Term recognition not working in Trados Studio 2017

Since upgrading from Studio 2015 Professional to 2017, I've had the following issue:

Terms are not showing up in the term recognition window. Sometimes I can cursor out of the current unit and back in, and then the terms will return (or not). Seems to be more of a problem when working on a copy of our termbase on the network, but is also occurring when I connect to a local copy on my desktop. Either way, a major irritant and flow-breaker.

Anyone else noticing this behavior? Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?

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  • Same here... When I change the capitalization of an entry the TermBase asks me if I want to merge the entries. Then I get a "Script on this page" error and maybe this is what corrupted my TermBase such that in most segments no or only some terms show up. I will now try (to find out how to) reorganize my termbase and see if it fixes the issue. Maybe this can be a hint for the TRADOS team to resolve the reason for this symptom.

     

    I managed to reorganize my termbase with this tool appstore.sdl.com/.../, the free "Glossary Converter" from the SDL App Store. Exported my TermBase to xls and converted it back to sdltb and now it is working fine.
     
    This was faster than having to download and install Multiterm but I guess it does not ensure proper handling of all and every eventuality of some TermBases. Mine worked fine but I am keeping a backup of my old one just in case.
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  • Same here... When I change the capitalization of an entry the TermBase asks me if I want to merge the entries. Then I get a "Script on this page" error and maybe this is what corrupted my TermBase such that in most segments no or only some terms show up. I will now try (to find out how to) reorganize my termbase and see if it fixes the issue. Maybe this can be a hint for the TRADOS team to resolve the reason for this symptom.

     

    I managed to reorganize my termbase with this tool appstore.sdl.com/.../, the free "Glossary Converter" from the SDL App Store. Exported my TermBase to xls and converted it back to sdltb and now it is working fine.
     
    This was faster than having to download and install Multiterm but I guess it does not ensure proper handling of all and every eventuality of some TermBases. Mine worked fine but I am keeping a backup of my old one just in case.
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  • On a quick look I cannot find how to do this in Studio - Google searches suggest I will need Multiterm to do reorganize my TermBase. So I have to buy Multiterm for SDL TRADOS STUDIO to work properly? That's one way to make money ... :)

     

    Edit:

    Quick anything is never such a good idea. :) Thank you Paul Filkin from SDL for the hint that Multiterm is free! :) I was working under time pressure and my termbase was failing on me. But I do think it is a good idea for the SDL developer team to look at the issue that changing capitalization disrupts termbases. I have to quit and restart SDL TRADOS STUDIO after such a "script on this page .... do you want to continue running this page Yes/No"-error in order for the termbase lookup to react at all and after the restart it is disrupted.

  • It sure would be if we didn't give it to you for free! Download and install it from your account.

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  • Unknown said:
    Same here... When I change the capitalization of an entry the TermBase asks me if I want to merge the entries. Then I get a "Script on this page" error and maybe this is what corrupted my TermBase such that in most segments no or only some terms show up. I will now try (to find out how to) reorganize my termbase and see if it fixes the issue. Maybe this can be a hint for the TRADOS team to resolve the reason for this symptom.

    This is a different issue to the one reported above.  Are you running the weblookup plugin by any chance?

    Unknown said:
    This was faster than having to download and install Multiterm but I guess it does not ensure proper handling of all and every eventuality of some TermBases. Mine worked fine but I am keeping a backup of my old one just in case.

    You should probably install MultiTerm anyway so you have it handy when you need it.  Easy to find, just go to your account and to the same place you found the download for Studio.  Multiterm is there too.

    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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