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1. 2 This opens a dropdown menu in which you click Term ey Pa 3 This in turn opens a new empty term field in which you enter the synonym i e wall plug Confirm the new term by pressing Enter a wall plug am Adding a Status Value Let us assume that you want to indicate that wall socket is your preferred term The sample termbase offers a field called Status which can be used to add this type of information 1 Click the arrow button next to the term wall socket wall socket ZR al plug 2 This opens a dropdown menu from which you select the Status field Er p e EIZ English Illustration Type T Part of Speech Notes 3 This will insert a dropdown list with three values below the term Select the Preferred value from the list then press Enter to confirm agra English P Psa 7 wall socket wall plug E A French Approved e Approved bo Preferred _ ot SDL MULTITERM 2014 5 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries NOTE Status is a so called picklist field This means that it allows you to pick one of several pre defined values In the next section you will learn how to add information into a free text field Adding a Notes Field Let us assume that you want to add some additional information to the English term wall socket i e a note To do this take the following steps 1
2. BD Bs Global Customer Experience Management SDL MultiTerm 2014 for Translators amp Project Managers N Training Course Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction About this Training Workbook 1 2 Chapter 2 About Termbases What is a Termbase gt 2 2 Adding Content to a Termbase 2 2 What is a Concept oriented Termbase gt 2 2 Chapter 3 The SDL MultiTerm User Interface Starting the Application 3 2 Opening a Termbase 3 2 The Application Windows 3 3 The Entry Pane 3 4 The Browse List 3 4 The Hitlist 3 5 The Termbases List 3 5 The Terms View 3 5 The Termbase Management View 3 6 Resizing Moving Windows and Auto Hide 3 6 The Application Ribbon 3 8 Chapter 4 Searching Termbases Selecting your Source and Target Language 4 2 Browsing the Termbase 4 2 Searching For Particular Terms 4 3 Normal Search 4 4 Wildcard Search 4 4 Fuzzy Search 4 5 Full Text Search 4 6 Returning only Terms with a Target 4 7 Showing the Target Term in the Hitlist 4 8 Defining and Using Filters 4 9 Creating a Simple Filter 4 10 Using Filters in a Search 4 11 Creating an Advanced Filter 4 12 Searching Multiple Termbases 4 14 Searching from Other Applications 4 16 Selecting a Termbase 4 16 Performing a Search from Word 4 18 Summary 4 19 Chapter 5 Adding and Editin
3. Text C Concept ID H Cancel Help 2 Start with the Subject field Make sure that this field is highlighted in the Available column header fields list 3 The Subject column contains descriptive information i e no terms therefore the Descriptive fields radio button which is already pre selected applies here Just change the value in the dropdown list below from Text to Picklist SDL MultiTerm Convert Specify Column Header 5 9 lt 9 See hi he ee Sov This screen allows you to specify the type of each column header field contained in the input file You need to specify the language for language fields C Language field NOTE The data type Text is used for fields that allow for free text e g a definition note example etc When you have a limited number of values e g only a limited number of clients then use the data type Picklist This is the likely data type for Subject as a Subject is usually associated with a limited set of values e g general politics science etc 6 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 6 7 8 Continue with the other columns i e English and German Let us assume that the terms listed in the English column should be stored as English United Kingdom in the termbase To do this make sure that English is selected in the Available column header fields list Then click the Language field
4. 10 Close the Term Recognition window FOR MORE INFORMATION H Add Term Term Searching the Termbase from SDL Trados Studio You can also search for terms that are not in the document To do this follow the steps below 1 Click the Termbase Search tab on the bottom of the Term Recognition window aT i No results available 2 Then enter your search term e g true image into the search text field of the Termbase Search window Press Enter to execute the search SDL MULTITERM 2014 12 9 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 3 The results will be shown directly in the Termbase Search window of SDL Trados Studio true image T n Tru Image True Image AF 300 All Purpose Photo Printer True Image AF300 Universal Fotodrucker F Term Recognition Termbase Search D FOR MORE INFORMATION Iermbase Search Window SUMMARY You can select one or several termbases for searching and editing from the SDL Trados Studio translation environment O When you have selected a termbase SDL Trados Studio will automatically search the current segment for any known terms active terminology recognition If terms are found you can insert the target term directly into your translation either by typing the first letter and pressing Enter You can add new terms to the termbase by highlighting the source target terms in the document and by sele
5. Each termbase comes with a set of pre defined export definitions which allows you to export the termbase content into a number of different file formats e g XML HTML RTF XML is mainly used for backup purposes as it is the only format that can be directly imported into a termbase HTML exports contain the terms in two selected languages These exports can be used for example to generate bilingual glossaries RTF exports can be used to generate printable dictionaries You can apply pre defined filters during an export to limit the export to a subset of the termbase SDL MULTITERM 2014 10 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc MAINTAINING TERMBASES This chapter provides a practical example of how to keep a termbase lean and efficient You will learn how to E E E Search for duplicate terms Merge entries Create read only copies of a termbase Maintaining Termbases HANDLING DUPLICATE TERMS From time to time it may be necessary to maintain your termbase to keep it lean and efficient For example it can happen that your termbase for duplicate terms which clutter the termbase unnecessarily However duplicate terms are not always redundant The same word in one language can have different meanings and different translations Just take the English word well as an example In this case the same term can occur on several entries and is not redundant as t
6. SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 14 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc 7 Searching Termbases In the Select Termbases dialog box click Browse and go to the location in which your sample termbases are stored The second termbase can be found in the same folder as the first termbase i e Sample Files Termbases Double click the termbase file Software sdltb to select it The Select Termbases dialog box should now list two termbases i e Hardware Termbase and Software Termbase Make sure that the box next to each termbase is checked Click OK to open the second termbase iL Select Termbases Hame Description W Ge Hardware Termbase W G Software Termbase Find more tembases on SOL OpenExchange By default SDL MultiTerm searches the open termbases until a hit is found This means that if a result is found in the first termbase it will not continue the search in the second termbase To make sure that both termbases are searched click the Hierarchical Mode button below the search text field and then select the Sequential Mode option printer pe Hierarchical Mode H 2 a Hierarchical Mode A dvanced mal Hierarchical Mode Ctrl H earch Sa Parallel Mode Sequential Mode Type the search term color into the search text field then press Enter SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 15 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 8 Note that the hitlist contains r
7. Tab delimited export defi N les List spell check SDLP ren TEX LISA 2002 i ITE Ctrl Alt L 4 On the first page of the Export Wizard click the button Save As and select a location and name for your export file e g your desktop As file name you can enter for example XML Export Then click Next Export Wizard Step 2 of sa e Fxport Settings Select the export file and choose to sort temmbase content by entry number or by index f you wish to apply a filter during export select one from the drop down list For a complete backup of your tembase select Sort termbase content by entry number C Users Training Desktop XML Export log Sort tembase content by entry number D Sort termbase content by index field Source Z Apply fitter Source contains synonyms 5 On the next page wait for the progress bar to reach 100 This means that the export has been processed successfully Click Next and then Finish to close the Export Wizard 6 Take a look at the location in which the XML export file has been created You can open the file in your browser by double clicking it Note however that XML is not suitable for reading or printing SDL MULTITERM 2014 10 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Exporting Termbases GENERATING A BILINGUAL GLOSSARY FROM THE TERMBASE Let us assume that you want to generate a bilingual word list This can also be useful if you want to give a
8. Termbase Name Adding Language Fields Let us assume that you need to create a termbase with the languages English French and German To add the termbase languages take the following steps 1 On the Language Fields page select French from the Languages dropdown list SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases 2 Then click the Add button to add the selected to the Selected fields list on the right hand side Termbase Wizard Step 3 of 5 e Language Fields Select the languages you wish to include in your tembase Accept the default index field label for each language or customise it to suit your requirements Languages Selected language fields French FR French E Show sublanguages Sort order Case sensitive Language field label E Ignore non alphabetic characters 3 Repeat the above steps to add English and German Then click Next to continue D FOR MORE INFORMATION Fields Adding Descriptive Fields Descriptive fields allow you to enter additional information to further describe a term or an entry Let us assume that you require two fields i e Client and Notes To add these fields take the following steps 1 On the Descriptive Fields page enter Notes into the Field label text field SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 4 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases 2 Then click the Add button to add the field to the Descripti
9. part is the Statistics section which shows the following 3 The total number of termbase entries 34 3 The total number of multimedia objects i e graphics 4 The number of terms for each language Statistics Total number of entries 34 Total number of multimedia objects 4 Languages Name Terms Entries Coverage of total Chinese 30 30 88 English 48 34 French 31 30 German 33 33 Japanese J30 30 Portuquese Fi 30 Spanish 31 30 NOTE An entry can contain more than one term in a particular language In one entry you can store for example synonyms approved terms obsolete terms etc This is why the number of English terms 48 in the current example is greater than the total number of termbase entries 34 D FOR MORE INFORMATION A h i Resizing Moving Windows and Auto Hide Click the Terms button to switch back to the Browse list SDL MultiTerm in fact allows you resize and move the windows within the application 3 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc The SDL MultiTerm User Interface 3 Resize You can resize the Browse list by placing the mouse pointer between the Browse list and the Entry pane and by moving the mouse pointer to the left or to he right Terms mi Band der Farbpatrone Bewiesen Sie Methodik Contra PLUS Farbpatrone Fotodrucker gemeinsame Agrarpolitik Globale Sicherheit innovativ LED Matix Mistet Drucker Matr
10. 1 of i o Input Model Name Enter a name for your input model and a description if required Name Erish Geman Model English German Model Description optional SDL Multi Term Adding an Entry Level Field 1 On the Input Model Definition page right click the item Entry level This opens a list with the languages that are available in the termbase SDL MULTITERM 2014 8 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Working with Input Models 2 From the list click Client and then press Enter This will add the Client field below Entry level Input Model Wizard Step 2 of 2 77 L_ 3 Input Model Definition Select an item from the input model tree and right click to add fields to your input model Specify settings and default values for each field f required Input model Default value Tomme Srl index a field Default content emar English Client Field settings Mandatory Multiple Read only 3 Let us assume that the Client field needs to be mandatory This means that it should not be possible to save an entry without selecting a value for this field To do this activate the Mandatory check box while the Client field is still highlighted Input Model Wizard Step 2 of 2 NE e sn Input Model Definition Select an item from the input model tree and right click to add fields to your input model Specify settings and d
11. Enter photo into the search text field 2 Execute the search by pressing the Enter key SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 4 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases The hitlist now shows all terms that contain the word photo e g Matrix Photolithograph The asterisks used in the wildcard search act as placeholders for any string that precedes and follows the search term Home View Add Ins Help SOUTCE English pl i Reverse Indexes aa Hierarchical Mode So Advanced Languages Search es matrix photolithograph mistjet nozzle engineering iEntry number 21 mattis photolithograph metet naoz EE Engli graph mist ais nglish Matrix Photolithogrash Mistdet Mag pans s PERAE iiia matrix photolithograph mistjet nozzle engineer FRE Status Forbidden PhotoSpan Matrix Photolithograph MistJet Nozzle Engineerim Defniton Branding term for the proprietary technology Status Preferred German Matrix Photolithograph Mistet Nozzle Engineer Defniton Markenname f r das firmeneigene System zt True Image AP 300 All Purpose Phy m O Browse Hitlist Termbases r Chinese Clicking a term in the hitlist shows the corresponding entry in the Entry pane D FOR MORE INFORMATION in il rd Char r Fuzzy Search Let us assume that you want to look up the term color cartridge However you are unsure of the spelling of the word cartridge Take the following step
12. Level Field 8 3 Adding Languages 8 5 Adding a new Entry Based on the Input Model 8 5 Summary 8 7 Chapter 9 Extracting Terminology What is Terminology Extraction 9 2 Performing a Bilingual Terminology Extraction 9 2 Starting SDL MultiTerm Extract 9 2 2 SDLMULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Table of Contents SEE Creating a Bilingual Extraction Project 9 2 Selecting the Termbase 9 3 Selecting the Project File 9 5 Running the Extraction 9 5 Verifying the Extraction Result 9 6 Validating a Term Pair 9 6 Editing a Term 9 6 Adding a Target Term 9 7 Exporting the Extraction Result to the Termbase Summary 9 10 Chapter 10 Exporting Termbases About Exporting Termbases 10 2 Running an XML Export 10 2 Generating a Bilingual Glossary from the Termbase Generating a Dictionary from your Termbase 10 5 Summary 10 7 Chapter 11 Maintaining Termbases Handling Duplicate Terms 11 2 Searching for Duplicate Terms 11 2 Comparing the Entries 11 2 Creating a Read Only Copy of a Termbase 11 4 Summary 11 6 9 8 10 4 Chapter 12 Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio General Information on SDL Trados Studio 12 2 Using Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 12 2 Starting SDL Trados Studio 12 2 Opening a Document for Translation 12 2 Selecting a Termbase 12 3 Translating
