Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Does Memsource Cloud support synonyms (or alternative terms) in its termbases?
Poster: Michael Beijer
Post title: fun with synonyms
I just came across another reason why I think it is important to be able to quickly add a large number of synonyms to a termbase entry. When translating, I often look up words in the thesaurus of the Oxford online dictionary. I then often add strings of synonyms I find there to my CAT tool's termbase (attaching them to whatever term I looked up), so I don't have to go to the Oxforddictionaries.com website the next time I'm in need of a little inspiration.
It should be as quick and easy as possible to add these synonyms to any particular TB entry, and (if possible) I shouldn’t have to leave the grid (translation editor) to do so.
• DVX is terrible in this respect, as I would have to create a separate TB entry for each synonym I want to add (18x).
• Memsource is pretty good in this respect: I can open up the TB management tab, and click the little green plus sign (18x) as many times as necessary, to add the synonyms to the main entry.
• CafeTran is the best: I can just copy/paste the string of synonyms from the Oxford website into my termbase entry, adding them all at once. I might need to change the format, but this can be done with a tiny AutoHotkey script:
Oxford website format:
"recipe:
means/way of achieving, means/way of ensuring;
prescription, formula, method, technique, system, procedure, plan;
likely cause of, source of;
MO, process, means, way;
blueprint;
Latinmodus operandi"
becomes:
CafeTran termbase format (18 synonyms):
"recipe;means/way of achieving;means/way of ensuring;prescription;formula;method;technique;system;procedure;plan;likely cause of;source of;MO;modus operandi;process;means;way;blueprint"
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:56 GMT]
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:57 GMT]
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:58 GMT]
Topic: Does Memsource Cloud support synonyms (or alternative terms) in its termbases?
Poster: Michael Beijer
Post title: fun with synonyms
I just came across another reason why I think it is important to be able to quickly add a large number of synonyms to a termbase entry. When translating, I often look up words in the thesaurus of the Oxford online dictionary. I then often add strings of synonyms I find there to my CAT tool's termbase (attaching them to whatever term I looked up), so I don't have to go to the Oxforddictionaries.com website the next time I'm in need of a little inspiration.
It should be as quick and easy as possible to add these synonyms to any particular TB entry, and (if possible) I shouldn’t have to leave the grid (translation editor) to do so.
• DVX is terrible in this respect, as I would have to create a separate TB entry for each synonym I want to add (18x).
• Memsource is pretty good in this respect: I can open up the TB management tab, and click the little green plus sign (18x) as many times as necessary, to add the synonyms to the main entry.
• CafeTran is the best: I can just copy/paste the string of synonyms from the Oxford website into my termbase entry, adding them all at once. I might need to change the format, but this can be done with a tiny AutoHotkey script:
Oxford website format:
"recipe:
means/way of achieving, means/way of ensuring;
prescription, formula, method, technique, system, procedure, plan;
likely cause of, source of;
MO, process, means, way;
blueprint;
Latinmodus operandi"
becomes:
CafeTran termbase format (18 synonyms):
"recipe;means/way of achieving;means/way of ensuring;prescription;formula;method;technique;system;procedure;plan;likely cause of;source of;MO;modus operandi;process;means;way;blueprint"
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:56 GMT]
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:57 GMT]
[Edited at 2015-08-19 12:58 GMT]