you are able to ask up to 10 questions. And of course, registration is for free.

Yes, certainly! We all need help sometimes, don’t we? You may ask questions related to all languages available in the community.
Please note that you must sign up in order to ask questions, so that you will get updates when your question is answered.

Yes, as long as a question correlates to the languages you have chosen. You have no permission to answer a question in a language that is not marked in your profile.

Only as a registered member of our Babylon Translation Community you will be able to submit questions, and may rate the answers of other members and report abuse. Only this way you will also get updates when your question is answered.

Easy! Use the “Select languages” feature in the Profile Overview (box shown on every page at the top right corner) or go to the “My Profile” page. Keep in mind these should be the languages you can communicate in at or near mother tongue level.

The questions that will be shown to you are directly related to the languages you have chosen. You will not see questions in other languages.

There are many ways to see what is going on in the community: In the “Recent Questions” window you can browse the questions using the “Back” and “Forward” arrows. Same can be done in the “Answer” window. Top questions and answers are displayed inside a slider in the “Home” window.
If you are looking for specific content, you can use “Search”. You will receive the results of a full text search for the search term you entered.

Answers that are placed in a light yellow box are answers received from Professional Translators. Translators who have been approved by the Babylon Human Translation Service are the only ones who can become Pro Translators in the Community.

As a free and friendly exchange of people’s curiosity and knowledge we want you to feel right at home. The rating and levels to be achieved are simply meant to give you a feeling of your own progress. At the same time other community members get to know you better and learn to appreciate you and vice versa.

In addition to the Guest level, we introduced five member levels to give a simple indication of your commitment to the community:

1. Newbie
2. Junior
3. Tutor
4. Ace
5. Guru

Here are the levels in detail:

The rating indicates how active you are in the community. As your rating improves over time you will advance to higher levels in the community.
Here are is how we rate your activities:

Login and viewing questions: 2 points
For asking a question: 0 points
For giving an answer: 10 points
For voting on a question: 1 point
Your answer was attributed with “Like” (thumb up): 5 points
Your answer was attributed with “Don’t like” (thumb down): -3 (!) points
For reporting an abuse: 3 points

To delete your question, use the “Delete Question” button that appears next to your question. Note: You can do this only prior to having your question answered.

Simply click on the “forgot your password” link in the login box and enter your email address. A new password will be sent right away. Check your inbox folder.
If it is not there, check your Spam or Junk box, as it may have been mistakenly placed there.

Yes, we have a team of administrators who monitor the community to keep it free of spammers. Of course this team is also there to help you with any questions as to the use of the community. You may contact them at this email community@babylon.com

Members are being marked for abusing our community in cases of hidden advertisement, usage of profane language, vandalism, hooliganism, racism and the like. It needs three members that raised the “Spammer/Abuse” flag on a user to set his/her status to Spammer.

Spammers have no longer permission to ask questions or give answers and therefore cannot participate any more in any way in the community.

If you feel that you were marked wrongly as a Spammer, please feel free to contact us.

If your questions raised too many issues at once or is simply too long, community members might be missing the time to answer it.

In case you need fast answers, you may always want to ask an expert on Babylon Human Translation.

Note: Babylon Human Translation is a paid, premium service.

• You are asking for help, so be polite.
• Keep it simple and precise.
• Write only one question per post.
• Keep it short. It shouldn’t take longer than a few minutes to answer your question.
• Protect your privacy. Make sure not to reveal personal information.

• Keep a friendly tone.
• Keep it simple and precise.
• There are no stupid questions, there are only stupid answers.
• Indicate if you have some doubts concerning your answer.
• If needed, ask to receive more context.

The only translators that can become Pro Translators in the Community are those translators who have been approved by the Babylon Human Translation service.
The answers of Pro Translators are displayed in a light yellow box.

Feel free to contact our Administrators per email with any additional questions, but allow them some 48h before answering.