Yes, it does work. Change in qa-config.php
/*
If you wish, you can define an array $QA_CONST_PATH_MAP to modify the URLs used in your Q2A site.
The key of each array element should be the standard part of the path, e.g. 'questions',
and the value should be the replacement for that standard part, e.g. 'topics'. If you edit this
file in UTF-8 encoding you can also use non-ASCII characters in these URLs.
$QA_CONST_PATH_MAP=array(
'questions' => 'topics',
'categories' => 'sections',
'users' => 'contributors',
'user' => 'contributor',
);
*/
Important:
YOU MUST MOVE the star and slash: */ like here to line 6:
/*
If you wish, you can define an array $QA_CONST_PATH_MAP to modify the URLs used in your Q2A site.
The key of each array element should be the standard part of the path, e.g. 'questions',
and the value should be the replacement for that standard part, e.g. 'topics'. If you edit this
file in UTF-8 encoding you can also use non-ASCII characters in these URLs.
*/
$QA_CONST_PATH_MAP=array(
'questions' => 'topics',
'categories' => 'sections',
'users' => 'contributors',
'user' => 'contributor',
);