13. SDL MultiTerm Convert through Start gt All Programs gt SDL gt SDL MultiTerm 2014 Then click the SDL MultiTerm 2014 Convert application icon 3 This will open SDL MultiTerm Convert which is a wizard application On the first page of the wizard click Next to continue On the following page click Next again 6 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 6 4 On the Available conversion options page select Microsoft Excel format from the available input formats then click Next amp SDL MultiTerm Convert Conversion Options 3 7 lt l e m 7 t Select from the list of available options to convert your terminology data Available conversion options Conversion to Multiferm XML format MultiTerm 5 format OLIF XML format SDLTermbase Desktop format SDLTermbase Online format Choose this option to convert temninology data from Microsoft Excel ads xla format to Multi Term XML format Cancel Help 5 On the Specify Files page you select the file to convert Click the Browse button and select the file glossary xlsx from your sample files location i e Sample Files Converting_Glossaries by double clicking it Then click Next SDL MultiTerm Convert Specify Files 4 9 T Ei This screen allows you to specify input and output files as well as a log file for the conversion Select the input file to be converted and Mu
14. TERMBASE Start SDL MultiTerm if it is not running through Start gt All Programs gt SDL gt SDL MultiTerm 2014 gt SDL MultiTerm 2014 Desktop Creating the Termbase File To start creating the new termbase take the following steps 1 Switch to the File tab and then select the New gt Create Termbase Home View Add Ins Help F Open Termbase Ctrl 0 Create Termbase Ctrl Alt lt T Close Termbase Cirl Alt 6 2 This opens the Save New Termbase dialog box in which a location and a default name for the new termbase is already suggested i e New Termbase sdltlb 3 Replace the suggested termbase file name with glossary sdltb then click Save Loading the Termbase Definition 1 This opens the Termbase Wizard On the first screen of the wizard just click Next to continue 2 We will now create the new termbase based on the glossary xdt termbase definition which SDL MultiTerm Convert has created To select this termbase definition click the Load an existing termbase definition file radio button SDL MULTITERM 2014 6 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 3 Click the Browse button and select the file glossary xdt from your sample files location Termbase Wizard Step 1 of 5 eee Se Tennbase Definition Specify whether you wish to create a termbase definition using one of the predefined termbase templates load an existing tembase definition or create
15. a new temmbase definition from scratch I Create a new termbase definition from scratch Use a predefined termbase template Bilingual glossary Load an existing termbase definition file Converting Glossaries glossary xt 0 Use an existing termbase as a template BD PS Browse Copy catalog objects to the new tembase hsi Net gt Caned i He 4 Then click Next to continue Naming the Termbase 1 Onthe Termbase Name page enter a name for your termbase into the Friendly Name text field e g User Interface Glossary ki Tembase Name Enter the termbase name and a description if required _ nen me ce Glossary User Int erfa Copyright optional SDL MultiTerm cancel L_ Hee 2 Then click Next to continue 6 8 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 6 Languages and Descriptive Fields 1 The Language Fields page lists the languages taken over from the Excel file Here you just need to click Next to continue 2 You can also skip the next two pages i e Descriptive Fields and Entry Structure by clicking Next twice Termbase Wizard Step 5 of 5 Entry Structure Create an entry structure for your tembase entries by specifying the level at which descnptive fields are used Specify field settings f required Entry structure Available descriptive fields Subje
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17. are excluded to the extent permitted by law Information in this documentation including any URL and other Internet Web site references is subject to change without notice Without limiting the rights under copyright no part of this document may be reproduced stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise or for any purpose without the express written permission of SDL plc 4 SDLMULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Introduction ABOUT THIS TRAINING WORKBOOK This workbook provides practical examples of how to use SDL MultiTerm 2014 You will learn the following What is terminology Starting the application 3 Overview of the user interface Searching terms in SDL MultiTerm Adding editing and deleting entries Generating termbases from existing glossaries in Microsoft Excel format Setting up your own termbase definitions Extracting terminology from translated files Exporting terminology to e g Word or Excel format 3 Keeping termbases lean and efficient Using SDL MultiTerm in your translation environment i e SDL Trados Studio 2014 What is SDL MultiTerm Online The main focus of this training guide is on practical life examples for which training sample files are available We
18. can be more ergonomic To do this change the hitlist settings by taking the following steps SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 8 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 1 Right click anywhere inside the hitlist and select Hitlist Settings from the context menu proven methodology Ha Hitlist Settings Fi F2 Ea Add Copy Fa le Delete Shift Del m sau 2 Inthe Hitlist Settings dialog box activate the Show target terms check box Then close the dialog box by clicking OK Index and Termbase Sequential mode preview Specify how indexes and tembases are formatted Termbase 1 W Showtembase 23 215 mode onk ie SS Show index name Term 2 Translation Termbase 2 Term 1 Translation Term 2 Translation Parallel mode preview Fields Specify which fields are displayed and Term 1 Termbase their default appearance in the tree Translation 7 Temi 3 Termbase 2 BEM ANT eee Translation Compact fields Term 2 Termbase 1 Translation M Show term fields Term 2 Termbase 2 E Show target fields Translation E Show plus minus buttons Font Select Fields 3 Note that the target term is now directly displayed below the source term in the hitlist Hitlist 4 xX proven methodology m thodologie prouv e DEFINING AND USING FILTERS Filters are useful for restricting a search to entries that match a specific criterion In the following sections you will learn how t
19. descriptive fields list and select Entry level in the Entry structure box Then click the Add button SDL MultiTerm Convert Create Entry Structure 6 9 E EFU t Select a field level in the entry structure and then select the descriptive field you want to add on the respective level in order to create your entry structure Available descriptive fields 3 Note that the Subject field has now been added under Entry level and therefore above the languages Click Next to continue Starting the Conversion 1 On the Conversion settings summary page click Next 2 This will start the conversion Wait for the progress bar to indicate that the conversion is finished 3 Proceed by clicking Next and then click Finish SDL MultiTerm Convert Converting 3 9 ll E a n Please wait while your terminology data is being converted OO OOOO 4 Take a quick look at the sample folder that contains your glossary xslx file SDL MultiTerm Convert has created the following files glossary xdt this is the termbase definition file from which we will create a new empty termbase 6 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 6 4 glossary mtf xml this is the termbase content which we will import into the termbase which we are going to create in the next step D FOR MORE INFORMATION A DL MultiTerm Conver CREATING A NEW
20. for example Excel glossaries to SDL MultiTerm XML format This XML format then be imported into a termbase PREPARING YOUR GLOSSARY FOR CONVERSION In your sample files folder i e Sample Files Converting_Glossaries you find the glossary xlsx sample file When opened in Microsoft Excel the glossary looks as shown below B 1 Subject English German 2 Software Menu Men 3 Software Tracks Titel 4 Software Artists K nstler 5 software Albums Alben b Software Genres Genres f Software Playlists Playlists o Software Play List Flayhst abspielen 9 Software Play Album Album abspielen 10 Software Mobile Playlist Mobile Playlist 11 Sotware Settings Einstellungen 12 Software All Tracks Alle Titel 13 Software Play Shufled Zufallswiedergabe 14 Software Unknown Unbekannt Note that this file already fits the requirements for converting into SDL MultiTerm XML format i e The terms for each language and the values of the descriptive field i e Subject are listed in separate columns The column headers contain the label of each language field and the descriptive field It is important that the column headers match the names that the fields will have in the SDL MultiTerm termbase CONVERTING THE MICROSOFT EXCEL FILE Specifying the Input Format and File To convert the Microsoft Excel glossary take the following steps 1 First make sure that the file to convert is NOT open in Microsoft Excel 2 Launch
21. gq Save a Merge be New 3 Delete a Cancel Editing NOTE Make sure that no further entries are open at the same time as the content of those entries would also be merged You can close entries tabs by selecting the corresponding tab and then pressing Ctrl F4 2 Confirm the merge operation by clicking Yes Note the currently displayed entry now contains all the languages 3 To save the merged entry press F12 4 Merging all languages in a single entry has NOT deleted the other entry which has now become redundant Therefore we can safely delete it To do this click the tab of the other entry 5 Delete this entry by pressing Shift Del 6 Confirm deletion of the entry with Yes D FOR MORE INFORMATION Search for Duplicate Terms CREATING A READ ONLY COPY OF A TERMBASE Sometimes you may want to forward your termbase to other users In that case it is enough to just send the corresponding sdltb file However you may not want the recipient of your termbase to be able to modify or export the content of the file In that case you can encrypt your termbase before sending it to another user To do this take the following steps 1 First open your Windows Explorer and go to the folder in which your termbase file is located i e Sample Files Termbases Hardware sdltb 2 Then create a copy of the sdltb file NOTE Make certain that you run the encryption on a copy of the sdltb file because once the termbase
22. list This ensures that only the terms that you validated i e checked will be imported into the termbase Then click Next Export Wizard D em Filters Select the filter that you wish to use from the drop down list Or dick Create New Filter to define a new filter Filter Only Validated Skip the two following screens by clicking Next twice Finally click Finish When prompted to save the export definition for later use click No SDL MULTITERM 2014 9 9 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Extracting Terminology 7 Wait a few seconds for the export to finish then click OK Export om Soe 10S Time Elapsed 00 00 Estimated time left 00 00 wf Exporting 8 When prompted to remove the non validated terms from the project click Yes This will remove any terms from the extraction list that you did not validate NOTE Removing non validated terms is useful when you are certain that you have finished the extraction project If you plan to continue to validate terms e g the next day then do not remove any non validated terms from the project Switch back to SDL MultiTerm 2014 Click the Refresh View button on the View tab This will show the newly imported terms in your termbase Home View Add Ins Help H Terms E UserInterface Language Full Screen HB Termbase Management E Color Scheme K Reset Window Layout Navigation User Interface SUMMARY Terminology extraction allo
23. need to change the field s properties This allows you to associate a field with a number of pre defined picklist values Descriptive fields can occur on the entry level i e refer to all the terms in an entry or can be term specific i e refer to a particular term only SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 9 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 10 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc WORKING WITH INPUT MODELS In this chapter you will learn how to Define an input model to streamline the entry creation process Use an input model to add a new entry Working with Input Models WHAT ARE INPUT MODELS Input models are templates which you can use to facilitate editing and creating entries When you added a new entry in one of the previous exercises all languages were offered for editing even when you only needed to fill in some of the available languages Moreover in order to add a descriptive field e g Notes you had to manually add a blank field and then enter the field content When you use an input model the fields that you require are already included in the form of a template All you have to do is to fill in the fields It is also possible to define fields as mandatory Example when you set the Subject field as mandatory entries cannot be saved if you failed to fill in that particular field Therefore input models offer the following adv
24. of a suggested target term you can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Shift L This will open a list with all the terms found in the current source segment ri 17 oo i Lr ey cane ri a BE Naba HOD nnam ri i J Fotod rucker 7 Youcan use the Up and Down keys on your keyboard to select a target term in the list Then press Enter to insert the required target term into your translation Finish translating the third segment and press Ctrl Enter to proceed to the last segment D FOR MORE INFORMATION Ierm R nition Win Viewing the Full Termbase Entry The last segment also contains the known term photo printer Let us assume that you would like to see the full termbase entry i e not only the source and target term You can do this directly from SDL Trados Studio 12 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 12 1 Inthe Term Recognition window highlight the term photo printer then click the right mouse button power cable Metzkabel USB USB photo printer Fotodrucker 41 Insert term translation Hitlist settings Temmi fei Term Recognitio 2 Select View term details from the context menu This will open the Termbase Viewer window next to the editor This window shows the full entry and additional information i e descriptive fields and multimedia objects if available Tenmbase Viewer 1 X Flags layout
25. tabs AC power cord adapter Alternating current color cartridge color cartidge nboon common agricultural policy ContraPLUS debris Fast fruit and veee sector Japanese 2A FLA Light emitting diode matrix mistet printers interface Matrix Mistet Printers matr nmhotolitheanranh neetict ns 4 You can easily switch between the two entries by clicking the corresponding tab on top of the To ae interface Enire uimber 2 et wer cable AL po ES English AC power cord Entry window adapter interface Alternating current color cartridge 7 color cartridge riboon DE French common agricultural policy i _ ContraPLUS interface debris Fast ai and vegeta ble sector iaiia Schnittstelle E transh Lightemitting diode 7 matrix mistjet printers ee Matrix Mistret Printers If you compare the two entries you will note that the first entry contains the term interface and its translations in German French and Spanish The second entry contains the Chinese Japanese and Portuguese translations for the same term It makes of course sense to consolidate all these terms in one entry as they belong to the same concept To merge the information of both entries into one entry take the following steps SDL MULTITERM 2014 11 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Maintaining Termbases 1 Click the Merge button or press F9 B Edit 4 AddCopy
