This article explains how to maintain glossaries and add new terms and delete old terms.
Translation Glossary Maintenance
A glossary is a list of specialized terms and their translations, that is used to ensure consistency and accuracy in the translation process. The purpose of a glossary in the translation process is to provide a reference tool that can be used by translators, reviewers, and editors to ensure that specific terminology is used consistently throughout the translation. Some translation engines can automatically insert terms from a glossary into translations.
Here are some of the main benefits of using a glossary in the translation process:
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Consistency: By providing translators with a list of approved terms and their translations, a glossary helps to ensure that the same terms are used consistently throughout the translation. This is especially important for technical or specialized documents where consistency is key to the accuracy and clarity of the translation.
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Accuracy: A glossary helps to ensure that the correct translation of specialized terms is used in the translation. This is important because specialized terms can often have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used.
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Efficiency: By providing translators with a pre-approved list of terms, a glossary can help to speed up the translation process. This is because translators don't have to spend time researching the correct translation for each term.
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Quality control: A glossary can be used as a quality control tool to ensure that the translation meets the requirements of the client. By reviewing the translation against the glossary, reviewers and editors can identify any discrepancies or errors in the translation and make the necessary corrections.
Glossaries can require some maintenance from time to time. As terms can become outdated and new terms may need to be added. Pairaphrase makes the upkeep of your Glossary simple.
From your User Profile page, click on Translation Glossaries on your left-hand sidebar. Find the glossary you want to clean and select Clean Glossary from the list of actions to the right.
Pairaphrase provides you with several tools to make cleaning your glossary fast and simple. You can search for terms and find repetitions, you can search and replace terms one at a time or replace repetitive instances. You can add a new term, bookmark terms for future review or delete an obsolete term. Pairaphrase makes cleaning a glossary easy. A glossary is a valuable tool in the translation process as it helps to ensure consistency, accuracy, and efficiency in the translation.
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