Glossary Files
Glossary files are ASCII or Unicode files with a defined structure.
Each line contains a string entry in various languages, separated by a tab. This tab also divides the lines into columns with the same language required in the same column of each line.
Empty strings can also be entered into columns if a translation in the associated language is not available. In this case, a tab must also be inserted in order to keep the number of tabs in each line the same.
The first line - which is also separated by tabs - contains the language -IDs (made up of the primary ID and the SubID) of the languages used in the glossary. The following is an example of a glossary containing strings in English (9 1), German (7 1), French (12 1), and Spanish (10 1).
SDL Passolo uses always the first column as source and the other columns as target language.
| 9 1 | TAB | 7 1 | TAB | 12 1 | TAB | 10 1 |
| &File | TAB | &Datei | TAB | &Fichier | TAB | &Archivo |
| New | TAB | Neu | TAB | Nouveau | TAB | Nuevo |
| OK | TAB | OK | TAB | OK | TAB | Aceptar |
| Cancel | TAB | Abbrechen | TAB | Annuler | TAB | Cancelar |
| &Help | TAB | &Hilfe | TAB | &Aide | TAB | &Ayuda |
| Printing | TAB | Drucke | TAB | Impression | TAB | Imprimiendo |
You can create glossaries in any text editor or, for example, in Microsoft Excel. Moreover, you can directly export translation lists in glossary format. For further information, please refer to Glossaries.
When using other programs to set up the glossary, make sure that the number of tabs is the same in every line, even if some columns contain no text.
In addition, you can transfer the selected entry in the translation list directly to a new or existing glossary. Select (CTRL+F10). For more detailed information, please refer to Storing Translations.
Categories
A glossary can also contain a column indicating a category for the entry in that line. Instead of a language ID the first line contains the term CATEGORY in this column. Passolo supports the categories defined in the Microsoft glossaries:
| TDB | Dialog Title |
| DIA | Dialog Item |
| BUT | Dialog Button |
| EDT | Dialog Edit Box |
| CHK | Dialog Check Box |
| CBX | Dialog Combo Box |
| GRP | Dialog Group Box |
| GBT | Dialog Group Box Title |
| LBX | Dialog List Box |
| OPT | Dialog Option Button |
| RDB | Dialog Radio Button |
| TXB | Dialog Static Text |
| PGB | Dialog Progress Bar |
| SLB | Dialog Scroll Bar |
| TKB | Dialog Slider Bar |
| TAB | Dialog Tab Control |
| TXT | Strings Text |
| MSG | Strings Message |
| ACL | Accelerator |
| VER | Version |
| HTX | HTML Text |
| HTT | HTML Title |
| ARG | Argument Name |
| BIL | Billboards |
| COM | Command |
| FLD | Folder Name |
| FUN | Function Name |
| GEN | General |
| STS | Status Bar |
| TOL | Tool Tip |
| ADR | Address |
| ALT | Alternative Text |
| FIL | File Name |
| JST | Java Text |
| MAC | Macro Action |
| NUM | Number |
| PGI | Page Information |
| PTY | Property |
| STY | Style |
| VST | VB Script Text |
| CMT | Comment |
| CST | Custom Control |
| DRV | Drive Control |
| ERR | Error Message |
| FLC | Folder Control |
| FNT | Font Name |
| KEY | Key Name |
| KWD | Keyword |
| PTL | Page Title |
| TTL | Topic Title |