You may want to import your own databases to the system for further use or create empty ones to start gathering and reusing the content of your projects during your platform work.
Both things are possible and the steps to achieve it are described below:
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To create a new linguistic resource:
- Click on Resources on the menu bar.
- Click on Add new (at the upper right of the Translation memories page, the Project
- Memories page, the Terminology page or the All page) or point to Resources on the menu bar and click on Add new.
- The Create new database page opens opens.
- Click on Next.
- Choose between a Translation memory and a Terminology database.
- Choose the source and the target languages.
- Give a name to your resource and leave comments if you want to.
- When you have finished filling in all the required fields, click on Finish.
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- Click on Update index and then on Index contents.
- Click on Import if you need to attach another file to your linguistic resource.
- Click on Export if you want to export the file to your computer.
- You can also add labels to your resources (see: What is a label? for more information).
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If you want to import a translation memory or a terminology database:
- Click on Resources on the menu bar.
- Click on Add new (at the upper right of the Translation memories page, the Project memories page, the Terminology page or the All page) or point to Resources on the menu bar and click on Add new.
- Click on Next.
Note: You can create a Translation memory database from a document which is already translated, by matching segments, phrases from the source language version to the translated version. This process is called Alignment.
- Select the file format from the list.
- According to the file format you choose, the process is different:
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- Click on Next.
- Click on Select and find browse for the file in on your computer.
- Click Configure the parameters and click on Finish when you are satisfied with the parameters.
- *If you choose an Excel file or an Open office Calc file:*
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- Click on Next.
- Click on Select and find browse for the file in on your computer.
- Click on Next.
- Define the different parameters and click on Finish:
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- Choose the source language, the target language, the name you want to give to the translation memory and leave comments if you want to.
- Click on Next.
- Select the file in on your computer and the Content encoding.
- Click on Next.
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- Click on Select and find the file in on your computer.
- Choose the source and the target languages and click on Finish.
- Define how the file is to be imported.
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