26. terminology extraction can be done for example in SDL MultiTerm Extract which is a separate product Bycreating of quick entries directly from your translation environment i e SDL Trados Studio 2014 WHAT IS A CONCEPT ORIENTED TERMBASE SDL MultiTerm termbases use a concept oriented approach In a classic dictionary each term is an entry For example the word car is listed under C while the word automobile is listed under A In a concept oriented database all terms that belong to the same concept can be found in the same entry Example when you look up the term car in a concept oriented termbase synonyms such as vehicle auto automobile are also shown if available Unlike a classic dictionary a termbase allows you to work with any language direction You can select your preferred language pair as required 2 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc THE SDL MULTITERM USER INTERFACE This chapter provides an overview of the SDL MultiTerm user interface You will learn how to a Start the application a Open a termbase a Handle the user interface The SDL MultiTerm User Interface STARTING THE APPLICATION To start the SDL MultiTerm take the following steps 1 Click the Windows Start button then select the program group All Programs gt SDL gt SDL MultiTerm 2014 and click the SDL MultiTerm 2014 Desktop application icon 2 After SDL M
27. 5 export defini System Exports all entries 4 Layouts dL export definition System Exports source an a i ame del Word Dictionary export o stem Exports the Termb see i oO e by A nai a F Tab delimited export defi gf Activate Ctrl Alt A List spell check SDLP Create CeleAleC f TEX LISA 2002 gt ef Duplicate Ctrl Alt U ae Load Ctrl Alt L I Ctrl Alt 3 On the first page of the Export Wizard click the button Save As and select a location and name for your export file e g your desktop As file name you can enter e g Dictionary SDL MULTITERM 2014 10 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Exporting Termbases 4 At this point let us assume that you only want to export entries that contain an English definition Note that in one of the previous chapters you defined a filter with exactly this criterion All you need to do is select the pre defined filter To do this check the box Apply filter and make sure the pre defined filter Has English Definition is selected in the dropdown list Export Wizard Step 2 of 8 _ Soe Fxport Settings Select the export file and choose to sort tembase content by entry number or by index f you wish to apply a filter during export select one from the drop down list For a complete backup of your tembase select Sort temmbase content by entry number Export file CA Users Training Desktop Dictionary tf Log file C Users Traini
28. By selecting the fuzzy search method you can find terms even if the search string is badly misspelled _ The search is usually only carried out in the selected source language However the full text search is applied to all fields e g also to definition texts You can search several open termbases sequentially The results are sorted by termbase in the hitlist You can define filters to limit searching and browsing to a particular subset of the termbase e g all entries that contain English definitions SDL MultiTerm Widget allows you to look up terms from any 3rd party application Once started this widget runs in the background and can be called using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Alt F8 SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 19 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc ADDING AND EDITING ENTRIES This chapter provides examples of how to add and edit termbase entries You will learn how to E Correct an existing term Add a new entry Add descriptive fields and terms in different languages Add cross references and multimedia objects o ie a lo Delete entries Chapter Adding and Editing Entries CORRECTING A TERM The hitlist should still show the incorrectly spelled term color cartridge riboon from the previous exercise To correct the term take the following steps 1 Make sure that the entry that contains the misspelled term color cartridge riboon is display
29. Click the arrow button next to the term wall socket Preferred wall plug 2 This opens a dropdown menu from which you select the Notes field eg Ez E English ilustration Type Part of Speech Definition 3 This in turn opens an empty text field in which you type the following text Plug the power cord into the wall socket Then press Enter to confirm SE English wis E 2 wall socket _ Status Preferred Plug the power cord into the wall socket 2 wall plug 5 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries 5 Adding a Cross reference Note that the text in the Notes field contains the term power cord Let us assume that you know that power cord occurs as a term in another entry Let us also assume that you want to create a cross reference to link the entry you are currently editing to the existing entry i e the one that contains power cord as a term To do this take the following steps 1 Highlight power cord within the Notes field text wall socket Status Preferred Notes f wall plug 2 Click the right mouse button This will open the Manage a Cross reference box Manage a Cross reference w Manage reference to a term Index English To a term To term power cord earch To an entry id Hitlist power cord Hyperlink 3 Ifyou also highlighted the trailin
30. No input mode a Matrix Photolithograph MistJet Nozzle Engir Entry number 10 Matrix Precision Pixel Printer PPP matrix precision pixel printer PPP Ena si Matrix VitaChrom 100 oe photo printer Wes An Illustration istet Ae 1m Nextgeneration 7 Paper LED paper light photo printer PhotoSpan picture dyes Picture Dyes Status Preferred Photospan photo printer bata a y Status Forbidden icture Dyes TIP Move the mouse pointer to the border of Termbase Viewer window and then resize it as required D FOR MORE INFORMATION Term Vi Wind Close the Termbase Viewer window by clicking the Close button Then finish translating the current segment and confirm it by pressing Ctrl Enter SDL MULTITERM 2014 12 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio Adding an Entry to the Termbase Take a look at the next segment the term ventilation is not included in the termbase Let us assume that you expect you will have to translate this term more often in future documents It would therefore be a good idea to add it to the termbase on the fly during translation To do this take the following steps 1 Translate the last segment and make sure your translation contains the proper translation for ventilation German Beliiftung 2 Highlight the source term ventilation and the target term by double clicking the terms For proper Edeenmmake su
31. Settings o m Click Browse to select the import file XML and the import log file below F you wish to filter the contents of the import file select a filter from the drop down list Import file 08 Converting Glossaries glossary mitt xml Log file VO8_Converting Glossaries glossary mtf log Source contains synonyms On the following page click Next again and then Finish 6 10 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Wait for the progress bar to reach 100 After all entries have been processed click Next Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 6 7 Switch back to the Terms view and the terms from the imported entries are now shown in the Browse list Alben Entr number 4 Subject Software Alben Album abspielen i Germa Alle Titel Einstellungen Alben Genres Kunstler rn 7 Menu aie English Mobile Flaylist Albums Playlist abspielen Playlists Titel Browse Hitlist Tenmbases D FOR MORE INFORMATION H Import Term D SUMMARY Be P ip or Glossaries in Excel format can be converted to SDL MultiTerm XML through SDL Multi Term Convert which is a wizard application The field and language names need to be stated in the first row i e in the column headers SDL Multi Term Convert generates an xdt file which contains the termbase definition and from which a termbase can be created SDL MultiTe
32. Then click Save 4 This opens the Termbase Wizard On the first screen of the wizard just click Next to continue 5 On the Termbase Definition page leave the default option Create a new termbase definition from scratch selected and click Next Termbase Wizard Step 1 of 5 Tennbase Definition Specify whether you wish to create a tembase definition using one of the predefined tembase templates load an existing tembase definition or create a new termbase definition from scratch 5 Load an existing ternbase definition file Browse Use an existing tembase as a template SDL MultiTerm Copy catalog objects to the new termbase SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 2 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases Entering the Friendly Termbase Name 1 Onthe Termbase Name page enter the name for your termbase into the Friendly Name text field e g Training Termbase Termbase Wizard Step 2 of 5 Tennbase Name Enter the termbase name and a description if required Hagar Hane Training Termbase Description optional Copyright optional SDL MultiTerm 2 Click Next to continue NOTE The friendly termbase name is a descriptive name which can differ from the termbase file name In the friendly name you can use characters that are not allowed in a file name e g colons or asterisks D FOR MORE INFORMATION
33. Wizard enter a name for your filter e g English definition and synonyms Then click Next 5 On the next page select the Advanced filter radio button and click Next Simple filter Allows you to define filters with a single fiter criterion For example use a simple filter to find all termbase entries that belong to a specific subject field lows you to detine complex fitters that contain more than one criterion For example use a complex fiter to find all entries that were created after a specific date and have a definition field 6 Define the first criterion from the list on the left hand side of the Filter Definition page select English and drill down to Term gt Definition Then select is not missing from the Condition dropdown list 7 To add this criterion to the list below click the green check mark button see below Filter Wizard Step 3 of 3 as Filter Definition Select the field s you want to fiter on and specify filter criteria Tembase fields Condition H pe Spanish J P English Value g w Tem F or da Modified by j a lustrati English gt Detinition i Illustration ae Type 5 Part of Speech Status fe Any index 8 Now define the second criterion select Term below English 9 On the right hand side select the condition has synonyms from the dropdown list SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 13 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 10 C
34. anese Selecting a Termbase 1 To select your termbase click the Advanced button in the lower left corner of the dialog box SDL MULTITERM 2014 12 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 2 On the left hand side of the Project Template Settings dialog box select Language Pairs gt All Language Pairs gt Termbases Then click the Add button Options a Editor Temes car A i a Add tembases to the project and order them Set a default tembase and choose HE File Types the index to use for each language H Verification B P Language Pairs E e All Language Pairs Enabled Termbase Filter 4 9 Translation Memory and Auto a Termbases gt beneh settings 5 Batch Processing od Default Task Sequence H Translation Memories View Colors Keyboard Shortcuts Automatic Updates ae z Home View 4 Java Runtime Engine Startup Indexes Tembases H H Eag Tarr E Propect Language Reset to Defaults 3 Inthe Select Termbases dialog box click the Browse button and browse to the location where your sample termbases are stored e g Sample Files Termbases 4 Select the termbase file Hardware sdltb by double clicking it then click OK to close the Select Termbases dialog box 5 A message box will open to inform you that the languages i e languages have been mapped to the language pair of our sample translation pro
35. antages Greater speed 3 More consistency as you can pre define the fields and the entry structure D FOR MORE INFORMATION A In M CREATING AN INPUT MODEL In the previous exercise you set up a termbase with three languages Now we are going to create an input model based on the definition of our newly created termbase The following requirements apply You only need to add terms in two languages i e English and German You want your input model to include a Notes field On the top of each entry a Client field is required This field should be mandatory To crate an input model that fits the above requirements take the following steps Naming the Input Model 1 Click the Termbase Management button on the bottom of the Navigation pane Termbase Mana Tembase ve E Definition E Layouts si 7 Filters he E Input Models Termbase Management 8 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Working with Input Models 2 Right click the Input Models icon below Training Termbase then select the Create command from the context menu Catalog Categories Name Framing Jembase 23 Definition fe Layouts 3 On the first page of the Input Model Wizard click Next to continue 4 On the Input Model Name page enter a name for your input model into the Name field e g English German Model Then click Next Input Model Wizard Step
36. as been processed successfully Click Next and then Finish to close the Export Wizard 10 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Exporting Termbases 6 Take a look at the location in which the export file has been generated Double click the export file to open it in your Web browser The export result should look as shown below global security Globale Sicherheit interface Schnittstelle proven methodology Bewiesen Sie Methodik quick schnell Security Inteligence Sicherheitsinformationen power cord Netzkabel paper light Papier LED AC power cord Wechselstromkabel Universal Serial Bus USB NOTE This export format does not include any descriptive fields Only the terms of the selected source target language are exported TIP You can also open the HTML export file directly in Microsoft Excel GENERATING A DICTIONARY FROM YOUR TERMBASE Let us assume you want to generate a dictionary from your termbase e g for print purposes To create a dictionary take the following steps 1 Make sure that the available export definitions are still listed 2 On the right hand side right click Word Dictionary export definition and select the Process command from the context menu Termbase Mana Export Catalog Categories A x Name Achive Owner Description a Hardware Tembase Defaut export definition aj System Exports all entries a a Definition Mutiferm
37. button on the Welcome screen Translate Single Document i pens eae i te a ee reed cae pi en ee ed ee eee eee oo Se eee ee LI5e Lips LJ dilla C 0O pa mge LUNT lefi til kL L Li cH 3 MLE Pid lik a rrF rF m iip 7 i oT a e using a single file project Watch Video 2 Browse to the folder where the sample document is stored i e Sample Files Documents and select the file PhotoPrinter doc by double clicking it 3 Inthe Open Document dialog box make sure that English United States is selected in the Source Language dropdown list 12 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 12 4 Then select your preferred target language from the Target Language dropdown list Open Document Source Language English United States J auto detected Target Language E German Germany foptional Translation Memory and Automated Translation Select translation memory and automated translation servers and specify whether to include them in lookup concordance search and whether to update them JP Add Gm Create Settings T Remove import Export Name Enabled Lookup Penalty Concordance Update NOTE Make sure that you select a target language that is covered by the sample termbase At the time of writing the sample termbase contained the following languages English German French Spanish Portuguese Chinese and Jap
38. ct Index level Tem level ze Add Remove gt gt Field settings Mandatory Multiple C e ee 3 On the Wizard Complete page click Finish to create the termbase 4 Wait a few seconds for the new termbase to be created Note that the termbase name is shown in the application title bar ieee e E SDL MultiTerm User Interface Glossary D FOR MORE INFORMATION About Creating Termbases Importing the Glossary Content Note that the newly created termbase is still empty You need to import the content that you converted from the Excel glossary into the termbase To do this take the following steps 1 Click the Termbase Management button on the bottom of the Navigation pane SDL MULTITERM 2014 6 9 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 2 3 Termbase Mana Catalog Categones i iJ User inferace Glossary AG Definition Eie Layouts fj Duplicate Right click Import and then select Process from the context menu Import Mame Default import def synchronize on E Ctrl Alt t Ctrl Alt U Ctrl Alt L On the first page of the Import Wizard click Browse and select the file glossary mtf xml which has been created by SDL MultiTerm Convert from your sample files folder 4 Then activate the Fast import check box and proceed by clicking Next Import Wizard Step 2 of 5 6 General
