Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Does Memsource Cloud support synonyms (or alternative terms) in its termbases?
Poster: Michael Beijer
Post title: @Samuel:
[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
[quote]Michael Beijer wrote:
cat = kat;poes;poesje
... or do you need to create a separate entry for each synonym (like in DejaVu, and other CAT tools with poor synonym handling)? [/quote]
I would consider CafeTran's method "poor synonym handling".
[/quote]
Why I consider DVX's handling of synonyms suboptimal:
In DVX, in order to add synonyms, you need to split the entry into multiple entries.
kat;poes;poesje = cat
becomes:
kat = cat
poes = cat
poesje = cat
CafeTran, memoQ, and a few other CAT tools allow you to group terms (concepts) together (like in a full-blown term management program like tlTerm), including all their synonyms, which I define as "good synonym handling".
There are many reasons why this is superior. One of them is that if you wish to add any other data to an entry (in the form of Note, Usage example, Source, URL, Subject, Client, Sense, etc. fields), in the DVX system, you would need to copy all of this to three different entries. In CT, it all stays together, grouped in a single entry.
Now it's my turn. Why do you consider CafeTran's handling of synonyms to be poor? Compared to what CAT tool?
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••• Incidentally, after a bit of playing around, I discovered that you can add synonyms to Memcource TB entries (which is great!), from the Term Base tab, in the Project dashboard area (not sure what it's officially called), by hovering next to a src or trgt entry and clicking the little green plus sign that appears. It doesn't seem to be possible to add synonyms when adding a term pair in the grid (via Alt+T), or when clicking on "Edit Source Term / Edit Target Term" under the "CAT pane" (when selecting an entry). Unless I am missing something. •••
[Edited at 2015-08-18 18:25 GMT]
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:33 GMT]
Topic: Does Memsource Cloud support synonyms (or alternative terms) in its termbases?
Poster: Michael Beijer
Post title: @Samuel:
[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
[quote]Michael Beijer wrote:
cat = kat;poes;poesje
... or do you need to create a separate entry for each synonym (like in DejaVu, and other CAT tools with poor synonym handling)? [/quote]
I would consider CafeTran's method "poor synonym handling".
[/quote]
Why I consider DVX's handling of synonyms suboptimal:
In DVX, in order to add synonyms, you need to split the entry into multiple entries.
kat;poes;poesje = cat
becomes:
kat = cat
poes = cat
poesje = cat
CafeTran, memoQ, and a few other CAT tools allow you to group terms (concepts) together (like in a full-blown term management program like tlTerm), including all their synonyms, which I define as "good synonym handling".
There are many reasons why this is superior. One of them is that if you wish to add any other data to an entry (in the form of Note, Usage example, Source, URL, Subject, Client, Sense, etc. fields), in the DVX system, you would need to copy all of this to three different entries. In CT, it all stays together, grouped in a single entry.
Now it's my turn. Why do you consider CafeTran's handling of synonyms to be poor? Compared to what CAT tool?
-------------------------- •••
••• Incidentally, after a bit of playing around, I discovered that you can add synonyms to Memcource TB entries (which is great!), from the Term Base tab, in the Project dashboard area (not sure what it's officially called), by hovering next to a src or trgt entry and clicking the little green plus sign that appears. It doesn't seem to be possible to add synonyms when adding a term pair in the grid (via Alt+T), or when clicking on "Edit Source Term / Edit Target Term" under the "CAT pane" (when selecting an entry). Unless I am missing something. •••
[Edited at 2015-08-18 18:25 GMT]
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:33 GMT]