Import a Local Glossary

To exchange glossaries with other translators, save the exported glossary to a local drive, then use the Import Glossary action to import it to your project.

  Note:

To exchange glossaries among projects on your local drive, use the Add Project Glossaries action.

To import a local glossary:

  1. In the Project List view, on the Projects tab, double-click a project from the projects list.
  2. In the Current Project view, on the Project Terminology tab, select Import Glossary.
  3. On the Import Glossary dialog, select the import File Type from the drop-down list.

    Required fields are marked with a red asterisk.

    Field

    Action

    File Type

    Select a file format for importing raw text files.

    • Term Base eXchange (TBX) — Use with other CAT tool glossaries

    • Tab delimited text file (TXT) — Use with Wordfast Classic and Wordfast Pro glossaries

    Import File

    Select Browse to locate and select an Import File.

    Create a new glossary

    Select to use the imported glossary to create a new glossary rather than add terms to an existing glossary.

    Import into existing glossary

    Select to use the imported glossary to add to the selected glossary.

    Existing Glossary

    Select from the drop-down list to append the imported glossary to an existing glossary file.

    If term already exists

    Select from the drop-down list to import the term into an existing glossary file.

    • Add as a new term — Add the term to the existing glossary file.

    • Do not overwrite — Ignore the term and retain the term already in the glossary file.

    • Overwrite existing term — Use the new term to replace the term already in the glossary file.

    Delete all terms from existing glossary

    Select to delete the existing term and replace it with the new glossary term.
  4. Select OK.

    The glossary is imported and is displayed in the project Glossaries list.

Parent topic: Leverage Project Glossaries