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How to Use Glossary Feature in Transcy

Take control of your brand voice across languages! The Glossary feature in Transcy ensures your brand names, product terms, and key phrases are translated exactly how you want—or never translated at all. Perfect for maintaining brand consistency while expanding globally.


Table of Contents


I. What You Need


II. How to Create Translation Rules


III. How to Configure Advanced Glossary Settings


IV. Fix Common Problems


I. What You Need


You need at least a Regional plan to use this feature. Glossary **only works with **Editable languages.


How many Glossary rules you can make based on your plan:

  • Regional: 20 rules
  • Continental: 200 rules
  • Cross-border: 500 rules
  • Global: Unlimited


Want more? You can get more rules with a custom plan.


Remember: Making rules is step one! The next step is you need to Translate **again **in Manage Translation to use your rules and make it works.


Note:When downgrading the plan, your rules will match your new plan limits. Glossary only working with Google Engine, another AI engines will not working for GlossaryExport/Restore Glossary rule is currently unavailable


II. How to Create Translation Rules


1. Go to Glossary


To navigate Glossary in Transcy, please follow these steps: "Translation Rule" menu in Transcy → "Glossary" → "Create Rule"


How to find Glossary in Transcy

2. Make Your Rule


Pick what you want to do:


  • Rule Type: Choose "Never translate" or "Always translate"
  • Your Word: Type the word you want to control
  • Languages: Pick all languages or just some
  • Where to Use: Choose products, collections, etc.
  • Same for All: Check this to use same translation everywhere


Setting up your translation rule

3. Save Your Rule


Save options for your rule

  • Publish: Save your rule but don't use it yet
  • Publish & Apply Rule: Save and use your rule right away (only works with Google translations)


III. How To Configure Advanced Glossary Settings


Control Case Sensitivity


Choose how your rule finds words:


  • Yes: Only finds exact match ("Orange" ≠ "orange")
  • No: Finds all versions ("Orange", "orange", "ORANGE")


Manage Your Rules


Edit your existing rules

  • Edit: Change one rule or many at once
  • Turn Off: Stop using a rule without deleting it


Edit many rules at once

IV. Fix Common Problems


When Rules Don't Work


Create translation first

Why rules not work:


  1. No translation yet: Click "Translate" first with Google engine
  2. You edited the translation: Translate again to use your rule
  3. Different meaning: The app can't find the right word to change


If your Glossary rule not work, please kindly re-translate to get the rule applied


Things to Remember


Warning about duplicate rules

  • Word limit: Max 60 letters per word
  • No copies: Can't make the same rule twice
  • Special symbols: Doesn't work with ' ! # yet (we're fixing this)
  • Delete language: Removing a language removes its rules too


If you need further assistance, please contact us via live chat or email us at support@transcy.io.


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Updated on: 20/10/2025

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