Glossary Management

📓 Glossary & Terminology Management

Maintaining consistency in character names, specific items, and world-building terms is the difference between a "good" translation and a "professional" one.

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🛠️ The Glossary Editor

Access the editor via Tools > Glossary Editor in the main window.

• Source Word: The original text (e.g., "Shadow Lord").
• Target Word: Your preferred translation (e.g., "Gölge Efendisi").
• Match Mode: Toggle Case Sensitivity to control how strictly the word is matched.

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🚀 How it Works

The glossary is applied as a Smart Layer after the engine returns a translation:

1. Request: RenLocalizer sends text to the engine (e.g., Google).
2. Translate: The engine returns its best attempt.
3. Refine: RenLocalizer scans the result and replaces any mistranslated terms with your defined glossary entries.

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🛡️ Critical Terms (Protection)

If you want a word to never be translated (like a unique brand name or an untranslatable character name):

• Add the word to the glossary with the same Source and Target.
• This forces RenLocalizer to override any attempt by the AI to "fix" or translate that word.

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📂 Storage & Sharing

• glossary.json: All terms are stored in this file in your project root.
• Sharing: You can share this file with other team members to ensure everyone uses the same terminology.

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💡 Best Practices

• Character Names: Always add names (e.g., "Summer" -> "Summer") to prevent AI from translating them as common nouns.
• UI Consistency: Ensure buttons like "Save", "Load", and "Quit" are consistent across all translated files.
• Jargon: Use it for Sci-Fi or Fantasy specific terms (e.g., "Flux Capacitor").

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💡 Tip: Use the Extract from Project button in the Glossary Editor to automatically find frequently used words!