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Trouble defining a termbase

Nicolas Racine

Hi everybody,

I'm a newbie with Multiterm 2024. I've been creating a terminology database (with trial and error), which have the following structure: 

Screenshot of MultiTerm 2024 showing the entry structure with Entry level, Language level, and Term level including fields for French and English terms and images.

I have added the Image fields today. So I wanted to start populating the Image fields. In the Terms tab, I select a term, then click on "Add Field", and I am presented with the choice to only add a new English or French term:

Screenshot of MultiTerm 2024 interface with an entry for '3-Wick Candles' showing options to add English or French terms but no option to add images.

If I click on an existing term, I can edit the term, and that's it, I do not have the option to add a "subfield"

I have tried adding a term, and then selecting a subfield, but I get an error message probably because the term field is empty. 

Error message in MultiTerm 2024 stating 'ENTRY NOT SAVED! All mandatory items have to be completed French (Canada) > TERM > Terme francais.'

I have also tried to add the images in the Termbase Viewer tab of Studio, and It only accepts text entries, even though the Image field has been defined as a multimedia file.

So now, I don't know what else to try.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, while I have a shred of sanity left?

Thanks in advance.

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    If I understand well, you want to add terms for two languages in your termbase. This means that you have to define two entries at language level and not at term level as you did. You need to have an entry for English and one for Canadian French at language level. The term level is within a language and is meant to contain synonyms for that language. 

    It is essential to understand the basic structure of a termbase entry. There are three hierarchical levels:

    • - the entry level: contains information that is not language specific, such as an image. 
    • - the language level: in your case you need two, one for English and one for French. This is where you add the term (or terms in case of synonyms) for the respective language. 
    • - the term level: contains the attributes of the above term, such as subject, source, status, note, ...
    Nicolas Racine said:
    If I click on an existing term, I can edit the term, and that's it, I do not have the option to add a "subfield"

    You have to move your terms one level up to the "language level". You will then have the possibility to add subfields at the term level.
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  • 0 in reply to Walter Blaser

    Thank you for your answer  

    So if understand correctly, my terms should be at language level, and the other field at term level.

    I added the image at term level to be able to an image per term, if needed (and it will definitely be needed in some cases). Is there a limit of 1 multimedia field per entry? I could not find that info.

    I already have about 200 entries in the Termbase, so from what I have read, such extensive "surgery" cannot be done in Multiuterm; I will have to export the Termbase in Excel, operate there, and re-import after, right?

    Thank you for your help!
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