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+{{cquote|Wikipedia is a very valuable tool for me as a translator of medical and pharmaceutical materials from Japanese into English. When I need a little background information to make sure I am understanding a sentence correctly, Wikipaedia is always the first place I turn to. The hyperlinks are great: I can quickly jump to a more general article to get a wider view of the subject, or zero in on the specific content I need to understand.
+No translator can know as much as
+As I translator I need to jump from one specialist field to another, often combining more than one field in the same document. Furhtermore, Japanese sentences are often much less precise than English ones (because the author assumes that a specialist reader will know what he means without having it spelled out precisely), so I often need to choose between several possible interpretations based on background knowledge. Wikipedia usually fills in the gaps in my background knowledge so quickly that my workflow is not seriously interrupted. Someimes, it actually speeds up my work because I can proceed more confidently.
+Finally, even when it is not essential to my translation work, it is always satisfying to learn new things as I work and to understand the context of the detailed information I am translating.
+Bravo Wikipedia! You have become a trusted colleague and advisor.
+I feel gratitude to all the contributors and editors, and I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute financially to your future success. }}
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 {{cquote| I do research, well, on just about everything.  With more search engines trying to 'steer' the reader to specific sites and 'sell' an idea or product along with the information, I find I rely more and more heavily on the 'pure' info supplied by Wikipedia.  I especially like all the URL links for further investigation and am always assured that the information supplied is: 1) easy to access 2) as accurate and up to date as information can be these days 3) free of time-wasting pop-ups, ads and 'filtering' and 4) provides esoteric, quantitative, qualitative and difficult-to-find information on a wealth of subjects not found anywhere else.  My heart-felt thanks to Jimmy Wales for his vision, to all at Wikipedia, and to all the contributors who make this possible.}}