Is it possible to choose to which termbase a new term should be added?

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Hello to all, 
 I am working with SDL Trados Studio 2015 Freelance edition. 
 When I'm in the editor view (with the source document on the left, and the target document on the right), I sometimes highlight a term on the left and on the right>then right-click>add new term. However, this adds the term to the first multiterm termbase in the list of termbases added to this project (project settings>termbases). But I would like to choose the termbase to which the new term should be added. 
 Does anybody know whether this is possible? And if yes, how to do it? 
 Thanks a lot! 
 Best wishes, 
 Mona

Nora Díaz · Accepted Answer

Hi Mona, 
 What you describe is a feature that I would also like to have, but sadly, it's not available. The only way to choose which termbase a term is added to is by making that termbase first in the list, so no on-the-fly selection is possible. An alternative would be having your secondary termbase open in Multiterm and either manually entering the term there, or creating something like an Autohotkey script to do it. 
 If you happen to use Dragon, I have a command to do just that, which you can find here: 
 Adding Terms to a Secondary Termbase

Paul · Answer

Hi Mona, 
 
Nora is correct, this is not possible and probably won't be in the near future. It's harder, technically, than it sounds. Maybe another workaround, is to use one termbase but include additional attributes that reflect the reason for wanting to add in different termbases. This way you can just change the attribute value whenever you add a term that doesn't reflect the default value. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Mona, 
 I created a short video to explain what I mean. Hope this explains the idea well enough.

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Is it possible to choose to which termbase a new term should be added?

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