39. ct target term is suggested automatically qd gt FM a rv a i i ze es E Fotodrucker 2 Press Enter to insert the suggested target term into your translation 3 After you have finished translating the first segment press Ctrl Enter to move to the following segment SDL MULTITERM 2014 12 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 4 Inthe second segment two terms have been recognized i e photo printer and color cartridge Start translating this segment Again when you type the first letter of one of the suggested target terms a list opens from which you can select the correct target term is Einen Aufstellort f r Ihren Fotodrucker finden Lassen Sie gen gend Abstand zu allen Seiten f des F 4 E Fotodrucker 7 E Farbpatrone J NOTE Ifthe list contains more than one term you can use the Up and Down keys on your keyboard to select the target term that you want to insert NOTE You may have to adapt the terms that are suggested by the termbase to make them fit the current context e g when an inflected or plural form is required 5 Finish translating the second segment then press Ctrl Enter to go to the next segment 6 Inthe third segment three terms have been recognized i e power cable USB and photo printer Now we would like to show you an alternative way inserting target terms into your translation Instead of typing the first letters
40. cting the Add New Term command from the context menu 12 10 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc SDL MULTITERM ONLINE This chapter provides general information on accessing termbases through a Web browser Accessing Server Termbases ABOUT SDL MULTITERM ONLINE SDL MultiTerm Online allows you to access termbases using a Web browser i e Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox To do this you do not even have to have SDL MultiTerm installed Note that only server termbases can be provided through SDL MultiTerm Online i e not the file based termbases that you have been using throughout this training If you have access to an SDL MultiTerm Online server take the following steps 1 Open your Web browser and enter the server URL for example http www multiterm com 2 Then enter your user name and password and click Login Login Authentication E Use Windows Authentication Username guest O O O OoOO O Password E 3 After the log in the available termbases are displayed Activate the check box next to the termbase that you want to access then click OK E Select Termbases Select the termbase s you want to work with from the list below Termbases Select Termbase Name E TERM April 2013 4 The termbase is then opened in a view that is similar to SDL MultiTerm On the left hand side you see a browse list with the terms from the selected source languag
41. custom dictionary Benuterworterbuch click e kicken Adding a Target Term For the next source term the extraction was unable to identify the target term i e the target column is empty click klicken L dialog box You can manually add the target term SDL MultiTerm Extract can help you research the correct term using the so called concordance search Take the following steps 1 4 While the source term dialog box is highlighted right click it then select the Concordance command from the context menu Look at the Concordance window in the lower right corner of the application This window lists all the sentences in which the source term was found EJ Concordance 4 sentences jen ga mb oe Search ae LEH EH In the application on the Tools menu click Options to display the Options dialog box Wahlen Sie im Men Extras den Befehl Optionen aus um das Optionen aufzurufen EH in the Options dialog box click the Spelling amp Grammar tab Klicken Sie imDialogfteldi0ptionen auf den Reiter Rechtschreibung und Grammatik Let us assume that you have identified the target term Dialogfeld as the correct translation Select this term by double clicking it Then click the right mouse button and select Add As Translation from the context menu SDL MULTITERM 2014 9 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Extracting Terminology 5 Note that the selected target term has been added as a validate
42. d term to the extraction list Moreover the target term is now highlighted in the Concordance window dance 4 sentences qu gu mp p dh search LEH Inthe application on the Tools menu click Options to display the Options dialog box Wahlen Sie im Men Extras den Befehl Optionen aus um das Dialogfeld Optionen aufzurufen 7 EH Inthe Options dialog box click the Spelling amp Grammar tab Klicken Sie im Dialogfeld Optionen auf den Reiter Rechtschreibung und Grammatik 6 Click the check box next to the source term dialog box to validate it At this point we will stop verifying the extraction result You may use your newly acquired knowledge to verify the remaining term candidates yourself Exporting the Extraction Result to the Termbase To export the validated terms to the termbase take the following steps 1 Select the File gt Export menu command 2 This opens the Export Wizard On the first screen of the wizard click Next to continue 9 8 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc 3 5 6 Extracting Terminology On the next screen leave the Export to the project termbase default option selected and click Next Export Wizard A Export Definition Select the export type 0 Create a new export definition MultiTerm Termbase Export using an existing export definition On the next screen select Only Validated from the Filter dropdown
43. e 5 Make sure that the required language pair is selected e g English as source and French as target language a French oJ Figs yout o on 6 Enter the term accounting into the search text field above the browse list 13 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Server Termbases 13 7 Click the Fuzzy radio button j Normal Full Text 8 Execute the search by pressing the Enter key Note that the browse list has turned into the hitlist which contains the results if any Entry number 43 i teye e y Fal E ri T A TERM April 2013 250 English mE account account 4 5 Wj French account i accounting rate client ee cost accounting Notes Publicit accounting price compte accounting unit comptabilite accounting services note accounting statement accounting system meal Spanish accounting year diente accounting records REDES accrual accounting SDL MULTITERM 2014 FOR TRANSLATORS 13 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc BLS Global Customer Experience Management Copyright 2013 SDL plc All Rights Reserved All company product or service names referenced herein are properties of their respective owners SDL enables global businesses to enrich their customers experience through the entire customer journey SDL s technology and services help brands to predict what their customers want
44. e e g in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel format Exporting termbases can be a way of providing terminology data to users who are not equipped with SDL MultiTerm Before running the export operations close the current termbase select the File tab then click Close Termbase Then open the Hardware Termbase again RUNNING AN XML EXPORT The underlying format used by SDL MultiTerm is XML Therefore you can easily export the content of a termbase to an XML file This can be useful for example if you want to back up your termbase to an external file You can also send the XML export file to other users e g external translators who can then import the XML into their termbases To run an XML export take the following steps 1 Click the Termbase Management button on the bottom of the Navigation pane PRPEFRERFEFE 1 2 Click the Export icon below the termbase name Catalog lt E E Aandtware fenwase 68 Definition 10 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Exporting Termbases 3 Note that the available export definitions are now listed on the right hand side Right click Default export definition and select the Process command from the context menu Export Mame Active Owner Description Default export definition Sara eee Multiterm 5 export defini amp ies HTML export definition Create Ctrl Alt C bai Word Dictionary export g Duplicate Cti Alt l fmt
45. e the source language term is shown on top The target language term is listed second Below the source and target terms you find the terms of all other languages i e the languages that have not been selected as source or target language AC power cable AC power cord adapter Alternating current color cartridge color cartridge riboon Ablagerungen common agricultural policy ContraPLUS Chinese Fast fruit and vegetable sector FH global security interface U French terface he saletes Browse BROWSING THE TERMBASE You can browse the termbase by clicking any one of the English terms listed on the left hand side SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 2 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases For example click the term LED fa Terms se dep e tent nun wer 13 English LED AC AC power cable AC power cord adapter Alternating current color cartridge Definition Light emitting diode a semiconductor device that emits incoherent narrow spectrum light when electrically biased in the forward direction of the p n junction This effect is a form of electroluminescence color cartridge riboon sie Preferred common agricultural policy Light emitting diode ContraPLUS Status Forbidden debris Fast fruit and vegetable sector global security tion Abk rzung f r Light emitting diode Leuchtdiode Ein Halbleiterbauelement interface j das inkoharentes kur
46. e Fuzzy Search Languages Search methodology Entry number 33 Hitlist methodology a proven methodology German Methodik Browse Hitlist Termbases If you do not want the hitlist to show any results that do not offer a translation in your selected target language then take the following steps 1 Click the Require Target Term button Source English method D 4 Filter No filter a t Reverse mal Hierarchical Mode os Advanced Languages search l W Hard Filter Mode methodology Entry number 33 methodology proven methodology Browse Hitlist Termbases 2 Place your cursor inside the search text field and press Enter to execute the same search again Note that this time the hitlist only contains the term proven methodology for which a French translation is available The Only return terms with a target option is useful for suppressing results that do not offer a translation in the selected target language anyway Before you proceed to the next exercise click the Only return terms with a target button again to deactivate this setting Showing the Target Term in the Hitlist As you have seen the target term is shown in the Entry window alongside all other fields Let us assume however that you would like to see the target term directly in the hitlist That way you can see the target term in the hitlist without having to look at the Entry window which
47. e terms in the available languages are shown in the Entry pane on the right hand side Apart from the terms some entries also contain additional information such as definitions usage examples graphics etc Ablagerungen E S Entry number E3 E German Ablagerungen ae Ps English debris ig ud French salet s Japanese lt T D FOR MORE INFORMATION Ihe Entry Pane The Browse List The Browse list on the left hand side lists the terms of the selected source language in alphabetical order Clicking a term in the Browse list displays the full entry in the Entry pane on the right hand side You can move up and down in the Browse list by using the Up and Down keys on your keyboard Terms OPO WS D FOR MORE INFORMATION The Browse Tab 3 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Howse g Ablagerung Adapter Band der Farbpatrone Bewiesen Sue Methodik ContraPLu Farbpatrone Fotodrucker gemeinsame Agrarpolitik Globale Sicherheit innovativ LED Matix Mistet Drucker Matix Photolithograph MistJet Na Matrix Precision Proel Printer PP Matrix Vitalhrom 100 Methodik MistJet Netzkabel Obest und Gemusesektor Paprer LED Hitlist Termbases The SDL MultiTerm User Interface 3 The Hitlist When you perform a search in the termbase the Browse list switches to the Hitlist view which contains the results of y
48. ed in the entry window If this is not the case click the term in the hitlist 2 Click the Edit button or press F2 gt 4 Add Copy by save a Merge E Add New a Delete g Cancel Editing This will open the entry in the edit mode Double click the incorrectly spelled term and change it to color cartridge ribbon color cartridge nboon 4 Pa 4 Press Enter to confirm the correction 5 Save the corrected entry by clicking the Save button or press F12 g Save a Merge ie Add New ge Delete jg Cancel Editing ADDING A NEW ENTRY Let us assume that you would like to add a new entry for the term wall socket To do this take the following steps 1 Click the Add New button or press F3 gt Edit g AddCopy fp Save a Merge at a Delete gy Cancel Editing 5 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries 5 2 This opens the edit mode with empty fields in which you can enter the terms in the different languages To add the English term double click the empty field below the label English color cartridge ribbon d F i i La French 3 Type the term wall socket then confirm with Enter English color cartridge ribbon 4 T ot EE English aim itm 4 Repeat the above procedure to enter the French term which is prise de courant English 7
49. eee Definition Branding ter scribe the system which SUpersmall Beaded Technology Canon photo German Matrix VitaChrom 100 Definition Markenname zur Bezeichnung des Systems Ahol oleh Timba cee Rashes mm Browse Hitlist Termbases D FOR MORE INFORMATION Performing a Full Text Search Returning only Terms with a Target Some termbase entries contain terms in all available languages However it might also happen that an entry does not contain terms for all languages usually users are not forced to provide a term for every language It can therefore happen that when you perform a search you will see results in the hitlist However the corresponding entries might not always offer a translation in the language that you are actually interested in For this reason the search result might be of only of little use to you SDL MultiTerm offers a simple way of suppressing such entries during a search Take the following steps 1 Make sure that French is selected as your target language 2 Set the search type to Fuzzy Search 3 Type the search term method into the search text field then press Enter SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases Note that the hitlist contains two terms i e methodology and proven methodology However no French translation is available for the term methodology Reverse Indexes ml Hierarchical Mode Target a
50. efault values for each field if required Input model Default value P Client Default content Field settings E Read onhy 8 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Working with Input Models Adding Languages 1 Now add the two languages that your input model should include i e English and German Right click Entry level again While keeping the Ctrl key pressed select German and English Then press Enter Input model Fg Entry Any language Any field ama Spanish French Jananese 2 Now add a Notes field for the term of each language To do this right click Term below German Then select Notes from the list and confirm by pressing Enter 3 Repeat the above step for English The Notes field should NOT be mandatory i e leave the settings for this field unchanged P Client L il German lustrationr Type Part of Speech Status 4 Close the wizard by clicking Next and then Finish D FOR MORE INFORMATION 3 Creating an Input Model 3 Defining Input Models ADDING A NEW ENTRY BASED ON THE INPUT MODEL Now that you have defined the input model let us use it to add a new entry Let us assume that you want to add the term mouse and its translation to your termbase To add a new entry based on your newly created input model take the following steps 1 Click the Terms button on the bottom of
