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Cannot export synonyms, tab delimited, Multiterm 2011
Thread poster: Mathieu Fortin
Mathieu Fortin
Mathieu Fortin
Canada
Local time: 11:41
English to French
Jan 26, 2015

Hi,

I have a simple termbase: 2 languages (English, French) and a client field.

I prefer to edit my termbase in Excel: i find it's faster than adding every term in Multiterm. For one English term, I sometimes have multiple French terms, to accommodate different clients. So in Excel, I have would have this (I would put an image but I'm not sure how):


English French Client

Term Translation1 cl... See more
Hi,

I have a simple termbase: 2 languages (English, French) and a client field.

I prefer to edit my termbase in Excel: i find it's faster than adding every term in Multiterm. For one English term, I sometimes have multiple French terms, to accommodate different clients. So in Excel, I have would have this (I would put an image but I'm not sure how):


English French Client

Term Translation1 client1
Term Translation2 client2


When I import it in Multiterm, I use "merge entries" to merge the synonyms under "TERM", which works fine with Trados.

Here is the problem. When I export to a tab delimited file from Multiterm, I only get one line for "TERM", and only 1 synonym, "Translation1". I lose all synonyms in the process.

I just spent a couple hours looking around and I just can't seem to find anything useful about exporting synonyms. Maybe my whole approach is wrong?

Any help is appreciated, thanks! ▲ Collapse
 
RWS Community
RWS Community
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:41
English
Use the Glossary Converter... Jan 26, 2015

... this will make the process to/from Excel much easier for you: http://www.translationzone.com/openexchange/app/glossaryconverter-476.html#46146

It's a drag and drop as shown here: http://youtu.be/2HFAMiPbQJs and will work with 2011.

Regards... See more
... this will make the process to/from Excel much easier for you: http://www.translationzone.com/openexchange/app/glossaryconverter-476.html#46146

It's a drag and drop as shown here: http://youtu.be/2HFAMiPbQJs and will work with 2011.

Regards

Paul ▲ Collapse
 
Mathieu Fortin
Mathieu Fortin
Canada
Local time: 11:41
English to French
TOPIC STARTER
Thanks! Feb 2, 2015

Hi Paul,

Thanks for coming to my help once again, and so fast too!

I experimented with the tool this weekend and it works great. It does organize the data a bit differently when you go from .sdltb to .xls, but it is really a minor inconvenience compared to what I was doing before with Multiterm convert. So again, thanks!


On the other hand, I do have a question that you may be able to answer.

In the Converter's documentation, it's specif... See more
Hi Paul,

Thanks for coming to my help once again, and so fast too!

I experimented with the tool this weekend and it works great. It does organize the data a bit differently when you go from .sdltb to .xls, but it is really a minor inconvenience compared to what I was doing before with Multiterm convert. So again, thanks!


On the other hand, I do have a question that you may be able to answer.

In the Converter's documentation, it's specified:

"the Multi-line format is not recommended, but popular, and therefore supported."

I find the Multi-line format to be the most intuitive. It follows the same logic as most databases: one line per record. Since the format is popular and intuitive, why are the tools not specifically built to support it? Just wondering...

Thanks!

Mat ▲ Collapse
 


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