DeepL plugin glossary function

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Hi! I was wondering if the new DeepL glossary function is available to use in Trados 2021 and how would I go about that? Thank you! 
 Dani

Lydia Simplicio · Accepted Answer

Daniela Wittmeier Kai Piontek Olaf Tonn Izabela Radomska Marta Bartnicka

I have tried to summarise the situation now after several conversations with DeepL and have put it into the wiki we have for the plugin here: DeepL Translation Provider

We have been working on the plugin anyway and will release an update to both the plugin (Trados Studio) and add-on (Language Cloud) in due course that provides glossary support.

Paul · Answer

Daniela Wittmeier Kai Piontek Olaf Tonn Izabela Radomska Marta Bartnicka 
 We have been discussing a few things with the DeepL team and I wanted to make sure you understood that this feature will not be available to you if you only have a Pro account? 
 It will only be available to users with a "DeepL API for Business" subscription. This is because of what DeepL support, not because of anything we are restricting. 
 To quote the information we were provided with: 
 "However, in case of additional development to your plugin, it should be noted that customers with a DeepL Pro Advanced or Ultimate subscription (the prerequisites for CAT Tool integration) are not allowed to create the glossaries themselves via direct API request. Direct access to our API by customers who do not have a DeepL API subscription counts as a violation of our Terms and Conditions and may result in a corresponding suspension for these customers." 
 So this means you have to have a DeepL API subscription of which they offer three types: 
 
 DeepL API Free 
 DeepL API Pro 
 DeepL API for Business 
 
 Of these three only one includes CAT tool integration and that's "DeepL API for Business". 
 We are currently investigation with DeepL how we are able determine the style of subscription a user has as this is not clear. But this is likely to be news for some users, possibly like you, who have a Pro subscription and believed this meant you can work with glossaries. 
 You should also be aware that there are glossaries, and there are glossaries! The glossaries you create using the API are not the same as the glossaries you create manually. So you will not be able to use the ones you created in your account as they cannot be accessed via the API... and vice versa. This means a lot of synching between the two if you wish to keep them in synch... something you will have to do manually. 
 Also, the DeepL API does not support an ability to change a glossary. So if you need to make changes you would have to delete the existing one and recreate a new one. 
 All in all possibly not a particularly attractive option. I would be very interested to learn your view on this information if you were not aware of it already?

Paul · Answer

Daniela Wittmeier 
 You misunderstood. 
 I am specifically talking about the ability to use the DeepL glossary feature in a CAT tool integration. This is only available to users with a DeepL API Business subscription. So once we complete the enhancement anyone using Ultimate or Advanced will still be able to use the CAT tool integration, but not the Glossary feature. They can use glossaries elsewhere, just not in a CAT tool. This is because they have two different types of glossary and they are not interchangeable.

Paul · Answer

Marta Bartnicka 
 I think you have just clarified why there is so much confusion around this. The DeepL team advised us today that "Direct access to our API by customers who do not have a DeepL API subscription counts as a violation of our Terms and Conditions and may result in a corresponding suspension for these customers." 
 Their website says that DeepL API Free/Pro does not include CAT tool integration or the web translator. 
 https://www.deepl.com/pro#developer 
 I also know that we currently don't have a way to determine what kind of API account a user has. Make of that what you will. 
 Marta Bartnicka said: The limitation about glossaries not being directly portable between web DeepL Pro and CAT DeepL Pro plug-in is known, and there is also a known work-around documented 
 I'm perfectly aware of the workaround and if users are happy with this then that's fine. My point is I want people to understand what they will be getting as it may not be exactly what many users think based on my discussions with many translators so far who only work with Pro. 
 Marta Bartnicka said: I am positive that it still works for DeepL Pro API. 
 
 It may be that in order to use this you would at least need Ultimate or Advanced AND DeepL API Pro , or DeepL API for Business . It's not clear for me yet either. I only know that you cannot use DeepL Pro API on its own without violating the DeepL Terms and Conditions.

Paul · Answer

Daniela Wittmeier Kai Piontek Olaf Tonn Izabela Radomska Marta Bartnicka 
 I have tried to summarise the situation now after several conversations with DeepL and have put it into the wiki we have for the plugin here: DeepL Translation Provider 
 We have been working on the plugin anyway and will release an update to both the plugin (Trados Studio) and add-on (Language Cloud) in due course that provides glossary support.

Paul · Answer

Kai Piontek 
 It is confusing because they have two types glossaries. If you use a CAT tool subscription then you can only use glossaries created by the integration in the CAT tool. So if you use glossaries with the DeepL windows application for example they are not going to be accessible via a CAT tool, and neither can you create them via the API unless you have a DeepL API subscription. 
 Does that help?

Paul · Answer

Steve Rawcliffe 
 If you cannot do this I wonder if you have the correct version of the plugin installed? It seems quite obvious when you have:

Paul · Answer

Steve Rawcliffe 
 Steve Rawcliffe said: I'm using Studio 2021 SR2, not Studio 2022. 
 That's your problem. It's only available for 2022 I'm afraid.

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