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Description
Glossary management in SimpleTranslate covers creating, updating, and deleting glossaries and glossary items. Glossaries enforce consistent terminology across translations by mapping source terms to approved translations per language.
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Create a glossary
- Open the Glossary section in the navigation bar.
- Select Create Glossary.
- Enter a name for your glossary.
- Select your translation engine type:
- DeepL
- Google Translate
- OpenAI
- AWS
- Select your preferred translation engine from the filtered list.
- Select Create to finish.

Add glossary items
- Select a glossary from the list to open the Glossary Item List.
- Choose your target languages from the Choose target languages dropdown. You can select multiple languages.
- Select Add Glossary Item to create a new entry.
- Enter the source word or phrase in the Source Value field.
- Optionally add a description to provide context for the term.
- Select Add to create the item.
- In the glossary list you see your new item with Add Value placeholders for each target language.
- Select Add Value for each target language to enter the translation.

Update glossary
- Open the Glossary table.
- Select the glossary that contains the word you want to update.
- The selected target languages appear as filter pills at the top of the glossary items list.
- Find the word you want to update in the list.
- Select the translation value for any target language to edit it directly.
- If a translation is missing, select Add Value to add the translation for that language.
You can add or edit translations for multiple target languages from the same view.

Default glossary
- Navigate to the Glossary section for the first time.
- Wait while the system creates ST Default Glossary.
- Once created, select ST Default Glossary to view pre‑configured items.
- Review the glossary items.
Default glossary is available for these languages:
- French (FR)
- Italian (IT)
- Japanese (JA)
- Spanish (ES)
- Spanish – Mexico (ES_MX)
- Chinese – Simplified (ZH_CN)
- German (DE)
Delete glossary
- Open the Glossary section.
- Find the glossary you want to delete in the list.
- Select the delete icon (trash bin) on the right side of the glossary row.
- A confirmation dialog appears: “Are you sure you want to Delete Glossary List!”
- Select Delete Glossary List to confirm, or Cancel to abort.
Warning: Deleting a glossary permanently removes it and all associated glossary items. This action cannot be undone.

Delete glossary item
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Open the Glossary section and select a glossary.
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In the Glossary Item List, find the item you want to delete.
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Select the delete icon (trash bin) on the right side of the glossary item row.
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A confirmation dialog appears to confirm the deletion.
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Select Delete to confirm, or Cancel to abort.
Deleting a glossary item removes the source term and all its target language translations.
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