Terminology databases allow you
to use standard terminology across your globalization projects. The
terminology database is useful when you are translating in a WorldServer
translation workbench, where you can click the terminology database
button for a particular segment to view applicable terminology database
entries. This helps in translation consistency and efficiency.
You can create multiple terminology databases to meet your needs.
You configure terminology databases in Management > Linguistic Tool Setup > Term Database Setup. You
also can set up terminology database groups, which are a means of
associating multiple term databases under a single organizational
unit. A terminology database group offers the choice for looking up
a text in multiple terminology databases simultaneously.
A terminology database group consists of one of more “Lookup terminology databases,” used for searching,
and a single “Update terminology database” for saving translations. Each one of the Lookup terminology databases
has a different priority within the terminology database group. The
Update terminology database can be any of the terminology databases
available in WorldServer, and does not need to belong to the group.
For example, typically, the terminology database groups are used
for associating terminology databases of related languages like Spanish-Mexico
or Spanish-Argentina, where it would be useful to perform lookups
in more than one terminology database at once.
Another typical use is for grouping a read-only terminology database
and a write-only terminology database. The read-only terminology database
would be a master terminology database that has all entries reviewed
and presumed to be correct. On the other hand, the write-only terminology
database will hold only new translations that require review before
being imported into the master terminology database.
