Configuring Terminology

Terminology (glossary) is used to leverage previously translated text, resulting in lower costs and greater consistency.

To select Terminology options for a project:

  1. Open Wordfast Pro and select a project from the project list.
  2. Click Open Project.
  3. Click Preferences under Options.

    The overall preferences setup panel appears.

  4. Click Terminology in the Current Project Preferences section.

    The Terminology (Glossary) preferences appear.

    Figure 1. Prefernces—Terminology

  5. Select Enable Fuzzy Terminology, to view fuzzy matches.
  6. Select the number of hits (matches) to be viewed.
  7. Select Automatic Synchronization and Terminology Synchronization Interval, to set a synchronization interval.
  8. Select Terminology Highlighting on Typing, to show terminology matches when entered in the translation.
  9. Select Ignore case for term highlights, to ignore case difference in terminology matches.