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22:25 Jun 27, 2017 

Hi Björn, thanks for the tips on the search criteria. I really have so much to learn when it comes to IT. Thanks also for the additional links. I appreciate your efforts. It's all good.

22:59 Jun 26, 2017 

Anytime and thanks for the reassurance that this didn't come across as curt or rude--the big drawback of communicating in writing whenever you want to be concise.

I should add that you may have to abandon the "Exact Match" criterion altogether if you want to look on ProZ and not on Google. Otherwise, links like these will not show up because of the limitations mentioned in parentheses: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/bus_financial/93...

Even worse: My last glossary entry still doesn't show up when searching for Impressum while leaving both "Exact match" and "Match whole words only" unchecked - ugh.

See: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/printing_publish...

Really don't know why Proz just doesn't incorporate Google search into the website, but yeah.

Best of luck to you and best wishes

15:17 Jun 26, 2017 

Hi Björn, Thanks for the link. I do see how well it can be honed, if I am a little better with my search criterion. I do appreciate your comments, and I completely understand that the initial line of your comment was simply letting me know the facts. No hard feelings at all...I may just need to learn how to ameliorate my own search criteria!

14:26 Jun 26, 2017 

Just had a look at the KudoZ search functionality. If "Exact match" isn't checked, you'll find both questions I linked to below.

14:15 Jun 26, 2017 

To clarify: The first sentence was just a statement of fact; not blaming you here, since I do know about the issues one may experience when searching KudoZ. IIRC, these problems have been around since the platform's inception and are well known, so I don't think there's anything that can (or will) be done about it now.

In this case, it actually may be the slash that is preventing you from "getting through."

RE Google:

Can you click on my link?
https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=ohVRWZCAB5LEXvO0qvgE&gws...

These are the parameters required for a Google search of Proz. You'll see that the first question is yours, the second contains Armorel's answer, the third mine. You may have to add the language (pair) before "site:proz.com" to narrow it down if there are too many Ghits.

This is the only way I know how to search the database properly (with or without quotation marks, depending on what level of precision you need). Sometimes, it may even help if this question has been asked in another language (which you'll find with fewer search parameters).

Best wishes

14:01 Jun 26, 2017 

Thanks for the additional information. I did search the terminology database on proz.com, and it came back with 0 hits. As a result of that, I checked the same abbreviation through google with multiple hits of 0 relevance to my query. If you have any say in it, please communicate with the relevant site staff that the search functions on the terminology database frequently show 0 hits when in fact there are multiple hits. It would be a welcome improvement, if Proz.com could correct this.

00:30 Jun 26, 2017 

This question has already been asked and answered twice.

First, by Armorel in 2011:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/real_estate/4550...

Second by me not even a year ago:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/real_estate/6177...

I'd have scrapped my answer if I hadn't suggested a different term, should someone not feel comfortable with the version translated by Germans.

You'd need to use Google to properly search the database. See my conversation with writeaway there.

Best