How to Add a Termbase

With SDL Trados Studio you can create and use a termbase or work with termbases created in SDL MultiTerm (see the MultiTerm Online Help for information about Creating a Termbase).

Create a new Termbase

Create a MultiTerm termbase straight from SDL Trados Studio without opening SDL MultiTerm. You will use the same Termbase Wizard as in SDL MultiTerm, but you cannot give the file-based termbase a name or choose its save location:

the friendly name you fill in during the Termbase Wizard will be used for the file-based termbase's name on disk
the file-based termbase is saved in the default projects folder.

You cannot create a server-based termbase directly from Studio, only a MultiTerm administrator can do it from MultiTerm Server.

NOTE

In case you give the same friendly name to two or more termbases, the file name of the duplicate termbases will be the friendly name plus an incremental number.

You cannot add a new or an existing termbase to a project if it has a friendly name that matches that of an already added termbase. Check the friendly name of the termbase by opening it in SDL MultiTerm.

The friendly name is case sensitive, so you can use the same word with a different letter case for two termbases.

To create a new termbase in Studio, you need to display the dialog box where you want to add the termbase and then:

Select Language Pairs > All Language Pairs > Termbases from the navigation tree. Any termbases that are currently open are listed in the Termbases list.
Click Create > New File-based Termbase.
The Termbase Wizard will guide you through the creation of your termbase. Follow the steps described in the MultiTerm online Help about Termbase Definition.

Use SDL MultiTerm to manage the termbase you created in SDL Trados Studio. This means editing the termbase definition or editing filters layouts and input models. See the SDL MultiTerm Help for more information.

Add an Existing Termbase

Select the MultiTerm termbases that you want to add to the Termbases page.

To add a termbase in Studio, you need to display the dialog box where you want to add the termbase and then:

Select Language Pairs > All Language Pairs > Termbases from the navigation tree. Any termbases that are currently open are listed here.
Click Add and then choose if you want to add a MultiTerm file termbase or a MultiTerm server termbase.
To add a termbase, do one of the following:

If you selected to add a file-based termbase, browse for it and click Open.
If you selected to add a remote termbase from a server, click Log in in the the Select Termbases dialog box to connect to the MultiTerm Server. The list of termbases on the server is displayed in the Select Termbases dialog box. Select the check box next to the termbase name that you want add to the project, then click OK.

Continue selecting termbases until the list is complete. Any termbases you have added appear in the Termbases list and the Enabled option is selected for the termbase. When this option is selected, the termbase is automatically searched during translation when a segment becomes the active segment. For more information, see Terminology Recognition.
Make sure the appropriate language for each termbase is set in the Languages pane for each project language. Each language must be mapped to a language in the termbase.

NOTE

If there is more than one language that is close match to the project language—for example, if there is a main language and one or more sublanguages such as French (France), French (Canada) and French (Belgium)—the closest matching language will appear in a drop-down list, where you can change the selection as needed.

If there is no matching language available for a project language, the Termbase Language columns will be blank and you will not be able to use active terminology recognition for that language in your project.

Click OK to save your changes and close this dialog box.

Filter your Termbase Results

Filters restrict the results that SDL MultiTerm displays when you search a termbase during translation. The filter must exist already in order to apply it. Filters can only be created in SDL MultiTerm.

For example, you can use a filter when searching a termbase to show only those entries that were created or modified after a certain date.

Select Language Pairs > All Language Pairs > Termbases from the navigation tree.
From the Filter column, select to apply any existing filters to the selected termbase.
Click OK to save your changes and close this dialog box.

Specify which Termbase it Updated with New Terms

The default termbase determines the languages that are used. New termbase entries added during translation in the Editor view are added to the default termbase.

Select Language Pairs > All Language Pairs > Termbases from the navigation tree.
To set a termbase as the default, select the termbase and click the Set Default button. The termbase is set as the default termbase and is moved to the top of the list of termbases.
Click OK to save your changes and close this dialog box.

Specify the Order of Termbase Suggestions

Termbases on this page are ordered by priority (highest priority being the first termbase in the list). The termbase priority is used to determine the order that termbase suggestions are made. You may want to change this to give priority to suggestions from some termbases that may have the most relevant terms or quality terms.

Select Language Pairs > All Language Pairs > Termbases from the navigation tree.
Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the priorities of the termbases.
Click OK to save your changes and close this dialog box.