<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I want to create a massive, multilingual dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations in tlTerm (to be used as an aid when translating in my translation software, CafeTran). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Does anyone here have any pointers on how to start? Anyone have a template I could use in tlTerm?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">For example, I am not sure how to best handle multilingual entries, such as:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap">EIS;MER = Environment Impact Statement;Milieu-effectrapport</pre></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The above is one concept, but split across two languages.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><pre style="word-wrap:break-word"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">"EIS;MER = Environment Impact Statement;Milieu-effectrapport"</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></pre><pre style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">is basically:</span></pre><pre style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">EIS = Environment Impact Statement = </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">MER = Milieu-effectrapport</span></pre><pre style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">-------------------------- ••• </font></pre></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Some of my initial data is here: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__acronymbook.com_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=1j5Jpca5LvEBDi6VQ17HN_n82V79GgsIB4KmQFvFdyQ&e=">http://acronymbook.com/</a> (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__acronymbook.com&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=meYFkpK9LOPXbK-XkPp7xwQ2SMrZ_00grZyxvTsVLjU&e=">acronymbook.com</a> is my own site)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael</div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">******************************************************<br></span><b style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">MICHAEL BEIJER<br></b><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">Dutch-English translator</span><br><font face="Courier New" size="1">116 Stonefield Road, Hastings,</font><br><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">TN34 1QA</span><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">, East Sussex, UK.<br></span><font face="Courier New" size="1">Tel. +44 (0)1424 </font><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">430250<br></span><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">Mob. +44 (0)747 5771720<br></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'">Email: </span><font face="courier new, monospace" style="font-size:x-small"><a href="mailto:michael@beijer.uk" target="_blank">michael@beijer.uk</a><br></font><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">Skype/Twitter: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_michaelbeijer&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=-UlkpOGtqh0MPwWK8eZI_yZ5TWA_pzrD4jR6HleIqaM&e=" style="font-family:&#39;Courier New&#39;;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">michaelbeijer</a><br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__beijer.uk_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=w1Cq_ogu-ezX6unuGpowBCNlktZXtkrtWwFFpxswgh4&e=" style="font-size:x-small" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">Beijer.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'"> (translation/terminology
work)<br></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'">Proz.com profile: </span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.proz.com_translator_652138&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=QcRVfHMKtQwc83EJXBH-UgSXiOBsPMBuBEg0IwwiZdQ&e=" target="_blank">www.proz.com/translator/652138</a></span><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small"><br></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__acronymbook.com_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=1j5Jpca5LvEBDi6VQ17HN_n82V79GgsIB4KmQFvFdyQ&e=" style="font-size:x-small" target="_blank">Acronymbook.com</a></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'"> (open source acronyms/abbreviations)<br></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nederbrackets.com_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=u9IrbSTAm-EchoZ-Y1F7-Do84t88eBMlkhfqSf_EDOw&e=" style="font-family:&#39;Courier New&#39;;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">nederbrackets.com</a><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small"> (Adventures in Dutch bracket (ab)use)<br></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__wordbook.nl_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=iz_o854ktu6lPvMpZBTp5_h1d3LAb3O2Ju9lkJXNsLE&e=" style="font-size:x-small" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">Wordbook.nl</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'"> (terminology resources, focusing on NL/EN)<br></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__beijerdeas.com_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=qidDvByzPViQQonilzN5ODWIZ18PlPkM8qvVbLpCOzs&e=" style="font-size:x-small" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">Beijerdeas.com</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'"> (CAT tools +
AHK scripts)<br></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cafetranhelp.com_changelog&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=R8iKK63hkhmYkDbTBDPEKV1zdmQ0rTUmT-GR8cZL1s4&e=" style="font-size:x-small;font-family:&#39;Courier New&#39;" target="_blank">CafeTran ChangeLog</a><br><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:'Courier New'"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cafetran.freshdesk.com_support_discussionsthe&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=IHt8swdX5TEJBLUbq3Twxiu6ir0WJIt3uBbERU7jEmU&e=" target="_blank">CafeTran forum</a></span><br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.tm-2Dtown.com_translators_michaelbeijer&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=ItmfqAWTMB_JGE6gPDIzr-HMYQqD-gooWwP1iBQ5uS8&m=_V68niiDJ6HIEVvs8yhbk3zgQajVypoCRmhedo4kAzY&s=EVhvFcovVKlJ8RfRgMD52UTWpidnoKVZjtfgI471ueY&e=" style="font-family:&#39;Courier New&#39;;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">My TM-Town profile</a><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small"> </span><br><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:x-small">******************************************************</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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