evergreen

16:57 May 2, 2010 

There are several strange things about the way this Question has been categorized:

(1) The reason most Answerers don't "meet the criteria" on this question is that hardly any of us have the room to include the 'Field' "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" on our proz.com profile in the list of Fields we specialize in.

There's only enough room to mention *specific* Fields such as technology, finance, medicine, legal etc. - with it understood that most "proz" are capable of translating "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters".

(2) This Question could be PRO, not NON-PRO. I think Asker Anna thought "evergreen" was a cognate, so she labeled the Question NON-PRO. However, this Question involves a *false* cognate - which can present subtle challenges in translation, as we can see from the diverse Answers being given.

(3) Making this a "first validated answer" Question, limited to Answerers who "meet the criteria" (but with overly-general 'criteria' which end up inadvertently excluding most of us), is a good recipe for ensuring that a less-than-optimal Answer gets selected. And then "not-for-points" on top of it - which sometimes makes fewer Answerers participate.

06:10 May 2, 2010 

why do you make this a not-for-points question, non-Pro but want answers only from those "who meet the criteria"? This combination simply beats me ....