Forum: SDL Trados support
Topic: Import terminology from Excel in Multiterm 2009
Poster: xiaoshuchong
Post title: How to import terms in excel format into sdl multiterm 2009? Very helpful, really!
[quote]Joel Earnest wrote:
[quote]Mohamed Mehenoun wrote:
Hello,
Is there a way to import terminology from an excel sheet to a termbase created on Multiterm 2009 ?
Thanks
Mohamed [/quote]
Transferring terms from an Excel file to a new MultiTerm termbase
These instructions were prepared using TRADOS 7 with Windows XP but they still apply for the newest softare versions.
Substitute "Swedish" with your source language and "English" with your target language.
Step 1. Prepare the Excel file
In the Excel file, delete all columns but two – one with “Swedish” (no quotation marks) in Row 1, Column A, with the Swedish terms beneath, and one with “English” (no quotation marks) in Row 1, Column B, with the English terms beneath.
Save and close the file.
Step 2. Converting the Excel file into TRADOS XML format
Open MultiTerm Convert.
MultiTerm Convert opens with a conversion wizard at step 1/7.
1/7 Click Next.
2/7 Select: New conversion session and Save conversion session.
Click Save as…
Give the file a name and save it somewhere convenient (the file extension is XCD).
Click Next.
3/7 Select Microsoft Excel format.
Click Next.
4/9 Browse to your Excel input file.
Click Next.
5/9 Select Swedish from Available column header fields: and then click Index field. Select Swedish (Sweden) from the dropdown list.
Select English from Available column header fields: and then click Index field. Select English (United States), or the appropriate sublanguage, from the dropdown list.
Click Next.
6/9 Click Next.
7/9 Select Convert immediately.
Click Next.
8/9 Wait until the conversion is complete.
Click Next.
9/9 Click Finish to close the MultiTerm Convert.
Step 3. Creating a new termbase
Open MultiTerm.
Select Create termbase… from the Termbase menu.
Browse to the folder where you would like to store your termbase and click OK. (Selecting a folder in your My Documents folder will usually make it easier to back up the termbase or move it to a new computer when the time comes.)
The Termbase Wizard will now open at step 1/5.
Click Next.
1/5 Select Load an existing termbase file.
Browse to the XDT file created during the conversion process described in Step 2 and click Open.
Click Next.
2/5 Enter a termbase name.
Click Next.
3/5 Click Next.
4/5 Click Next.
5/5 Click Next.
Click Finish.
Step 4. Importing the entries from your Excel file
Choose Import Entries… from the Termbase menu.
Click Process… in the Termbase Catalogue dialog box.
2/8 Browse to the XML file created in MultiTerm Convert in Step 2, and click Open.
Select Fast import.
Click Next.
3/8 Click Save As… to save the exclusion file.
Click Next.
7/8 Click Next.
8/8 Wait until the import has been processed.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Click OK.
[/quote]
I also encountered such problems. On reading this message, all things seemed nothing now. Thanks Joel Earnest!
Topic: Import terminology from Excel in Multiterm 2009
Poster: xiaoshuchong
Post title: How to import terms in excel format into sdl multiterm 2009? Very helpful, really!
[quote]Joel Earnest wrote:
[quote]Mohamed Mehenoun wrote:
Hello,
Is there a way to import terminology from an excel sheet to a termbase created on Multiterm 2009 ?
Thanks
Mohamed [/quote]
Transferring terms from an Excel file to a new MultiTerm termbase
These instructions were prepared using TRADOS 7 with Windows XP but they still apply for the newest softare versions.
Substitute "Swedish" with your source language and "English" with your target language.
Step 1. Prepare the Excel file
In the Excel file, delete all columns but two – one with “Swedish” (no quotation marks) in Row 1, Column A, with the Swedish terms beneath, and one with “English” (no quotation marks) in Row 1, Column B, with the English terms beneath.
Save and close the file.
Step 2. Converting the Excel file into TRADOS XML format
Open MultiTerm Convert.
MultiTerm Convert opens with a conversion wizard at step 1/7.
1/7 Click Next.
2/7 Select: New conversion session and Save conversion session.
Click Save as…
Give the file a name and save it somewhere convenient (the file extension is XCD).
Click Next.
3/7 Select Microsoft Excel format.
Click Next.
4/9 Browse to your Excel input file.
Click Next.
5/9 Select Swedish from Available column header fields: and then click Index field. Select Swedish (Sweden) from the dropdown list.
Select English from Available column header fields: and then click Index field. Select English (United States), or the appropriate sublanguage, from the dropdown list.
Click Next.
6/9 Click Next.
7/9 Select Convert immediately.
Click Next.
8/9 Wait until the conversion is complete.
Click Next.
9/9 Click Finish to close the MultiTerm Convert.
Step 3. Creating a new termbase
Open MultiTerm.
Select Create termbase… from the Termbase menu.
Browse to the folder where you would like to store your termbase and click OK. (Selecting a folder in your My Documents folder will usually make it easier to back up the termbase or move it to a new computer when the time comes.)
The Termbase Wizard will now open at step 1/5.
Click Next.
1/5 Select Load an existing termbase file.
Browse to the XDT file created during the conversion process described in Step 2 and click Open.
Click Next.
2/5 Enter a termbase name.
Click Next.
3/5 Click Next.
4/5 Click Next.
5/5 Click Next.
Click Finish.
Step 4. Importing the entries from your Excel file
Choose Import Entries… from the Termbase menu.
Click Process… in the Termbase Catalogue dialog box.
2/8 Browse to the XML file created in MultiTerm Convert in Step 2, and click Open.
Select Fast import.
Click Next.
3/8 Click Save As… to save the exclusion file.
Click Next.
7/8 Click Next.
8/8 Wait until the import has been processed.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Click OK.
[/quote]
I also encountered such problems. On reading this message, all things seemed nothing now. Thanks Joel Earnest!