51. el Edit g Add Copy Fi gi Save a Merg Ada New ist Delete ga Cancel Editing 3 Confirm the delete operation by clicking Yes NOTE be You need to confirm deletion of the entry because deleted entries cannot be restored Before you go to the exercise in the next chapter switch to the File tab and then click Close Termbase to close the current termbase SUMMARY To adda new entry press F3 or use the corresponding button To edit an existing entry press F2 or use the corresponding button When editing an entry you can correct the content of fields add new fields etc By highlighting and right clicking a string in a descriptive text field you can link it to another term in the termbase You can also add multimedia fields and select a multimedia file e g an image To save a new or edited entries press F12 or use the corresponding button By pressing Shift Del you can delete an entry This operation cannot be undone 5 10 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc CREATING TERMBASES FROM EXCEL GLOSSARIES In this chapter you will learn how to Convert a glossary file in Excel format into an SDL MultiTerm termbase Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries ABOUT CONVERTING EXCEL GLOSSARIES SDL MultiTerm comes with an additional product called SDL MultiTerm Convert which allows you to convert
52. erms while translating Add new entries from SDL Trados Studio E E E Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio GENERAL INFORMATION ON SDL TRADOS STUDIO SDL Trados Studio offers functionality for translating reviewing and managing translation projects While translating you can add and edit termbases entries directly from SDL Trados Studio Moreover SDL Trados Studio automatically scans each source segment for known terms This feature is called active terminology recognition Active terminology recognition allows you to easily insert target terms from the termbase into your translation Using Termbases from SDL Trados Studio NOTE You can only follow this exercise if SDL Trados Studio is installed on your system Starting SDL Trados Studio 1 Start SDL Trados Studio through Start gt All Programs gt SDL gt SDL Trados Studio 2014 and click the SDL Trados Studio 2014 application icon 2 Ifyou are starting SDL Trados Studio for the first time you need to enter your user name and your e mail address Then click Next 3 Ifyou are starting SDL Trados Studio for the first time you will also be prompted to select a profile Keep the Default profile selected and click Next 4 On the following page you can simply proceed by clicking Next again then click Finish Opening a Document for Translation To open a document for translation take the following steps 1 Click the Translate Single Document
53. esults from both termbases e g color cartridge from the Hardware Termbase and color from the Software Termbase The names of the termbase from which the results have been retrieved are shown above the hit terms Hitlist I X color cartridge cartouche couleur color cartridge riboon tuban de la cartouche o Sottvware Termbase color couler D FOR MORE INFORMATION Searching Multiple Term SEARCHING FROM OTHER APPLICATIONS Up to this point you have learned how to do searches in SDL MultiTerm proper However it is also possible to do searches from within any other application e g Microsoft Office For this purpose the SDL MultiTerm package includes the SDL MultiTerm Widget This application can run in the background and then be called for searching termbases from within any other 3rd party application To start the SDL MultiTerm Widget take the following steps 1 Click the Windows Start button then select the program group All Programs gt SDL gt SDL MultiTerm 2014 and click the SDL MultiTerm 2014 Widget application icon 2 The SDL MultiTerm Widget looks as shown below MultiTerm Widget Selecting a Termbase Before you can search termbases from the widget you need to select one or several termbases To do this take the following steps 1 Click the Configure button in the top right corner of the application window SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 16 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc 2 Sea
54. file is encrypted you can no longer edit it yourself 3 Open the copy of the termbase in SDL MultiTerm 4 Switch to the Termbase Management view 11 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Maintaining Termbases 11 5 Right click the termbase name and select the Reorganize command from the context menu Termbase Mana y EJ Catalog Categories 3 Hardware Termbase ie imiti Open Termbase Ctr 0 a G ker Close Termbase Ctrl Alt 8 E Input Models E Create Termbase tri Alt T Import B R ecrganize Ct al E Export Delete cee rr Preahnn date 6 Inthe Reorganize Termbase dialog box select the options Encrypt termbase and Set termbase to read only Select the tembases you want to reorganize 7 Hardware Termbase Additional Data Protection cannot be undone 24 04 2013 gl CTE EJ TIP Optionally you can also set an expiry date for your termbase That way you can make certain that no one uses the termbase after the specified date 7 Now click OK to run the encryption Once the message Done appears click Next to continue 8 On the following screen you will see a summary of the process Click Finish to close the dialog box You can now forward the encrypted sdltb file to other users of SDL MultiTerm NOTE Note that it is sufficient to just send out the sdltb file The mtf and mdf files contain the search langua
55. g Entries Correcting a Term 5 2 Adding a New Entry 5 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 1 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Table of Contents _ ds Adding More Information to the Entry 5 4 Adding a Term in Another Language 5 4 Adding a Synonym 5 4 Adding a Status Value 5 5 Adding a Notes Field 5 6 Adding a Cross reference 5 7 Adding a Picture 5 8 Deleting Entries 5 9 Summary 5 10 Chapter 6 Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries About Converting Excel Glossaries 6 2 Preparing your Glossary for Conversion 6 2 Converting the Microsoft Excel File 6 2 Specifying the Input Format and File 6 2 Specifying the Termbase Fields 6 4 Specifying the Entry Structure 6 5 Starting the Conversion 6 6 Creating a New Termbase 6 7 Loading the Termbase Definition 6 7 Naming the Termbase 6 8 Languages and Descriptive Fields 6 9 Importing the Glossary Content 6 9 Summary 6 11 Chapter 7 Creating Termbases Creating a Termbase from Scratch 7 2 Selecting the Location and the Termbase File Name 7 2 Entering the Friendly Termbase Name 7 3 Adding Language Fields 7 3 Adding Descriptive Fields 7 4 Defining the Field Properties 7 5 Defining the Entry Structure 7 7 Summary 7 9 Chapter 8 Working with Input Models What are Input ModelS 8 2 Creating an Input Model 8 2 Naming the Input Model 8 2 Adding an Entry
56. g white space after power cord remove it in the To term text field and then click Search This will display power cord in the Hitlist 4 Then click Create to create the reference 5 Note that the string power cord now has the typical hyperlink formatting i e blue and underlined 2 Er E E12 English wall socket tus Preferred Plug th power cord ip to the wall socket sl om foo Notes 6 Use the Save button to save the entry 7 Now that the entry has been saved you can test whether the cross reference works Click the hyperlink in the Notes field i e power cord SDL MULTITERM 2014 5 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries 8 This will open the entry that contains the referenced term in a new entry tab You can easily switch back to the previous entry by clicking the wall socket tab However do not do this for now because we still need the power cord entry for another exercise wall socket power cord Definition Computer power cable Le French cable d alimentation o FOR MORE INFORMATION Adding a Cross reference to another Entry TIP You can close an entry tab by pressing Ctrl F4 Adding a Picture Let us assume that you have an image file illustrating what a power cord looks like on your hard disk You want to add this image file to the currently displayed entry To do this take the following steps 1 Press F2 to switch to t
57. ges and will be created automatically once the sdltb file is opened on another PC SDL MULTITERM 2014 11 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Maintaining Termbases SUMMARY a In the course of time a termbase may accumulate potential duplicate entries These can be homonyms i e words that have different meanings thereby expressing different concepts or the same term with the same meaning can be found on several entries In this case it is redundant SDL MultiTerm allows you to search for any potential duplicates which are then shown in the Hitlist for the selected source language Entries can be opened in separate entry tabs To do this click the corresponding terms in the Browse list while keeping the Ctrl key pressed You can delete redundant entries You can merge entries thereby making certain that all useful information is consolidated in one entry Through the Reorganize feature you can make encrypt a termbase and make it read only to prevent other users from editing it or exporting its content 11 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc ACCESSING TERMBASES FROM SDL TRADOS STUDIO This chapter provides an overview of how SDL MultiTerm integrates into the translation environment SDL Trados Studio You will learn how to E Open a document for translation in SDL Trados Studio Select a termbase from SDL Trados Studio Look up and insert t
58. he corresponding entries stand for completely different concepts Searching for Duplicate Terms Let us check whether our sample termbase has any potential duplicates To do this take the following steps 1 First make sure that English is selected as source language and that you are in the Terms view NOTE The duplicates search like most other search types is performed in the selected source language 2 Click the Advanced Search button and then select Search for Duplicate Terms No filter Be a Hard Filter Mod i Advance ed Search 3 The hitlist shows that the term interface exists twice in the termbase Note that the numbers behind the terms in the hitlist are the unique entry ids The entry that contains the first occurrence of the duplicate term is shown in the Entry window on the right hand side interface 2 interface interface 34 Comparing the Entries Now you want to take a look at the second entry to check whether this term is redundant or not To do this take the following steps 1 Go back to the Browse list by clicking the corresponding tab 2 Note that the two interface terms are shown in the Browse list Click the first occurrence of the term 11 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Maintaining Termbases 11 3 Then keep the Ctrl key pressed while clicking the second occurrence of the term This will open both entries in separate entry
59. he edit mode 2 Click the arrow button next to the term power cord and select Illustration from the context menu JZ English gis Type F Part of Speech Status Definition 1 5 8 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries 5 3 Click the Browse button next to the empty Illustration field SIR Engish 2 power cord T x Vet Li A rows 7 power cable N Definition Computer power cable 4 Browse to the folder that contains the image file i e Sample Files Termbases 5 Select the file cord jpg by double clicking it Note that the name and path of the image file has been entered into the Illustration field 6 Press Enter to confirm Note that the image is not displayed yet 7 Press Fr2 to save the entry 8 After saving the entry the image is shown below the term wall socket power cord _ Enty number 6 ais English power cord Thustratior power cable Definition Computer power cable D FOR MORE INFORMATION Nttachi Multimedia Fil DELETING ENTRIES Let us assume that you want to delete your newly created entry To do this take the following steps 1 Click the entry tab labeled wall socket to switch to the corresponding entry SDL MULTITERM 2014 5 9 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries 2 Then click the Delete button or press Shift D
60. idden Matrix Precision Pixel Printer PFF Technologie Precision Pixel Pri matrix precision pixel printer PPP Technologie Precision Pixel Pri E F French True Image AF 300 All Purpose Phi S Imprimante photo Toutes fonet Imprimantes Mistjet Matrix Definition Mom de gamme d imprimantes jet d encre Matrix 6 Note that the hitlist now only contains the terms that match your filter NOTE Filters apply both to the Browse and the Hitlist list D FOR MORE INFORMATION Using Filters in Searches Creating an Advanced Filter Advanced filters are defined and applied in the same way as simple filters There is only one difference between these two filter types simple filters use only one criterion Advanced filters can have multiple criteria Example of an advanced filter all entries created after 1st January 2009 AND that have an English definition SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 12 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases Let us assume that you want to define a filter that restricts your searches to entries that have more than one English term i e that have synonyms AND that have an English definition To create such a filter take the following steps Click the Termbase Management button on the bottom of the Navigation pane oll e 2 Then right click Filters and select the Create command from the context menu 3 On the first page of the Filter Wizard click Next 4 Instep 1 of 3 of the Filter
61. ile keeping the left mouse button pressed start moving the list to another position You can also move it to a position outside of the application window Adapter Band der Farbpatrone Bewiesen Sie Methodik ContraPLUs Farbpatrone Fotodrucker gemeinsan Agrarpolitik Globale Sicherheit Innowaty LED Matix Mistet Drucker Matrix Precision Pixel Printer PP Matrix Vitalhrom 100 Methodik MistJet Netzkabel Obst und Gemusesektor Papier LED PhotoSpan Picture Dyes schnell TIP If you have accidentally moved or closed windows and you do not know how to reopen them just select the Reset Window Layout command on the View tab and confirm by clicking Yes This will reset all application windows to their factory settings The Application Ribbon On the top of the application you will find the ribbon which provides access to various functions Note that the buttons available on the ribbon change depending on the view that you have selected In the Terms view you will find e g termbase search functionality Home Add Ins Source German Help View p 4 Filter No filter v t Reverse Indexes ma Hierarchical Mode Be Hard Filter Mode Advanced Target English t S amp Normal Search ws Search my Require Target Term Languages Search Filters While in the Termbase Management view the buttons for e g reorganizing or deleting termbases are available Home View g Acti
62. ix Photolithograph Mistlet No Matix Precision Fixel Printer PP Matix VitaChrom 100 Methodik Mistdet Netzkabel Obst und Gemusesektor Papier LED PhotoSpan Picture Dyes we Browse Hitlist Termbases A Ablagerungen AA number 13 IU ow French salet s Japanese LT Portuguese escombros Auto hide You can auto hide the Browse list by clicking the Auto Hide pin button in the upper right corner of the window If the pin is pointing to the left the list automatically disappears when you move the mouse pointer out of it ae LILI ni LIL Auto Hide i tik When you move the mouse pointer over the Browse tab the list will reappear lt A e Browse Hitlist Termbases If you move the mouse pointer out of the Browse list it will disappear again You can disable Auto Hide and lock the position of the list by clicking the pin button once more When the pin icon is pointing down the list stays locked in its current position Moving and docking You can move the Browse list within the application or even drag and position it outside of the SDL MultiTerm application For example you can move the list to a second screen To move the list take the following steps Move mouse pointer over the title bar of the list and press the left mouse button SDL MULTITERM 2014 3 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc The SDL MultiTerm User Interface Wh
