SDL MultiTerm Server 2009

Discover the Power of Sharing Terminology

SDL MultiTerm Server is the market-leading terminology management solution that allows Language Service Providers to centralize, share and manage clients' terminology in order to increase internal efficiency, optimize terminology access throughout the translation supply chain and deliver added value to clients.

Benefits

Centralization

• Increase translation productivity and optimize translation quality by applying server-based terminology within the translation environment through SDL Trados® Studio 2009
• Share and leverage your client’s terminology assets  to provide a competitive differentiator and added value for the customer, strengthening relationships and maintaining loyalty

Consistency

• Integration within SDL Trados Studio improves translation quality and accuracy by allowing the selection of the right word at the right time
• Managing and sharing terms throughout the translation supply chain (with project managers, translators, QA and clients) ensures consistency throughout the translation process 

Branding

• Centrally manage your clients’ key terminology to ensure brand consistency in multiple languages
• Protect your clients’ brand with advanced security features, allowing you to define different levels of access to terminology assets 

What's new

Share terminology across multiple users.
Create, define and manage users of terminology that allows sharing of centralized terminology to ensure consistent terms are applied in all translated content.

Cutting edge architecture.
Based on SDL Common Enterprise Application Framework (CEAF), SDL MultiTerm Server delivers the performance, user management and scalability that allows you to manage large-scale termbases across multiple users.

Integration with SDL Trados Studio and SDL MultiTerm Desktop.
Access server-based terminology from with the term recognition feature in SDL Trados Studio and apply it during the translation process to ensure consistency across all of your clients’ multilingual content.

Sophisticated access rights and security management.
Only allow the right users access to the right terms to ensure that your terminology and brand are protected. This allows you to define a sophisticated terminology management process that allows users to be assigned different roles for different scenarios or clients.

What's new

Truly scalable, organization-wide terminology management.
Using the open, scalable framework of SDL Common Enterprise Application Framework (CEAF), SDL MultiTerm Server delivers increased performance, simplified user management and handling of server-based terminology.

Brand new SDL MultiTerm Online user interface.
Completely refreshed and updated user interface for the online terminology tool, SDL MultiTerm Online.

Quicker access to terminology assets.
Microsoft® Windows authentication allows users to sign into the SDL MultiTerm Server 2009 environment with the same log-in to their Microsoft Windows environment.

Advanced user management.
Manage users and access rights to terminology and translation memories through integrated user management for both SDL MultiTerm Server 2009 and SDL TM Server 2009.

Improved termbase maintenance.
SDL MultiTerm Server 2009 logs every terminology search that does not yield a result so that missing terms can be tracked and added to the termbase.

FAQs

SDL MultiTerm Server 2009: Top 5 Frequently Asked Questions

Is it a straight forward upgrade from SDL MultiTerm Server 2007?
Will APIs be available for desktop, team and server?
Can I install SDL MultiTerm 2009 and SDL TM Server 2009 on the same machine?
Do I need Microsoft SQL Server to install SDL MultiTerm Server 2009?
What is the compatibility with previous versions?

Q: Is it a straight forward upgrade from SDL MultiTerm Server 2007?

SDL MultiTerm Server: Yes. Uninstall existing Server components, Install MultiTerm Server 2009, and then migrate the existing user records via the MultiTerm Server Upgrade Wizard into CEAF.

Q. Will APIs be available for desktop, team and server?

Yes, APIs will be available in the upcoming months and throughout 2010. We are committed to creating a community of developers and to open APIs. We will soon launch a new program to encourage application development and easy access to APIs

Q: Can I install SDL MultiTerm 2009 and SDL TM Server 2009 on the same machine?

Yes.

Q: Do I need Microsoft SQL Server to install SDL MultiTerm Server 2009?

Yes. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is supported.

Q: What is the compatibility with previous versions?

All data is 100% compatible, the SDL MultiTerm XML exchange format will allow termbases from previous versions of SDL MultiTerm to be upgraded for SDL MultiTerm 2009

SDL MultiTerm Online 2009

What’s New for 2009: SDL MultiTerm Online 2009 has a brand new user interface.
SDL MultiTerm Online is the web terminology portal that provides access to and manages server-based terminology any time and from anywhere in the world. By providing quick and easy access to centralized terminology, as well as possessing many of the key features of SDL MultiTerm Desktop, SDL MultiTerm Online helps promote terminology management through the translation supply chain.

Benefits of SDL MultiTerm Online 2009:

Centralization

• Share and leverage your client’s terminology assets  to provide a competitive differentiator and added value for your clients, which strengthens relationships and maintains loyalty

• Quick and easy access to key terminology at any time, from anywhere in the world

Consistency

• Managing and sharing terms throughout the translation supply chain (with project managers, translators, QA and clients) ensures consistency throughout the translation process

• Ensure consistent, approved terminology in your translations through collaboration with your clients over the web

Branding

• Centrally manage your clients’ key terminology to ensure brand consistency in multiple languages

• Protect your clients’ brand with advanced security features, allowing you to define different levels of access to terminology assets