4.2.3 - eXercise

IDevice Icon Activity 3

Creating a New Termbase

Switch to SDL MultiTerm (Figure 1). Then take the following steps:

1. Select the menu command Termbase -> New Termbase.

2. Replace the suggested termbase file name with EuroVoc.sdltb, then click Save.

3. On the first page of the Termbase Wizard click Next.

4. Now the new termbase based on the EuroVoc.xdt termbase definition will be created. To select this termbase definition click the radio button Load an existing termbase definition file.

5. Browse to the file EuroVoc.xdt from the location where you saved it. Click Next.

6. On the Termbase Name page, enter a name for your termbase into the Friendly Name text field. Click Next.

7. The Index Fields page lists the indexes (i.e. languages) taken over from the Microsoft Excel file. Here you just need to click Next to continue. You can also skip the next two pages, i.e. Descriptive Fields and Entry Structure by clicking Next twice.

8. On the Wizard Complete page click Finish to create the termbase (NOTE that the newly-created termbase is empty. You need to import the content that you converted from the Microsoft Excel glossary into the termbase).

9. Click the Catalog button (Figure 2) on the bottom of the Navigation pane.

10. Right-click Import and then select Process from the context menu. On the first page of the Import Wizard click Browse and select the file EuroVoc.mtf.xml, which has been created by MultiTerm Convert, from your sample files location.

11. Then click the check box Fast import and proceed with Next and Next again.

12. Wait for the progress bar to reach 100%. After all entries have been processed click Next, and then click Finish. To view the imported entries click the Terms button on the bottom of the Navigation pane. The terms from the imported entries are now shown in the Browse list.