63. ject Click OK to close the message 6 Then click OK to close the Project Template Settings dialog box Click OK again to open the document in SDL Trados Studio E Editor Tembases p Pea Add tembases to the project and order them Set a default tembase and check E File Types the language mapping 5 Verification Language Pairs EF dha All Language Pairs Enabled Termbase Filter E Translation Seay and Auto Hardware Tembase w Not specified BRE erise Search Setti ngs age Batch Processing e English United States gt German ig Default Task Sequence Translation Memories View H Colors Remove Keyboard Shortcuts H Automatic Updates H E Welcome View H a Java Runtime Engine Startup Project Language Termbase Language English United States English German Tembases Languages 12 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 12 NOTE When opening a document for translation you would normally select a translation memory TM However in this exercise we will focus only on using a termbase Creating and using TMs is covered in the dedicated SDL Trados Studio training courses D FOR MORE INFORMATION H A r Rem Term Translating the Document in the Editor The document is now shown in the side by side editor On the left hand side you see the English source segments During translation you enter the
64. lc Extracting Terminology 3 Enter a project name into the Project Name text field e g Training Then click Next Choose project type name and location Please select one of the project types and enter a project name and location Project Name Monolingual Term Extraction Project Tenn Training Project Location Bilingual Term Extraction Project Translation Project QA Project Bilingual Term Extraction Project Extracting and translating terminology from parallel texts in two languages Dictionary Compilation Project Selecting the Termbase 1 Onthe next screen click the Choose button to select the training termbase that you created in one of the previous chapters This is the termbase that we will use to import the terminology extraction result New Project Wizard Choose termbase and languages You can either select a termbase and choose language s from it or you can just choose languages without choosing a termbase Termbase Source Language Target Language No Termbase Source Language HE Engish United States Target Language lll German Germany SDL MULTITERM 2014 9 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Extracting Terminology 2 3 In the Choose Termbase dialog box click the Browse termbase button Bro
65. les Extracting_Terminology 2 Select the file Sample English German tmx by double clicking it When the file name is shown in the Project Files list click Finish New Project Wizard a et Add files to this project You can add the files you want to work on to the project Project Files Type Sentences Sample English German tmx TMX Document JB 7 File Format Settings Running the Extraction After selecting the project file you will be prompted to run the extraction Take the following steps SDL MULTITERM 2014 9 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Extracting Terminology 1 Confirm the prompt by clicking Yes which will start the extraction process 2 Wait afew seconds for the extraction to finish then click OK Term Extraction etme LO Time Elapsed 00 01 Estimated time left 00 00 f Reading files y Extracting terms af Recognizing terms wf Excluding terms 4 Translating terms 3 The extraction result is shown in a bilingual table which looks as shown below E Term 5 terms lo e amp Filter lt No filter gt Find Y sore Domain EH English en EE German de gg lt None gt O custom dictionary J Senutzerw rterbuichern 30 lt None gt O click O klicken 83 lt None gt E dialog box a3 lt None gt Ll Check Spelling Ll Rechtschreibung 40 None gt O addresses Verifying the Extraction Result The nex
66. lick the button with the green check mark again to add the second criterion to the list below Filter Wizard Step30f3 ee Seer S Filter Definition Select the field s you want to filter on and specify filter criteria Tembase fields Condition H j French Apply on Value or Modified on Modified by Illustration Type Part of Speech Status Definition E Notes P German gt Target f gt Source j Any index English Definition English gt Tem 11 Click Next and then Finish to create the filter Note that using advanced filters in searches works just like using simple filters TIP If you just press Enter inside the empty search text field without typing a search string you can retrieve the first 25 hits that match the filter This can be useful for checking whether there are any matching entries in the termbase in the first place Before proceeding to the next exercise make sure to switch off the filter To do this select the value No filter from the filter dropdown list SEARCHING MULTIPLE TERMBASES SDL MultiTerm allows you to search multiple termbases sequentially That way you can retrieve results from multiple terminology sources with a single search operation To see how to perform searches in two termbases at the same time open a second termbase by taking the following steps 1 Switch to the File tab and then click Open Termbase se WU Ctrl Alt B
67. list on the left hand side of the Filter Definition page select English and drill down to Term gt Definition 7 Then select is not missing from the Condition dropdown list Filter Wizard Step 3 of 3 lt mem Filter Definition Select the field s you want to filter on and specify filter cite Tembase fields Condition i e Chinese Apply on Ej Dp Portuguese ij De Japanese Value BD French Type Part of Speech lllustration 5 Status 8 Click Next and then Finish to create the filter D FOR MORE INFORMATION aati Fil Using Filters in a Search Now we will see how the filter actually works Take the following steps 1 Click the Terms button on the bottom of the Navigation pane 2 o filter aia a L LLELE lish Defin 3 Type the term printer into the search text field and press Enter SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 11 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 4 Note that the hitlist contains a number of results some of which are grayed out If you click one of the grayed out hit terms in order to view the full entry you will notice that the corresponding entry has a gray background The gray background is used to flag hits that do not have an English definition i e the entries that do not match the selected filter Terms x photo printer 4 Entry number I0 Hi
68. ltiTerm Convert creates all other files in the same location by default Input file C Users Training Desktop Sample Fles SDL Multi Tem 2014 Converting_Glossares glossary a Output file C Users Training Desktop Sample Files SOL MuttiTem 2014 Converting_Glossanes glossary ir Tembase definition file C Users Training Desktop Sample Files SDL Multi Tem 2014 Converting_ Glossaries glossary 20 Save as CAUsers TraininghDesktop Sample Files SDL MultiTerm 2014 Converting_Glossares glossary Ic Save as Cancel Help NOTE The other text fields will be filled in automatically These contain the names of the output file paths most importantly the XML output file which we will later import into a termbase SDL MULTITERM 2014 6 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries Specifying the Termbase Fields 1 Onthe Specify Column Header page the field names from the column headers in the selected Excel file are shown in the Available column header fields list On this page you need define which column headers should be processed as language fields and which ones contain additional descriptive information SDL Muttiterm Convert Specify Colla Header C asia This screen allows you to specify the type of each column header field contained in the input file You need to specify the language for language fields C Language field f Descriptive field
69. m a 3rd party application we are going to use Microsoft Word Take the following steps 1 Open the document PhotoPrinter doc which is located in your sample files folder Sample Files Documents in Microsoft Word 2 Highlight the term photo printer then press Ctrl Alt F8 3 This will open the widget with the search result panes Widget _ photo printer 4 Hardware Termbase icli photo printer True Image AP 300 All Purpose Photo Prir matrix mistjet printers F Fotodrucker English Matrix Mistiet Printers ais matrix precision pixel printer PPP m photo printer Status Forbidden Matrix Precision Pixel Printer FFF aami photo printer interface Thustration interface Phote Span ae Status Preterred ne Google le 4 You can now close the widget window by clicking the Hide button in the top right corner of the application window Note that the widget is still running in the background and can be called by pressing the shortcut Ctrl Alt F8 SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 18 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases SUMMARY You can view an entry by clicking the corresponding term in the Browse list To look up a particular term enter it into the search text box and press Enter This will switch the Browse list to the Hitlist window and display the search results if any You can also use placeholder symbols to do wildcard searches 43
70. ms consistently owing to the tight integration of SDL MultiTerm termbases into your translation environment SDL Trados Studio 2014 A termbase allows you to enter additional information for each term For example you can have a Status field that indicates whether a term is obsolete derogatory not allowed approved preferred etc Also you can use so called descriptive fields e g Definition Note Example Context to provide additional information on a term A termbase can even contain multimedia objects e g pictures or videos as well as cross references and hyperlinks ADDING CONTENT TO A TERMBASE Except for a small sample termbase which we are going to use for this training SDL MultiTerm is not delivered with any content during installation However you can download termbases from our OpenExchange site at http www sdl com en language technology sdl openexchange Termbases needs to be filled by the user as your corporate terminology or the terminology of your client will always be organization specific Termbases can be filled in any of the following ways By adding entries manually By conversion of existing word lists e g Microsoft Excel glossaries SDL MultiTerm is delivered with a supplementary tool called SDL MultiTerm Convert which allows you to quickly convert e g existing Microsoft Excel glossaries into SDL MultiTerm format By extracting terminology from existing source and or target documents
71. ng Desktop Dictionary log N Sort termbase content by entry number Sort termbase content by index field Geman T 7 Apply filter Has English Definition 5 Click Next to run the export 6 On the next page wait for the progress bar to reach 100 This means that the export has been processed successfully Click Next and then Finish to close the Export Wizard 7 In Windows Explorer go to the location of the export file Double click the export file to open it in Microsoft Word The export result should look as shown below G P common agricultural policy PhotoSpan Geman gemeinsame Agrarpolitik Definition Das Geman Photo Span Definition Markenname von Mairix sur slekronischs Auge der Kamera Mithije der Bessichnung de finnsnsigensn Technologie durch disalle DDE Technologiswird Licht gesanmat und in elekpischs Jdatix Produkte nahtios mitsinandsr funttioniaren Ladung umgevandet Anschligind wird das Signal abgegeben aus dem ein digitals Bild existent Picture Dyes Geman Picture Dyes Definition Markennane von Mairie cur l Bessichnung unserer speziellen Tinten fir lebendigs Farben mad schare Bilder NOTE The Word Dictionary export definition only takes the currently selected source target language into account 10 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Exporting Termbases D FOR MORE INFORMATION AN E Definiti 3 About the Export Wizard SUMMARY
72. ntry using an input model can be a lot faster as you can just use the Tab key to jump to the next field to fill in SUMMARY ia Input models can significantly streamline the entry creation editing process as they provide a template with fields that you can fill in Fields can be defined as mandatory i e you cannot save an entry unless you fill in this particular field Before adding an entry you need to select the input model that you want to use Within the input model you can use the Tab key to go from field to field SDL MULTITERM 2014 8 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc EXTRACTING TERMINOLOGY In this chapter you will learn how to E E Set up a terminology extraction project Extract bilingual terminology from a translation memory file in TMX format Review the extraction result Export the extraction result to a termbase Chapter Extracting Terminology WHAT IS TERMINOLOGY EXTRACTION Terminology extraction provides a fast and efficient way to fill your termbase with relevant terminology You can extract terminology from existing monolingual or bilingual documents e g translation memories This allows you to quickly add relevant terminology to your termbase You can for example process documents that were translated in the past in order to fill your termbase with customer project specific terms which can then be leveraged in future t
73. o define and use filters SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 9 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases Creating a Simple Filter Let us assume the following you want to limit your searches to entries in which the English term has a definition To do this take the following steps 1 Click the Termbase Management button on the bottom of the Navigation pane 2 Then right click Filters and select the Create command from the context menu a g Haniware embase Source contains Hiap Definition 3 On the first page of the Filter Wizard click Next 4 Instep 1of3 of the Filter Wizard enter a descriptive name for your filter e g Has English definition Then click Next Fiter Wizard Step 163 Filter Name Enter the filter name and a description if required ee Has English Definition Description optional SDL MultiTerm 5 Onthe next page keep the default option Simple filter selected and click Next Allows you to define filters with a single filter criterion For example use a simple filter to find all temmbase entries that belong to a specific subject field E Advanced fiter Allows you to define complex fitters that contain more than one criterion For example use a complex fiter to find all entries that were created after a specific date and have a definition field SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 10 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 6 From the
74. ology Illustration Mistlet Nis tet Nextgeneration Paper LED paper light ae Pyes Status Preferred picture re power cable a German power cord proven methodology we Fotodrucker SEARCHING FOR PARTICULAR TERMS SDL MultiTerm offers a number of search types to help you find the information that you are looking for In the following sections you will learn how the different search types work SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases Normal Search Let us assume that you want to look up the term adapter To do this take the following steps 1 Enter the search term i e adapter into the search text field 2 Execute the search by pressing the Enter key Executing a search switches the Browse list to the Hitlist The Hitlist contains the source term that was found On the right hand side you see the full entry with the terms in all available languages File Home View Add Ins Help t Reverse Indexes mgt Hierarchical Mode Adwanced Target German Se Normal Search Se Scant Languages Search 2 adapter Entry number 14 Hitlist 2 E ais Enghsh adapter SS German Adapter i z o BRZ C g French d Hitlist as adantateur D FOR MORE INFORMATION Performing a Normal Search Wildcard Search Let us assume that you want to look up all the terms that CONTAIN the word photo To do this take the following steps 1
