How to set up and use glossary?

Glossary is one of the most important quality controls in the current Ciwi workflow. It helps keep high-value terms stable across products, pages, navigation, and other translated content.

What a glossary entry can do

• Lock a brand or product term that should not drift.
• Set a preferred translation for a recurring phrase.
• Limit a term to a language range instead of forcing it everywhere.
• Enable or disable entries as your wording strategy changes.

What to add first

Start with terms that are expensive to get wrong:

• brand names
• product lines
• material or technical terms
• offer language that must stay consistent
• forbidden or awkward translations you want to avoid

Recommended workflow

1. Add your core glossary entries before a large translation run.
2. Run one or two target languages first.
3. Review key products and marketing pages.
4. Add or adjust entries based on the wording you see in real output.

Best practice

Do not treat glossary as a full dictionary. A smaller set of high-impact terms usually gives better operational control than trying to manage every word in the store.