Highlights

The SDL MultiTerm Widget is the latest innovation in the SDL MultiTerm product suite. It is a simple application that allows anyone to easily check the meaning or translation of a word as they read, write or translate.

• Access words from anywhere - check your terminology accuracy from with a browser, DTP tool, text editing tool or any translation technology

• Connect to online content - look-up words from online dictionaries and search engines such as Google Dictionary or Linguee.com

• Increase your productivity - reduce the time it takes to research words and terminology in multiple languages

• Promote your work - if you have built up terminology for a translation project, it is now easily accessible to everyone with the SDL MultiTerm Widget

The SDL MultiTerm Widget is the perfect solution to ensure you are using the right word, at the right time, in any language.

Features

• Check any word, from any environment – simply highlight text in any Windows application and using a shortcut key the Widget will find the right word and its translation from your terminology or from online resources and dictionaries

• Customize to add your own resources – if you have a favourite online resource for looking up words and translations, customize the Widget to access it directly

• Simple user interface – easy to use application for people not familiar with terminology management

• Check words that are embedded in images – with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, you can even lookup words embedded within images such as JPEGs or PNGs

FAQs

A list of the most Frequently Asked Questions about the SDL MultiTerm Widget. If your question is not answered here, please contact us.

Besides MultiTerm termbases – what other search engines or online dictionaries are supported?
The pre-configured engines are:

www.google.com

www.bing.com

www.linguee.com

www.wikipedia.org
 

Can I add another search engine?
Yes, you can configure the SDL MultiTerm Widget to access other search engines or online dictionaries. The specification of how to do this is available on SDL OpenExchange

Is the SDL MultiTerm Widget difficult to configure?
No, not at all. It is designed for very easy use, not only for language experts or power users of terminology for but anyone in a company who wants to look up a word.

What’s the difference between SDL MultiTerm Online and the SDL MultiTerm Widget?
SDL MultiTerm Online is a browser-based application, enabled not only for looking up terminology but also editing data:

·         No software installation required

·         Read-Write, including termbase maintenance features such as export and import

·         Only for server termbases, not local data

·         More steps required to quickly look up a term

SDL MultiTerm Widget is Windows application, focused on ease-of-use:

·         Software installation required

·         Read-only (at this stage)

·         Support for local and remote termbases

·         Extremely quick access to data

·         Support for other Internet search engines and online dictionaries

 

Does the SDL MultiTerm Widget work externally, outside of the organization?
Yes, much in the same way that SDL MultiTerm Online can be made accessible to external sites, SDL MultiTerm Widget can be installed externally and access an SDL MultiTerm Server termbase elsewhere.

Does it work offline?
Yes, you can connect to local termbases that do not require an Internet connection to be searched.

Can I edit my terminology?
No. At this stage, you are only able to search for words in the termbase.

Does it work with remote termbases?
Yes, even with multiple SDL MultiTerm Server-based termbases.

Does it work on the Internet or only in LANs?
It work in both intranets and the Internet.