75. our search if any At the moment the Hitlist is empty as you have not launched a search yet The next chapter provides examples of how to search terms in a termbase D FOR MORE INFORMATION The Hitlist Tab The Termbases List Click the Termbases tab to switch to the Termbases list At the moment only one termbases is listed here i e the termbase that you have just opened This list is especially useful when you have several termbases open at the same time In SDL MultiTerm you can search many termbases in parallel Ablagerungen Entry number 13 Termbases Hardware Tembase E German Ablagerungen D FOR MORE INFORMATION The Termbases Tab The Terms View All of the above lists i e Browse Hitlist Termbases are accessible from the Terms view In this view you perform day to day operations such as searching adding and editing terms SDL MULTITERM 2014 3 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc The SDL MultiTerm User Interface The Termbase Management View The Termbase Management provides access to advanced functionality such as filtering importing exporting etc Click the Termbase Management button to switch to the corresponding view Termbase Mana Catalog Categories EM ee Tembare As Definition oe Layouts Filters vets Input Models On the right hand side you can now view some general information on the termbase The most interesting
76. radio button as English is a language not descriptive information From the dropdown list below Language field select English United Kingdom amp SOL Multiferm Convert Specify Column Heacer 5 9 qaue i ice This screen allows you to specify the type of each column header field contained in the input file You need to specify the language for language fields Available column header fields Subject f Language field i Concept ID lt Back Next Cancel Help Repeat the above step for German which needs to be assigned to German Germany Click Next to continue This screen allows you to specify the type of each column header field contained in the input file You need to specify the language for language fields SDL MultiTerm Convert Speoty cue Barbe Be p Available column header fields f Language field Descriptive field ton ha i Concept ID Specifying the Entry Structure 1 Descriptive information can be assigned to the entry level i e the top level if they refer to the entry as a whole i e to all terms contained in the entry Descriptive fields can also be assigned to the term level if they refer only to a particular term Let us assume that the Subject field value should always refer to the whole entry SDL MULTITERM 2014 6 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases from Excel Glossaries 2 Highlight Subject in the Available
77. ranslation projects For terminology extraction SDL offers SDL MultiTerm Extract which is a separate product The following exercise can only be done if you have installed SDL MultiTerm Extract on your PC PERFORMING A BILINGUAL TERMINOLOGY EXTRACTION For this exercise we are going to assume the following you have a translation memory TM export which contains segments that were translated in the past Now you want to extract relevant terminology from the bilingual TM and import the terms into your termbase NOTE For this exercise we are using a very small TM export file which only contains a few dozen segments Terminology extraction works better on larger files as they provide a better statistical basis for the heuristic based terminology extraction Starting SDL MultiTerm Extract To start the application take the following steps 1 Click the Windows Start button then select All Programs gt SDL gt SDL MultiTerm 2014 and click the SDL MultiTerm Extract 2014 application icon 2 After SDL MultiTerm Extract has launched maximize the application window by clicking the Maximize button in the top right corner Creating a Bilingual Extraction Project To set up a bilingual extraction project take the following steps 1 Select the File gt New Project menu command This will open the New Project Wizard 2 Select Bilingual Term Extraction Project 9 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL p
78. rching Termbases This opens a new window in which you can select termbases and configure further settings Here click the Open Termbases button MultiTerm Widget Languages Source language Target language Search results Launch widget Shortcut key Ctrl Alt F3 Mouse shortcut Left button Search immediately Font size D Aa Opened termbases No open termbases Open termbases In the Open Termbases dialog box click Browse Then browse to the location of your sample termbases i e Sample Files Termbases and select the termbase file Hardware sdltb by double clicking it The termbase name will now be listed in the dialog box Een Open Termbases Find more termbases on SDL OpenExchange OK Cancel Help Click OK to close the Open Termbases dialog box Next make certain that English is selected as your source language Then select your preferred target language SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 17 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 5 Also activate the Search immediately check box This ensures that any strings highlighted in a 3rd party application are automatically searched through the widget when you press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Alt F8 Launch widget Shortcut key Ctrl Alt F8 Mouse shortcut Alt Left button x 6 Click OK to confirm the settings and close the configuration window Performing a Search from Word As an example of a search fro
79. recommend that you copy the sample files to your desktop so that you can find them more easily i e Desktop Sample Files 1 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc ABOUT TERMBASES This chapter provides general information on SDL MultiTerm and terminology You will learn the following a What are termbases and how can they be used E What is a concept oriented termbase Chapter About Termbases WHAT IS A TERMBASE Every organization uses specific terms that cannot be found find in standard dictionaries Example Microsoft uses the term favorites in Internet Explorer In other Web browsers the same feature is referred to as bookmarks For an organization it is important to use the correct terms consistently in all forms of communication e g technical manuals support articles knowledge bases When translating documentation into other languages it is equally important to use standardized translations consistently For example the standard German translation for dialog box is Dialogfeld The standard French translation is bo te de dialogue If you fail to use the correct target terms readers are likely to get confused which may lead to misunderstandings time consuming support calls etc Termbases are used to store organization specific terms and their translations This helps you do the following a Research terms quickly Translate ter
80. rethetop Um eine angemessene EMail _and back of the photo printer are not sicherzustellen achten Sie darauf blocked dass die Ober und R ckseite des Fotodruckers nicht blockiert sind 3 Then click the right mouse button and select Add New Term from the context menu 4 Note that the new term pair is now shown in the Termbase Viewer window next to the editor p Flags layout No input model A gal le E Pais AC power cable AC power cord 52 adapter aia English Alternating current e color cartridge 4 ventilation color cartridge nbbon common agricultural policy German ContraPLUs devi Betiftung ae 5 Let us assume that would like to add a Subject value to the suggested entry To do this click the arrow button on the top of the entry and select Subject from the context menu a B 0 6 Click the check box next to IT and Telecom Then press Enter Fal IT and Telecom E General Marketing Finance and Insurance 12 8 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Accessing Termbases from SDL Trados Studio 12 7 To save the new entry in the termbase click the Save this Entry button Subjec Save this Entry F12 8 Note that after adding the entry the term ventilation is highlighted with a red bracketed line in the source segment as it has become a known term 9 Confirm the last target segment with Ctrl Enter
81. rm Convert also generates an xml file which contains the actual entries and which can be imported into the termbase SDL MULTITERM 2014 6 11 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc CREATING TERMBASES This chapter provides an example of how to create a termbase from scratch You will learn how to E E E Add languages to the termbase definition Add descriptive fields Define the entry structure Chapter Creating Termbases CREATING A TERMBASE FROM SCRATCH First click Close Termbase on the File tab to close the termbase that you created in the previous chapter There you learned to create a termbase based on an existing termbase definition XDT file which was derived from an Excel glossary In this chapter you will learn how to create a termbase definition from scratch Selecting the Location and the Termbase File Name To create a termbase definition from scratch take the following steps 1 Switch to the File tab and then select the New gt Create Termbase Help P Open Termbase Cirl 0 k Create Termbase Ctrl Alt T E Close Termbase Ctrl Alt 8 2 Inthe Save New Termbase dialog box select a location in which the termbase file is to be stored e g your sample files folder Desktop Sample Files 3 Note that in the File name text field a default name is suggested for your termbase i e New Termbase sdltb Overwrite this name with for example training sdltb
82. rm color cartridge riboon is misspelled in the termbase We will correct this term in one of the following exercises D FOR MORE INFORMATION Performing a Fuzzy Search Full Text Search Note that all of the above types of search are only executed in the selected source language i e the other languages are not searched neither are the descriptive fields Let us assume that you want to look up all entries in which the word paper occurs for example as part of a Definition field To do this you have to activate the full text search Take the following steps SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 6 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 1 Click the Fuzzy Search button below the search text field and then select the option Full Text Search color cardrige po a mt Hierarchical Mode Fuzzy Search Advanced deca Search Sy Mormal Search acy e Fuzzy Search rete See seers rererer Msaka 2 Type the term paper into the search text field then press Enter The hitlist now shows terms that at first glace have nothing to do with the search string Take a look at the Entry pane on the right hand side You will see that the first hit contains the word papers in a Definition Source English paper 8 t Reverse Indexes ad Hierarchical Mode a Ii Advanced Languages poem 7 rik Matrix vitaChrom 100 i English P LEQ i uaa Matrix VitaChrom 100 aper light
83. ry Multipla 3 Note that the Client field is now listed under Entry level Click the Client field in the Available descriptive fields list on the right hand side again to deselect it 4 The Notes field is supposed to refer to the respective terms of an entry Therefore in the Entry structure box on the left hand side select Term level 5 Inthe Available descriptive fields list highlight the Notes field Then click the Add button Termbase Wizard Step 5 of 5 e Sem Entry Structure Create an entry structure for your termbase entries by specifying the level at which descnptive fields are used Specify field settings f required Entry structure Available descriptive fields E S Entry level Client ff Tem level Field settings Mandatory Multipla 6 Click Next to continue then click Finish SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 8 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases 7 You have now successfully created a new empty termbase Note that the termbase name is SDL MultiTerm Training Termbase displayed in the application title bar D FOR MORE INFORMATION Entr r r SUMMARY M When you create a termbase definition from scratch you add the required languages You can also add the descriptive fields you require e g Notes Client etc By default each descriptive field that you add is a free text field To change the data type e g to picklist you
84. s 1 Enter a misspelled term on purpose e g color cardrige 2 Execute the search by pressing the Enter key Note that this search yields no results i e the hitlist is empty However SDL MultiTerm offers a powerful fuzzy search feature for exactly this kind of scenario A fuzzy search yields results even if you have badly misspelled a word Now take the following steps SDL MULTITERM 2014 4 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Searching Termbases 1 To activate the fuzzy search click Normal Search below the search text field then select Fuzzy Search from the list of available search types color cardrige p ti mA Hierarchical Mode To Advanced be Normal Search f Search a Normal Search Cirl N J E R u A 0 Fuzzy Search 2 Click inside the search text field which still contains the misspelled term and press Enter to 1 g Full Text Search execute the search again The fuzzy search will yield two hit terms i e color cartridge and color cartridge riboon source English color cardrige p dn t Reverse Indexes mal Hierarchical Mode To Adwanced Languages Search color cartridge Jaur Entry number 11 Hitlist color cartridge English color cartridge ribooan nes color cartridge German Farbpatrone Browse Hitlist Termbases ee ack ZH Chinese PPP rrr rere NOTE The te
85. t step is to verify the extraction result This implies going through the list of extracted terms and confirm the term pairs and edit the extracted terms as required To do this take the following steps Validating a Term Pair 1 When you find that the source and target terms are correct then you can validate them by clicking the check boxes next to the source and target terms As the first term pair is correct click the corresponding check boxes ta ee ET omc H jspetting Checker H Rechtschreibprifung rustam dirtinn ary RaniitveanwvArterhiichearn 2 Then use the Down key to go to the next term pair Editing a Term The second suggested term pair is almost correct However in the target language the plural form is used whereas the source language contains the term in its singular form Spelling Checker Rechtschreibpriifuna C custom dictionary C Benutzerw rterbiichern To change the target term to the singular form take the following steps 9 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Extracting Terminology Double click inside the target term 2 Overwrite the plural form with the singular form i e Benutzerw rterbuch 3 Finally validate both source and target term by clicking the corresponding check boxes 4 Move down to the next term pair which is actually correct Therefore validate both terms Then go down to the next term spelling Checker Rechts chreibprufung
86. target segments into the empty column on the right hand side Using Active Terminology Recognition Note that in the first source segment the term photo printer is highlighted with a red bracketed line This indicates that this term has been found in the selected termbase In the Term Recognition window in the top right corner you see the term and its translation none Translation Results 1 X Term Recognition IX tea Project Settings fo fo o gt ME photo printer Fotodrucker i No open translation memories or automated translation servers y r p E none Translatio if Concordance Se Comments Messages IHE Term Recogni_ Termbase Se PhotoPrinter doc Translation en US de DE q gt 7X 1 Finding a location for you RA Allow enough space on all sides ofjthe photo printer 2 to let you connect and disconnect cables change color cartridge and add paper When connecting power cables or USB cables keep 3 the cables clear of the paper path to the front and rear of the photo printer For proper ventilation make sure the top and back of the photo printer are not blocked 7 eniai pee To translate the first segment take the following steps T 4 1 Make sure that the cursor is placed in the target cell next to the first source segment and start typing your translation As soon as you type the first letter of the target term e g in German F for Fotodrucker the corre
