In this article, you'll learn how to manage your Lokalise Flow glossary. By using the glossary, you can enhance the consistency of your translations and provide additional context for the AI. You can also designate certain terms as untranslatable if you prefer the AI not to alter them.
Please note that glossary entries will be shared across all your Lokalise Flow projects within a workspace.
Setting up the glossary during project creation
You'll be able to manage your glossary after the initial setup is complete.
You’ll have the opportunity to set up your glossary during the initial Lokalise Flow installation and project configuration.
After creating a project, click Create a new glossary and then Add term manually to get started:
You’ll be presented with a dialog where you can fill in the fields (more on these in the Adding glossary entries section below):
After filling in the details, click Add term. You can edit or remove the term from the glossary later if needed.
Managing the glossary
Opening Glossary manager
To manage the glossary, open the workspace dashboard and switch to the Glossary tab:
Alternatively, open your Lokalise Flow project, and proceed to Settings:
Then switch to the Glossary tab:
Managing glossary terms
Here, you can perform the following actions:
Add term — click to add a new glossary term.
Remove glossary — remove all terms from the glossary.
For each entry, the following information is provided:
Term — the actual glossary entry (word or phrase).
Rule — how the AI should process this term (e.g., never translate or treat as case sensitive).
Languages — the languages for which this term should be processed.
Edit — modify the term.
Trash bin icon — delete the term. Existing translations won't be affected.
Adding glossary entries
When you click on the Add term or Edit button, you’ll be presented with the following dialog:
Term — enter a word or a phrase to add to the glossary.
Description — optionally, provide additional context for the term. To view this field, click Add description under the Term text field.
Translation rules — pick one of the rules from the dropdown (Never translate or Translate). When set to Never translate, Lokalise AI will leave the term intact for all languages.
Case sensitive — tick to make the term case sensitive (off by default).
Add another term — tick to keep the dialog open after the current term is added. This is useful when adding multiple terms.
Once you are ready, click Add term.