Managing Termbase and Translation Memory Entries
Managing your Termbases (TBs) and Translation Memories (TMs) is an important part of localization. For this reason, Lilt provides tools for adding and editing entries directly within the application.
Termbases and Translation Memories are housed inside Translation Memories, which are managed through the Memories
tab.
TB/TM entries can be added to a Lilt Memory in several ways:
- Uploading Memory Files directly to the Translation Memory.
- Manually adding individual entries on the Translation Memory's
Manage memory
page. - From inside Lilt Translate:
- TM entries are added when a segment is confirmed.
- TB entries can be added manually in the Segment Context sidebar.
TB/TM can also be exported (for backup or use outside of Lilt), as described in the Managing YourTranslation Memories article.
Managing entries
To edit existing TB/TM entries in a Translation Memory, navigate into the desired Translation Memory and open the Manage memory
page on the left sidebar.
By default, the Manage memory
page displays both TB and TM entries.
- Click the
Only termbase
button to display only the TB entries. - Click the
Only memory
button to display only the TM entries.
TB entries are displayed with a TB icon
TM entries are displayed with a TM icon
Each entry displays the source text, target text, review state.
In addition, each entry has the following action buttons:
- Custom metadata fields are displayed below the approval status.
- At the bottom, the changelog displays history events about when and how the entry has been updated.
Update Entry
button to apply the changes you’ve made.
- Source Text: Source text cannot be changed once set. Note that term matching is case-sensitive. If you need to change the source text of an entry, you can delete it and create a new entry.
- Target Text: Use this field to make changes to the translation text.
- Approval Status: Use this field to change the approval status of the entry.
Reviewed
entries are shown to translators in Lilt Translate.Draft
andUnreviewed
entries are not shown to translators in Lilt Translate. - Custom Fields: Adding a custom field will add the custom field to all entries within the Lilt Memory. Custom fields can hold metadata to provide context to linguists about a given translation. Linguists can view metadata directly in Lilt Translate from the Segment Context Menu. Note that custom fields can also be created from the Memory Settings page, and can only be deleted from the
Memory Settings
page.