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Adding Termbases

Select the SDL MultiTerm (Desktop) termbases that you want to add to this project on the Termbases page of the New Project wizard. 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.

Procedure

  1. Click Add.
    The Select Termbases dialog box is displayed.
  2. To select a termbase, do one of the following:
    • If you want to use a termbase stored locally in a file, click Browse and select a local termbase.
    • If you want to use a remote termbase stored on a server, click Log in 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.
  3. Click OK to close the Select Termbases dialog box and to add the termbases to the project.
  4. Continue selecting termbases until the list is complete. Any termbases you have added appear in the Termbases box 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.
  5. Select if you want to apply any existing filters to the termbase. This filter restricts the results that SDL Trados Studio displays when you search a termbase during translation. 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.
  6. 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. This termbase determines the languages that are used. New termbase entries added during translation in the Editor view are added to the default termbase.
  7. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the priorities of the termbases.
  8. 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.