Term Finder Panel

The Term Finder panel helps you look up approved terminology from your term bases while translating or reviewing content in the Editor. As you move through segments in the grid, the panel retrieves matching terms automatically, displays their approval status and metadata, and lets you insert the right translation with a single click. This keeps your terminology consistent without interrupting your workflow.

Viewing Term Matches

Open the Term Finder panel from the Panels menu in the toolbar, or press Ctrl+Alt+T. The panel appears on the right side of the Editor and can be stacked alongside other panels such as the Memory Finder.

When you click on a segment in the grid or navigate between segments, the panel searches your term bases automatically and displays results as a list of term hits. Each hit shows the term in the current working languages (source and target), along with visual indicators for approval status, labels, and metadata.

Term finder showing terms detected in the working segment

Understanding the Results

Each term hit includes:

Element	Description
Source term	The term in the source language, as matched from your segment text.
Target term	The translation in the target language. If a detected term has no translation, it appears only in the source section.
Status badges	Colored badges indicating term approval status (see Status Colors below).
Warning icon	A triangle icon with an "Unreliable" tooltip appears next to any term with red status, in both source and target.
Labels	Colored dots and text showing custom categorizations (visible when labels are enabled).
TB badge	A link to the term base entry. Click to open the resource.

Status Colors

Color	Meaning
Green (Preferred, Admitted, Tailored)	Recommended for use.
Red (Deprecated, Error)	Unreliable: should not be used. A warning icon appears next to these terms.
Orange (Superseded)	Replaced by a newer term.
Gray (Default)	Standard term without special status.

Within the results, terms are sorted by approval status: confirmed terms appear first, followed by neutral, then red-status (error) terms.

Quick Display Toggles

The panel header includes buttons to control what information is visible in the results without opening Settings:

TBX: Show or hide TBX metadata fields.
Labels: Show or hide custom term labels.

*The Term Finder panel showing hits for the selected segment.*

Term Details

Click the info icon on a term result to expand the Term details section at the bottom of the panel. This section shows metadata for the selected term.

Field	Description
Status	The term status: Neutral (gray), Confirmed (green), or Error (red).
Last change	The date, time, and user who last modified the term entry.
Usage status	Values such as Preferred (green), Admitted (green), Deprecated (orange), or Superseded (orange).
Labels	Any labels applied to the term.
Custom fields	Additional metadata fields configured for your term base.
Resource ID (score)	The term base name with a quality score. Click the link icon to open the full term view.

Inserting Terms

To insert a term from the Term Finder:

Select a segment in the Editor grid.
Review the term matches in the Term Finder panel.
Hover over the desired term to reveal the Insert term icon.
Click the icon to insert the term at the cursor position in the target cell.

When Automatically copy top term hit to editor is enabled in Settings, the system inserts the highest-ranked term into the target cell each time a segment is selected, without requiring a manual action.

When Automatically translate terms detected is enabled, recognized terms are translated automatically when detected in the source text.

*A term result in the list with the "Insert term" icon visible on hover.*

Searching Manually

By default, the Term Finder searches automatically based on the segment you select in the grid. To search for specific text instead, click the search field in the panel header. Type your query and press Enter or click the search icon.

Below the search bar, two radio buttons let you choose the search direction:

Source (default): Searches the source language.
Target: Searches the target language.

To return to automatic, grid-linked search, click a segment in the grid. The panel will resume updating results based on the selected segment.

Resource Selection

Click the Resources button (list icon) in the panel header to choose which term bases are included in your searches.

The dialog displays all available term bases (labeled TB) with checkboxes. Check or uncheck individual term bases to include or exclude them. The counter next to Selected shows how many are currently active.

By default, all term bases are enabled. If the setting Select which Termbases to search is disabled in Settings, the Resources dialog becomes inactive and term bases cannot be selected individually.

*The Resources dialog showing available term bases with checkboxes.*

Settings

Click the gear icon in the panel header to open Settings. Click Restore Defaults to reset all options to their original values.

Filtering

Setting	Description
Minimum % term threshold	Set the lowest match quality for term suggestions. Use the slider to adjust between Min and Max. Lower values show more results including partial matches.
Include red-status terms (translation only)	When enabled (default), shows all terms including unreliable ones (red status) in the target language. When disabled, only reliable target terms appear in results. Source terms with red status always appear and are marked with a warning icon, regardless of this setting.
Select which Termbases to search (all enabled by default)	When enabled, all available term bases are searched automatically and you can select or deselect individual term bases in the Resources dialog. When disabled, the Resources dialog becomes inactive.

Display

Setting	Description
Enable active terminology recognition	Highlights recognized terms directly in the Editor grid when matches exist in your term bases (enabled by default). Highlighting applies to the source cell of the active segment.
Show term labels in results	Displays custom labels applied to terms (enabled by default).
Show term TBX fields in results	Shows additional TBX metadata fields (disabled by default).
Highlight grid on hover	Highlights overlapping text in the results list based on the active grid segment (enabled by default).
Highlight partial matches	Marks overlapping text in the results list when scanning (enabled by default).

Insertion

Setting	Description
Automatically copy top term hit to editor	Automatically inserts the highest-ranked term into the target cell (disabled by default).
Automatically translate terms detected	Automatically translates recognized terms when detected in source text (disabled by default).

Example Scenarios

Use Case	How To
Quickly check if approved terminology exists for the segment you are translating	Select the segment in the grid. The Term Finder panel updates automatically and shows matching terms ranked by score, with confirmed terms at the top.
Insert a specific term translation into the target cell	Hover over the desired term in the results list and click the Insert term icon. The term is placed at the cursor position in the target cell.
Search for a specific term that does not appear in the automatic results	Click the search field in the panel header, type the term, and press Enter. Switch between Source and Target to search in either language.
Focus only on reliable terminology and exclude deprecated terms	Open Settings and disable Include red-status terms (translation only). Only terms with neutral or confirmed status will appear for the target language. Source terms with red status still appear, marked with a warning icon.
Review the full details of a term before deciding to use it	Click the info icon on the term result to expand Term details. Check the Usage status and Custom fields for guidance. Click the link icon to open the full term entry.
Limit searches to a specific term base for a specialized domain	Click the Resources button and uncheck the term bases you want to exclude. Only selected term bases will be searched.
See additional metadata such as TBX fields and labels for all results at once	Click the TBX and Labels buttons in the panel header to toggle their visibility. Alternatively, enable these options in Settings under Display.
Speed up repetitive work by having terms inserted automatically	Enable Automatically copy top term hit to editor in Settings. The highest-ranked term is inserted into the target cell each time a segment is selected.

Learn More

Memory Finder Panel: Reuse existing translations from your organization's translation memories.
QA Panel: Run quality assurance checks to detect errors and inconsistencies before delivery.
Overview Panel: Review segment properties, comments, and revision history.
Filters Panel: Narrow down which segments appear in the grid.