Welcome

Welcome to the Microsoft Terminology Community Forum! This forum is designed to allow you to comment on how terminology used in Microsoft products is translated into your language.

On occasion, Microsoft has received feedback that terminology used in our products differs from the terminology already established by communities that use our products.This can occur when our technical glossaries are still in development, and also when a language evolves over time. Using terminology that closely reflects the local culture is an important goal for Microsoft. We welcome your feedback.

The Microsoft Terminology Community Forum provides you with the opportunity to review and provide feedback on selected Microsoft terms.

Microsoft Terminology Community Forum Process

Login: For security, you will be prompted to log in using your Windows Live ID when you first access the terminology review work areas of the site.

Registration: You will also be prompted to register separately with this project to join a project specific community and to participate in the terminology review. To complete the registration, 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.

Participation: Registration and participation in this forum is completely voluntary. You decide whether you want to participate. You will not get any compensation for participating in the forum. You may participate as much or as little as you wish, and you may stop participating at any time.

Terms of Use: Before you participate in this forum, please carefully review the Microsoft.com Terms of Use and the Microsoft Terminology Community Forum Guidelines and Rules of Conduct, and then click "I Accept" on the authorization page.

Translation suggestions: Once you have registered with the Microsoft Terminology Community Forum, you can review each currently used term in English and in your language. If you agree with the current translation of the English term, you may vote for it. If you want to suggest a different translation of that term, enter an alternate translation. 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. You may also comment on other participants' comments.