Supplementary Glossary Files

A supplementary glossary is a private glossary created and managed by a professional translator. A translator can add terms/phrases to a supplementary glossary as they work in the Translator Toolbar and the contents of these glossaries can also be edited to ensure the highest quality and consistency.

Configuring a Supplementary Glossary

To configure a Supplementary Glossary, go to General Options and click on Glossary. The following section is used to configure a supplementary glossary.

	Supplementary Glossary File: Use this option to specify a name for your supplementary glossary. By default, Alchemy CATALYST will store your supplementary glossary terms in SupplementaryGlossary.txt. Hit the Browse to specify a different location and filename.
	Edit: Click this button to view/edit the contents of a supplementary glossary file.
	Save: Click this button to save all supplementary glossary terms in a glossary file.
	Save supplementary glossary when application closes: Click this option to automatically save supplementary glossary terms to a glossary file when you close Alchemy CATALYST.

Adding terms to a supplementary glossary

Use [CTRL] + [ALT] + Y key combination to add a term to your supplementary glossary file.

The highlighted contents of the Source and Target panes will be copied into the supplementary glossary dialog box. Edit the glossary term now and press OK to save it to your supplementary glossary.

Editing a supplementary glossary

Go to General Options, Glossary and click on Edit to view/update the contents of a supplementary glossary.

Click on text in the Source or Target column to edit/update it.
Click on *> to add a new term to the supplementary glossary.
Click OK when complete.

To save your updates permanently to a disk file, click on Save.