Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Is TermBase eXchange (TBX) really an industry standard for terminology exchange?
Poster: FarkasAndras
Post title: No
In my experience TBX is very rarely used by translators and translation agencies.
This area is a real mess so there is no simple answer. Pick your format depending on what the data is like and who you want to share it with. If the glossary is simple (no synonyms, just one column per language) and you don't know what software the addressee has then xls is probably the best. Everyone can open an xls file and every glossary tool should be able to import it.
Topic: Is TermBase eXchange (TBX) really an industry standard for terminology exchange?
Poster: FarkasAndras
Post title: No
In my experience TBX is very rarely used by translators and translation agencies.
This area is a real mess so there is no simple answer. Pick your format depending on what the data is like and who you want to share it with. If the glossary is simple (no synonyms, just one column per language) and you don't know what software the addressee has then xls is probably the best. Everyone can open an xls file and every glossary tool should be able to import it.