Dashboard / Glossary

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Create glossary rules

Use the Glossary page to define terminology rules that guide translation across the whole project.

A glossary rule tells Altified how a term should be handled. Use the Never translate section for a term that must stay unchanged in every language. Use the language glossary when a term needs a different preferred translation in each target language.

  • Use Never translate for brand names, product names, or other terms that should stay exactly as written everywhere.
  • Use Source term for the word or phrase in your original content.
  • Use Preferred translation when a target language needs a specific wording.
  • Choose the target language the rule applies to.
  • Turn on Protected when brand names, product names, or legal terms should not be translated.
  • Turn on case-sensitive matching only when uppercase or lowercase changes the meaning.
  • Edit or delete glossary rules as product terminology changes.

Editor versus glossary

The translation editor changes one stored string. A glossary guides how terms are translated across many strings and future translation requests; it does not automatically rewrite translations that were already approved.