Creating Termbases

Termbases help you enforce terminology consistently.

Create a termbase

1. Open the 🏷️ Termbases tab
2. Click + Create New
3. Give it a name, enter the source and target language codes (e.g. en, nl), and choose the scope: Global (all projects) or Project-specific
4. Click Create

Add terms while translating

You can build terminology as you work:

• Select text in both Source and Target
• Use 📖 Add to Termbase from the context menu

The right-click menu offers several routes: 📖 Add to Termbase (Ctrl+Alt+T, opens the entry dialog), and the quick-adds ⚡ Quick Add to Project Termbase (Alt+Up) and ⚡ Quick Add to Background Termbase (Alt+Down, which adds to the first background termbase with Write ticked).

Similar Term Found – merge as a synonym

If the term you are adding shares its source with an existing entry (but has a different target), or shares its target (but a different source), Workbench shows a Similar Term Found prompt instead of silently creating a near-duplicate. You can:

• Add as Synonym – fold the new term into the existing entry as a synonym
• Add & Edit… – do that, then open the entry editor to review it
• Keep Both – create a separate entry anyway
• Cancel – abandon the add

The prompt only appears when there is an actual overlap, so the quick-adds stay instant otherwise. Exact duplicates (same source and target) are skipped as before. This matches the behaviour of the Supervertaler for Trados plugin.

Tips

• Use a separate termbase per client when terminology differs.
• Add high-priority terms first (product names, UI strings).