SDL Multiterm ConvertCreation of TB from glossary Marchitan Irina, Senior lecturer, MA Dep.Translation, Interpreting and Applied Linguistics

Creation of terminological glossary in MS Excel There are 2 options: 1. Create a table in MS Word with several columns: 1) term in English 2) definition in English 3) equivalent term in Romanian/Russian4) definition in Romanian/Russian 5) notes

Creation of terminological glossary in MS Excel You can use more columns with terms in other languages for creating multilingual Term Base.The second option is to create a table directly in MS Excel.

If the original table was created using MS Word:Copy the table to MS Excel book using Select all Copy & Paste in cell 2.

Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V

Give the headings to the columns (in cells 1, 1, 1):1) TermEng cell A 1 2) DefinitionEng cell B 1 3) TermRus/Rom - cell C 14) DefinitionRus/Rom - cell D 1 5) Notes Save MS Excel table in MS Excel 97-2003 format .

Conversion of MS Excel table using MultiTerm Convert component - Create folder in Disk D / Terminological Base. - Launch MultiTerm Convert component.

Select New conversion session and press Next.

In this window select the option Microsoft Excel format.

Select MS Excel table with terms using Browse button on the right from the button Input file, the other field are filled in automatically.

Select Index field and identify SL.

Repeat the procedure for TL.

For column 2 (DefinitionEng) select option Descriptive field, select Text or other options.

For column 4 (DefinitionRom) also select option Descriptive field.For column Notes you can select option Descriptive field or Multimedia.Multimedia option allows you to add photos or audio file to the terminological record.

Use Add button to add descriptive fields to the TB structure (select Term under TermEng and press Add).

Use the same procedure to add Notes field

This is the last window where you can return back and modify settings in case you made any mistakes.

The conversion process is launched

Importing converted MS Excel table in Multiterm

Launch MultiTerm.

In Termbase menu select Create termbase or press shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T.

Select folder for TB - MultiTerm Bases and press Open.

Give name to it and press Save

Termbase Wizard is launched.

Tick Load an existing termbase definition file and press Browse. Select converted Excel file (.xdt) and open it using Open.

Create a new termbase definition from scratch select this option to create a completely new termbase definition, specifying termbase fields and settings that suit your requirements.Use a predefined termbase template MultiTerm iX ships with two predefined termbase templates. Each template contains a complete range of termbase fields and settings which can be used as the basis for a new termbase definition. You can use these templates as they are or you can customise them to suit your own requirements.

Load an existing termbase definition file select this option to load an existing termbase definition file from your hard disk, such as the one that was created during the process of conversion by Multiterm Convert.

Write the name of TB in the field Name.

As a result you have a new TB but it is empty and does not contain terms.

You have to import the terms into the created TB.

Double-click menu Catalogue.Open Import menu

Open Import menu (right-click) and select Process.

Select the file you wish to import

Using Browse select the file with terms to be imported to the new TB (.mtf) and press Open.

Save the file named excluded terms. It will contain terms excluded from import process due to different mistakes.

As a result you have TB with terms

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