Changing the language on a termbase

Question

Hi, 
 
 Is it possible to tell me how to change the language on an existing termbase from FR-EN(UK) to FR-EN(US)?

Jerzy Czopik · Accepted Answer

Hello 
 I'm afraid you cannot do this. 
 What you would need to do is to export, create a new TB and import the content.

Daniel Fransson · Answer

After you have converted the termbase to Excel in the first step, just open the Excel file and change the column headings for the languages from ”nl” to ”Dutch” and ”en” to ”English”. Then convert the Excel back to SDLTB.

Paul · Answer

Throw the file into the Glossary Converter and tell it to use "Dutch". 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Unknown said: I tried using Glossary Converter, but it produces a .sdltb with "nl", rather than "Dutch". 
 Did it stop at the place where you can change the languages or did it automatically convert without asking? There is a flag for this: 
 
 Maybe that's your problem?

Paul · Answer

Unknown said: This is not what I wanted to hear. I just created a very large TB in MultiTerm (from the IATE database), and would like to change the language now. Doing it via Excel will take hours, and run the risk of messing things up. 
 Hi Michael Beijer 
 Here's an idea I just put to the test and it seemed to work for me with a termbase containing around 60k terms. You may not be able to do this with larger termbases as you might hit some file locking errors depending on the spec of your machine. I had to double the size of my registry entry to handle this one. Also, not that I need to say it, but make sure you do this on a copy! 
 My termbase had an EN-US language which I changed to be EN-AU like this (include the quotes in the search where I have used them): 
 Search replaced "EN-US" with "EN-AU" in the following access tables: 
 - mtCatalogObjects 
 - mtConcepts 
 - mtIndexes 
 Check that worked before doing the next part as I broke it at my first attempt. If it's ok change the description of the languages as follows: 
 Search replaced English (United States) with English (Australia) in the following tables: 
 - mtIndexes 
 -mtFieldsValues 
 Now, if you get errors when you open the termbase go back and double check I gave you all the tables correctly as I may have made a mistake. But after some trial and error I now have a correctly operating termbase in a different language.

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Changing the language on a termbase