Terminology databases allow you to use standard terminology across your globalization projects. The terminology database is useful when you are translating in a WorldServer translation workbench, where you can click the terminology database button for a particular segment to view applicable terminology database entries. This helps in translation consistency and efficiency.
You can create multiple terminology databases to meet your needs. You configure terminology databases in Management > Linguistic Tool Setup > Term Database Setup. You also can set up terminology database groups, which are a means of associating multiple term databases under a single organizational unit. A terminology database group offers the choice for looking up a text in multiple terminology databases simultaneously.
A terminology database group consists of one of more "Lookup terminology databases," used for searching, and a single "Update terminology database" for saving translations. Each one of the Lookup terminology databases has a different priority within the terminology database group. The Update terminology database can be any of the terminology databases available in WorldServer, and does not need to belong to the group.
For example, typically, the terminology database groups are used for associating terminology databases of related languages like Spanish-Mexico or Spanish-Argentina, where it would be useful to perform lookups in more than one terminology database at once.
Another typical use is for grouping a read-only terminology database and a write-only terminology database. The read-only terminology database would be a master terminology database that has all entries reviewed and presumed to be correct. On the other hand, the write-only terminology database will hold only new translations that require review before being imported into the master terminology database.
A terminology database entry is a collection of terms in the same or different languages representing the same concept. You can add, modify, or delete a terminology database entry. You also can search for a terminology database entry, and import and export terminology database entries.
A terminology database term is text in a specific language that describes a concept.