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A glossary is empty until you add terms to it. When you add a term, you'll be able to specify its part of speech, add a translation for each project language, including comments about the term and translations and define if the term will be case sensitive or not. There are a few ways you can add terms to a glossary within Transifex.
Adding terms directly to a glossary
To add terms directly to a glossary:
Head to your Glossaries from the main navigation
Find the glossary to which you'd like to add a term and click on the View glossary icon.
Click the Add new term button near the top right corner.
Type the term you'd like to add to the glossary, select a part of speech, then hit Save in the popup.
Back in the glossary, select the target language you want to add the translation for.
Look for the term you added earlier. Add the translation for that term, then click Save Translation.
Note When you work in the "Edit Glossary Terms" mode and change multiple source terms without saving your changes, you can save them all at once by clicking on the "Save all drafts" button. That way, you save all changes and keep any translations already submitted in the corresponding target languages. |
Adding terms to a glossary from the Editor
You can add terms to the glossary while in the Editor:
From within the Editor, navigate to the Glossary tab.
Click Add term
Type in the term you'd like to add to the glossary, select a part of speech, and the translation for the term. Including a translation is optional.
Click Add to add the term to the glossary.
The term will be added to the glossary associated with the selected project.
Adding notes to glossary terms
While creating a term for a glossary, you'll be able to provide even more context about the term by adding a note.
Once a term is added, you may add translation notes in one or more target languages.
Head inside the glossary you want to edit.
From the language dropdown, select the language you want to edit.
Either search for the term or pick from the list.
Under the term, click on Αdd a note.
Add your note, then hit Save Note.
Uploading an existing glossary
Besides directly adding terms to a glossary from inside the platform, Transifex also lets you upload a pre-existing glossary. This is handy when you have a pre-existing glossary or many terms and want to create it offline before adding it to Transifex.
Case sensitive terms
In Transifex, you have two ways to define if a new or an existing glossary term will be case-sensitive or not.
Define case sensitivity through UI
Below, you can find how glossary terms can be defined as case sensitive or not through Transifex Web Interface.
Example #1:
While adding a new term or editing one, you can select whether the term will be case-sensitive or not through the respective checkbox.
Example #2:
If you choose to add a glossary term while translating your project, select whether the term will be case-sensitive or not through the respective checkbox.
Define case sensitivity through CSV glossary file
Upload a CSV glossary file including the column is_case_sensitive. More information about the structure of the file can be found here.
The is_case_sensitive option works as follows:
When new terms are added in the glossary for which the value of the is_case_sensitive column is y, yes, YES, true, or TRUE, then the term will be added to the Transifex Glossary with the case-sensitive field enabled.
The case sensitivity field for existing terms is not being updated if the "OVERWRITE EXISTING ENTRIES" is disabled.
The case sensitivity field for existing terms is being updated if the "OVERWRITE EXISTING ENTRIES" is enabled.