87. terminology list to an external translator who does not have SDL MultiTerm You can also print such a list and use it e g for an interpreting job To generate a bilingual word list take the following steps 1 Note that type of export only takes into account the terms from the selected source and target language All other languages will be ignored Switch back to the Terms view and make sure that English is selected as source Then select German as target Home View Source English Reverse Target German Langua 2 Now switch to the Termbase Management view then click Export below the termbase name 3 Right click HTML export definition and select the Process command from the context menu Expor Name Active Owner Description Default export definition sj system Exports all entrie Muttiferm 5 export defini system Exports all entrie lia HTML export definition f Puan Bunada ananeng Filters Activate Ctrl Alt A E Input Models es rede Alter og elimited export defi Create Cirl Alt C rie List spell check SDL F a Duplicate rA FE TEX LISA 2002 al Load Seitennummer Ctri Alt S 4 On the first page of the Export Wizard click the button Save As and select a location and name for your export file e g your desktop As file name you can enter e g Glossary Then click Next 5 On the next page wait for the progress bar to reach 100 This means that the export h
88. the Document in the Editor 12 5 Using Active Terminology Recognition 12 5 Viewing the Full Termbase Entry 12 6 Adding an Entry to the Termbase 12 8 Searching the Termbase from SDL Trados Studio 12 9 Summary 12 10 Chapter 13 SDL MultiTerm Online About SDL MultiTerm Online 13 2 SDL MULTITERM 2014 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Table of Contents s sds Copyright 2013 SDL plc All rights reserved No part of this documentation may be duplicated in whole or in part or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of SDL plc MultiTerm SDL PhraseFinder SDL TermBase SDLX Trados TranslationZone and Translator s Workbench are registered trademarks of and AutoSuggest QuickPlace TagEditor and Trados Studio are trademarks of SDL plc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners The names of other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners Unless stated to the contrary no association with any other company or product is intended or should be inferred Although SDL takes all reasonable measures to provide accurate and comprehensive information about the product this documentation is provided as is and all warranties conditions or other terms concerning the documentation whether express or implied by statute common law or otherwise including those relating to satisfactory quality and fitness for purposes
89. the Navigation pane Browse Hitlist Termbases SDL MULTITERM 2014 8 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Working with Input Models 2 Select your newly created input model from the Input model dropdown list Input Model NOTE It is important to select the input model BEFORE you add the entry 3 Press F3 to add a new entry This will open the edit mode which already contains the fields that you defined in your input model 4 Double click the empty field next to Client This will open the list of available values Click the check box next to the first value then press Enter gt F Check All al BorgComNetworks FixTheMix Com 5 Press the Tab key This will automatically open the German term field Enter the term Maus 8 6 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Working with Input Models 6 Press Tab again This will open the Notes field Enter some descriptive text e g Mit der Tastatur zu arbeiten ist effektiver als mit der Maus Then press Tab to continue German 9 7 Maus OES Mit der Tastatur zu arbeiten ist effektiver als mit der Maus Now enter the English term i e mouse Press Tab to go down to the Notes field and enter e g Using the keyboard is more efficient than using the mouse Close the field with Enter Save the entry with Edit gt Save As you have seen in this exercise adding an e
90. tlist photo printer aS English imprimante photo a photo printer photo printer Tih ition imprimante photo Matrix Mistjet Printers Imprimantes Mistjet Matrix matrix mistjet printers Imprimantes Mistiet Matrix batris Precision Pixel Printer PPP Technologie Precision Pixel Printer F matrix precision pixel printer PFF i Technologie Precision Pixel Printer FL sil pS ei True Image AFP 300 All Purpose Photo Pri is SE Sei 2 Imprimante photo Toutes fonctions T _ Status Preferred UW renen imprimante photo 1 Browse Has Englis Hitlist Term bases 5 Let us assume that you do not want non matching entries to be grayed out Instead you prefer non matching entries not to be shown in the first place To do this click the Hard filtering button below the filter dropdown list Then click inside the search text field and execute the search for the term printer again by pressing Enter Source English hi printer p a Filter Has English Definition Reverse Indexes Si Hierarchical Mode af Hard Filter Mode i Advanced Target af Fuzzy Search 7 GS Search a Require Target Term Lanquages Search Filters Terms a Matrix Mistjet Printers eee COiry number 20 n ne suet ate English mprimantes Misti rix s matrix mistjet printers ii ee funis tli Ente Imprimantes Mistet htatrix Definiton Matrix s inkjet line of printers Status Preferred matrix mistjet printers Status Forb
91. ue e g FixTheMix Com Then click OK to close the Properties dialog box Properties Client Data type exe Picklist BorgCom Networks Fie The Mis Com 6 Click Next to continue D FOR MORE INFORMATION p iptive Field Defining the Entry Structure Last you need to define the entry structure for your termbase This means the following descriptive fields can occur on the top level the so called entry level Entry level descriptive fields refer to the whole entry i e to all terms in a particular entry A good example of this is the Client field because this type of information usually applies to the whole entry Descriptive fields can also occur on the term level For example a definition a note etc usually refers to a particular term Take the following steps to define the entry structure for your termbase 1 Inthe Entry structure box on the left hand side of the screen click on Entry level SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 7 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases 2 In the Available descriptive fields list highlight the Client field Then click the Add button Termbase Wizard Step 5 of 5 a Entry Structure Create an entry structure for your tembase enties by specifying the level at which descnptive fields are used Specify field settings f required Entry structure Available descriptive fields E gt Language level i m Tem level Remove gt gt Field settings Mandato
92. ultiTerm has launched maximize the application window by clicking the Maximize button in the top right corner OPENING A TERMBASE To open the sample termbase take the following steps 1 Switch to the File tab in the application ribbon then click Open Termbase en Termbase Ctrl Q T Close Termbase r Alt B6 Import amp Export 2 In the Select Termbases dialog box click the Browse button 3 Browse to the location where your sample termbases are stored i e Sample Files Termbases 4 Select the termbase file Hardware sdltb by double clicking it 3 2 SDLMULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc The SDL MultiTerm User Interface 3 5 Inthe Select Termbases dialog box make sure that the box next to Hardware Termbase is checked Find more tembases on SOL OpenExchange Ablagerungen 4 gt Eniry number 13 Ablagerungen English debris 7 i s e i Browse Hitlist Termbases i a Termbase Management r i 2 F THE APPLICATION WINDOWS The application has a number of views and windows which serve different purposes and functions SDL MULTITERM 2014 3 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc The SDL MultiTerm User Interface The Entry Pane The sample termbase that you just opened contains hardware related terms in the following languages German English French Spanish Portuguese Chinese and Japanese Th
93. vate Create Duplicate Catalog Actions 3 8 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Add Ins Help D o E Delete Termbase z i i s a R x Reorganize Termbase Actions SEARCHING TERMBASES This chapter provides examples of how to search a termbase You will learn how to a E E Select your preferred language pair Perform normal wildcard fuzzy and full text searches Define a filter Perform a filtered search Search in multiple termbases Chapter Searching Termbases SELECTING YOUR SOURCE AND TARGET LANGUAGE First make sure that you are in the Terms view Searches are usually executed in the selected source language This is the language that is displayed in the source language dropdown list For example when you want to look up a German term you need to make sure that the selected source language is German Home View German Reverse English a In the following exercises we are going to search for a number of English terms Therefore make sure that English is selected in the source language list Then select your preferred target language e g German from the target language list which you can find below the source language list Home View Changing the source target language pair will cause the following The Browse list on the left hand side contains English terms The terms in the Entry pane are re sorted i
94. ve fields list on the right hand side Teme Wind Sep4of5 UT Descriptive Fields Create descriptive fields for your tembase entries Use the Properties dialog box to specify the type of data each field may contain The default data type for all fields is text Descriptive fields Notes Description optional 3 Repeat the above step to add a field labelled Client Defining the Field Properties By default all descriptive fields are considered free text fields However let us assume that you want to associate the Client field with a list of predefined values To do this take the following steps 1 Highlight the Client field in the Descriptive fields list and click the Properties button Descriptive fields Notes cient SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 5 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases 2 This opens the Properties dialog box Select Picklist from the Data type dropdown list This will enable Picklist field below the dropdown list and a set of buttons that allow you to add delete and move picklist values Properties Client t 3 Click the button with the green plus icon This will add a line with a blue background in the Picklist field Properties Client 4 Double click the line and enter a value e g BorgComNetworks SDL MULTITERM 2014 7 6 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Creating Termbases 5 Repeat the above steps to add another val
95. wall socket d y French re iE 5 Then enter the German term which is Steckdose NOTE You do not need to fill in all languages J TIP You can use the Tab key to jump to the next language Make sure that you confirm the last term by pressing the Enter key before saving the entry SDL MULTITERM 2014 5 3 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries 6 Save the new entry by pressing F12 The newly created entry should now look as shown below color cartridge ribbon wall socket prise de courant German Steckdose ADDING MORE INFORMATION TO THE ENTRY Let us assume that you would like to add some more information to the new entry Adding a Term in Another Language For example you would like to add the Spanish translation for wall socket To do this take the following steps 1 Press F2 which will re open the newly created entry in the edit mode 2 Double click the empty field below the label Spanish and enter the Spanish translation i e toma de corriente Then confirm the new term with Enter E Spanish toma de corriente Adding a Synonym Let us assume that you would like to enter an English synonym i e wall plug To do this take the following steps 1 Click the arrow button next to the label English Sig Enis 7 wak_pcket 5 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Adding and Editing Entries 5
96. ws you to scan bilingual documents i e translation memories for suitable term candidates When setting up a bilingual terminology extraction project select the termbase into which the extracted terms should be imported and the translation memory or translation memories e g in TMX format The extraction result will be presented in the form of a bilingual table You can validate terms by clicking the check boxes next to them You can modify terms by double clicking and editing them a Le Let Lo Using the concordance search you can display all segments that contain the selected term This helps you see the term in context and identify suitable target terms P The extraction result can then be imported into the selected termbase You can apply a filter to make certain that only validated terms are imported into the termbase 9 10 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc EXPORTING TERMBASES In this chapter you will learn how to E Export a termbase to an XML file E Generate a bilingual word list and a Microsoft Word RTF dictionary from a termbase Runa filtered export Exporting Termbases ABOUT EXPORTING TERMBASES Exporting termbases can be useful for the following reasons You want to create a backup of a termbase e g to give it to other users for import into their termbases You want to generate a printable file from a termbas
97. wse for the folder that contains your newly created training termbase and select the termbase file training sdltb by double clicking it The termbase name should now be listed in the dialog box Choose Tem 25S ee l Termbases Termbase Location Remote Login raining Termbase Local Browse termbase Click the termbase name to highlight it then click OK Choose Term ae Termbases Termbase Location Remote Login Training Termbase Local 9 4 SDL MULTITERM 2014 SDL plc Confidential Copyright 2013 SDL plc Extracting Terminology 4 The termbase languages are now listed below the termbase name The terminology extraction will be from English to German Therefore make sure that the selected Source Language is English en and the Target Language is German de Then click Next New Project Wizard ei Choose termbase and languages You can either select a termbase and choose language s from it or you can just choose languages without choosing a termbase Termbase Training Termbase Source Language EN Enalish en Target Language BBS cerman de No Termbase source Language E English United States Target Language fi German Germany Cancel Selecting the Project File 1 On the next screen click the Browse button and browse to the folder that contains the sample TMX file which is a small translation memory export i e Sample Fi
98. zwelliges Licht emittiert wenn es in Durchlassrichtung des pn Uberganas gepolt wird Dieser Effekt ist eine Form der Elektrolumineszenz matrix nustet printers Matrix Mister F Frinters we Browse Browse Hitlis t Termbases Termbases This displays the corresponding entry in the Entry pane i e LED Light emitting diode and the translations in all available languages Note that this entry contains additional information fields e g 4 Definition fields which are used to further describe the terms 4 Status fields for example LED is marked as the preferred term while Light emitting diode is marked as a forbidden term NOTE Fields such as Definition and Status are called descriptive fields These can be freely defined when creating a termbase Now do the following while the term LED is still highlighted in the Browse list press the letter p on your keyboard This will lead you to the first term that starts with p i e Paper LED Use the Down key on your keyboard to go further down to the term photo printer This will show the corresponding entry which is an example of an entry that contains a multimedia object i e an image Terms x ae et kY Entry number 10 Browse r I xX matrix photolithograph mistet a English Matrix Photolithograph MistJet No e Matrix Precision Pixel Printer PP photo printer matrix precision pixel printer PPP Status Forbidden Matrix VitaChrom 100 photo printer method

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