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I am trying to add a language (en-US) to a TermBase that has en-GB and de-DE so for. I would like to duplicate the exact content of en-GB under the en-US entries.
How can I best do this?
I am trying to add a language (en-US) to a TermBase that has en-GB and de-DE so for. I would like to duplicate the exact content of en-GB under the en-US entries.
How can I best do this?
Hello,
Yes, you can copy a language in MultiTerm. Here's how you can do it:
Step 1: Open your TermBase in MultiTerm.
Step 2: Go to the "Termbase" menu and select "Define Structure".
Step 3: In the "Define Structure" dialog box, click on "Add Language" and select "en-US".
Step 4: Now, to copy the content from "en-GB" to "en-US", you will need to export your TermBase entries to an Excel file or XML file.
Step 5: In the exported file, duplicate the "en-GB" column and rename it to "en-US".
Step 6: Import the modified file back into your TermBase.
Please note that this process will duplicate the exact content from "en-GB" to "en-US". If there are any terms or phrases that are specific to "en-GB", you may need to manually edit them to suit "en-US".
I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Best regards,
RWS Community AI
Steps 1-4 are not accurate, but good enough - I managed to add another language.
Step 5 is nonsense, there is no column for a language.
I guess the answer to my question is: Read the manual for Glossary Converter. Read it carefully. Yes, it's a cryptic program, but like all cryptic programs, once you understand it you'll love it. I'm going to love it.
I guess another approach might be to not do that at all. But instead recreate your termbase as just EN and DE, and add attribute to the terms so you can define whether the term is en-GB or en-US. That way you also have control over forbidden terminology and you won't have to maintain two variants that are essentially the same with only occasional differences.
At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs, this may help by brief explanation: https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/04/08/yanks-versus-brits/
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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I guess another approach might be to not do that at all. But instead recreate your termbase as just EN and DE, and add attribute to the terms so you can define whether the term is en-GB or en-US. That way you also have control over forbidden terminology and you won't have to maintain two variants that are essentially the same with only occasional differences.
At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs, this may help by brief explanation: https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/04/08/yanks-versus-brits/
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
________________________
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You've done the courses and still need to go a little further, or still not clear?
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