Dictionaries and glossary

Dictionaries contain reusable terminology entries. A pipeline glossary is the set of terms assigned to a translation. Each entry maps a source term to the required target wording and may include usage notes.

Managing dictionaries

Open Language Resources in the workspace. The window separates dictionaries, prompt templates and phrases. The dictionary tab lets you create, rename, duplicate and delete resources, edit entries and import CSV or TSV data.

Import provides a preview and a choice between merging data and replacing the contents. Check the source, target and notes field mapping before confirming. Replacement removes the dictionary’s previous entries.

Sharing and local overrides

A dictionary can be linked to multiple workspaces. Links share the same resource; a copy creates an independent dictionary. Workspace overrides and exclusions change the local view of entries without altering the shared original.

Use the assignment control to attach a dictionary to the project. The Glossary tab in the Insight panel shows the full assigned glossary; pipeline configuration provides access to its terminology register.

Use during translation

Translation and revision stages receive instructions requiring the glossary’s target terms. The evaluator can report deviations. These instructions do not guarantee that a model will apply every entry correctly: review the result, including after formatting.

DeepL Hybrid can create a DeepL glossary from assigned terms, subject to language-pair and service constraints. This is a remote resource distinct from the local dictionary.

Highlighting

The Glossary tab’s legend explains the active colours. Defaults distinguish source terms with a blue underline, matching target terms in green and missing target terms in pink. Text search uses a separate colour. Colours can be changed in translation settings.

Highlighting identifies textual matches; it does not interpret context or replace linguistic review. A missing target term may require a correction or a justified variant recorded in the glossary notes.

Glossary, memory and examples

Resource	Role
Glossary	Required terminology for the project
Phrase memory	Bilingual pairs selected as references for a segment
Translation examples	Approved segments that guide pipeline style

See Phrase memory and examples for extraction, selection and saving of bilingual pairs.