How to Add Terms to a Termbase

This topic describes how to add new terms to an SDL MultiTerm termbase from your active document in the Editor view   

 

NOTE

Terms can only be added to the default termbase.

 

To add a term to the termbase:

  1. In the Editor window, select the source language term  and then do one of the following:

If

Then

you have already created a translation for the term in the target segment,

  1. Select the term translation in the target segment in Editor window.

  2. Right-click on the term translation and select Add New Term from the shortcut menu.

you have not yet created a translation for the term,

right-click on the source language term and select Add New Term from the shortcut menu.

 

A new termbase entry is displayed in the Termbase Viewer window. The new entry contains the source term and the term translation, if one was selected.

  1. If the selected term already exists in the termbase, a prompt is displayed asking you if you want to edit the existing termbase entry:

  1. If you want to edit the termbase entry do one of the following:

If

Then

you want to edit the contents of a field,

click the field label or double-click inside the field. This opens the field for editing.

Make the required change and click outside the field or press Enter to close the field.

You can also use the Tab key to close the current field and open the next one for editing.

you want to add a field that is not currently displayed,

look for field labels that have a down-arrow beside them. Click each down arrow to display a list of the fields which can be added below the field.

When you know where you want to add the field, click the appropriate down arrow and select the required field from the list.

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The selected field is opened for editing.

 

  1. When you have finished editing the entry, click Save this Entry saveterm_small.jpg. The new entry is saved to the termbase and displayed in the entry pane.

  2. If you want to abandon adding a new termbase entry, click Cancel Editing cancelentry_small.jpg.

 

 

Related Topics

Overview: Working with Termbases