Term database management
A term database, also known as a terminology database or termbase, is an organized record of controlled vocabularies and, optionally, their standard translations.
Use WorldServer term databases (TDs) or MultiTerm termbases to manage commonly used terms and phrases, as well as terms and phrases that you want to be translated in a particular way (for example, a company tag line or the name of a feature). Term databases are particularly useful for translators who are using computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools, because they can view the entries applicable to a particular segment at the click of a button. This leads to consistency and efficiency when translating.
- An entry is a collection of terms in one or more languages that represents a single concept.
- A term is an element of an entry that represents a single concept in a single language.
- An attribute provides additional information to a term or to an entry. Administrators can configure mandatory or optional attributes by going to
Similarly, translators or other users might need to specify gender as an optional attribute when they propose a term.