Importing Local Glossary

To import a glossary or to add to an existing glossary from the Project Terminology tab:

  1. Go to the Projects list tab (refer to Opening Projects).
  2. Select and open the project.
  3. Click the Project Terminology tab.

    The Project Terminology tab appears.

    The Glossary Name and Location columns can be ordered by typing the first letter or two of the item to head the list then clicking or to the far right. These columns can be searched by typing in a string of characters that are contained in the entry of interest. When a matching, unique string is found in an entry, only that entry is presented in the list. To restore the list, click the Clear Filters icon .

  4. Select the glossary to import.
  5. Click Import Glossary (shown above).

    The Import Glossary dialog box appears.

    Figure 1. Import Glossary Dialog

  6. Select a file type from the two options:

    • Tab delimited text file (.txt)—Wordfast Classic and Wordfast Pro 3 format

    • Term Base eXchange (.tbx)

  7. Enter or browse and select a glossary.
  8. Select one of the following options:

    • Create New Glossary to import the first terminology file for the project

    • Import Into Existing Glossary to add terms to the existing glossary

  9. Click OK to save the glossary changes.
Parent topic: Working with Glossaries