Hi,
I have a TB with 5,780 entries and only half of the them are good. Half of them are duplicates. Is there any way to perform bulk deletion in Multiterm 2019?
Thank you
Evdoxia
Hi,
I have a TB with 5,780 entries and only half of the them are good. Half of them are duplicates. Is there any way to perform bulk deletion in Multiterm 2019?
Thank you
Evdoxia
Normally the way to approach is with care, because of possible homonyms, so regular maintenance can be carried out as described here:
https://docs.rws.com/796827/348614/multiterm-2021-sr2/searching-for-duplicate-terms
If you're confident that you don't have any homonyms (or you don't care) then you have two options (at least) but nothing specifically designed to just batch remove duplicates:
There are other tools available from companies like Kaleidoscope that can carry out more maintenance type activities, but if your termbase isn't too complex and you don't want to pay for additional software then the two methods above are probably the bread and butter solutions.
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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Thank you, Paul. It sounds quite complicated. I thought that there would be a way to delete all of them at once using the Advanced Search > Search for Duplicate Terms. I wonder what is the point of this search if you cannot delete them at once?
I forgot to tell you that I don't need any of the duplicates, so a merge would be ok too.
Not too complicated... I recorded a video to explain the process as I'd have to do this to take screenshots anyway and I thought this would be more helpful.
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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