Connect to a Remote Glossary

You can connect to a glossary residing on another server, including a free hosted service, such as Wordfast Anywhere (WFA).

  Note:

WFA allows translators to connect to a shared server and interact with a private, remote translation memory (TM) and glossary.

To connect to a remote glossary:

  1. On the Projects tab, double-click a project from the projects list.
  2. On the Project Terminology tab, click Connect To Remote.
  3. On the Connect to Remote Glossary dialog, select the appropriate tab, based on your server options.

    • TMGR Server

    • WF Server

    • WFA Server

  4. (Optional) Add a Term Manager (TMGR) Server on the TMGR Server tab and complete the required fields.
      Note:

    Required fields are marked with a red asterisk.

    Field or Option

    Action

    Name

    Enter a unique name for the glossary.

    Target Language

    Select a language from the drop-down list. This list is constrained by the available target languages for your project.

    URL

    Enter the remote glossary URL using the following format: tmgrs://address:port/TMGR?.

    Note:   

    The remaining URL Settings automatically populate when you enter the URL string. This includes the username, password, and project short code.

    Click Test to validate the connection.

    Selected

    (Optional) Select to use the current glossary for the project.

    Read-only

    (Optional) Select to leverage the glossary without updating new terms.

    Create Blacklist Connection

    (Optional) Select to connect to an available blacklist already in TMGR.
  5. (Optional) Add a WF Server on the WF Server tab and complete the required fields.

    Required fields are marked with a red asterisk.

    Field or Option

    Action

    Name

    Enter a unique name for the glossary.

    URL

    Enter the remote glossary URL using the following format: wf://jsmith:password@address:port/tmgr?. The remaining URL Settings automatically populate when you enter the URL string. Click Test to validate the connection.

    Address

    Enter the address associated with the URL.

    Port

    Enter the port associated with the URL.

    Account Name

    Enter the username associated with the URL log in.

    Account Password

    (Optional) Enter the password associated with the username.

    Workgroup ID

    (Optional) Enter the workgroup ID for the project.

    Selected

    (Optional) Select to use the current glossary for the project.

    Read-only

    (Optional) Select to leverage the glossary without updating new terms.
  6. (Optional) Add a WFA Server on the WFA Server tab and complete the required fields.

    Field or Option

    Action

    Name

    Enter a unique name for the glossary.

    Target Language

    Select a language from the drop-down list.

    Note:   

    This list is constrained by the available target languages for your project.

    API KEY

    Enter the API key you obtain from WFA.

    1. Log in to your free WFA account at https://www.freetm.com.

    2. Click on TMs & Glossaries, then Setup.

    3. On the TMs and glossaries management dialog, select a glossary.

    4. Click Manage Sharing.

    5. On the TMs and glossaries shares dialog, click on the API key and copy the text string.

    6. Paste the API key into the Connect to Remote Glossary dialog on the WFA Server tab using the following format: username@1234567, then click Test to validate the connection.

    Selected

    (Optional) Select to use the current glossary for the project.

    Read-only

    (Optional) Select to leverage the glossary without updating new terms.
  7. Click OK.

    The selected glossary is added to the project and is displayed in the project Glossaries list.

Parent topic: Leverage Project Glossaries