TermLens Settings
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Configure how TermLens loads and displays terminology in Trados Studio.
Accessing TermLens settings
Click the gear icon in the TermLens panel, or open the plugin Settings dialog and switch to the TermLens tab.
Database path
The path to your Supervertaler termbase .db file. Click Browse to select a database, or Create New to start with an empty one.
Auto-detect: If Supervertaler Workbench is installed on the same machine, the plugin can automatically detect its default database location. Click Auto-detect to find and use it.
Termbase toggles
Each Supervertaler termbase in the database has three toggles. See Termbase Management for full details.
Read
Load terms for matching –only termbases with Read enabled appear in TermLens
Write
Receive new terms added via the quick-add shortcuts
Project
Mark as the project termbase (shown in pink, prioritised)
MultiTerm termbases
If your Trados project has MultiTerm termbases (.sdltb files) attached, they appear at the bottom of the termbase list with a [MultiTerm] label and a light green row background. The Read toggle controls visibility in TermLens; Write and Project are always disabled because MultiTerm termbases are read-only.
To add or remove MultiTerm termbases, use Trados Studio's Project Settings > Language Pairs > Termbases. See MultiTerm Support for full details.
Auto-load on startup
When enabled, the plugin automatically loads the termbase database when Trados Studio opens. This means terms are available immediately when you start translating, without needing to open the settings first.
If disabled, the termbase loads the first time you open the TermLens settings or click the TermLens panel.
Case-sensitive matching
By default, TermLens matches terms regardless of letter case — "polymer", "Polymer", and "POLYMER" all match the same term entry. Enable "Enable case-sensitive matching globally" to require exact case matching across all termbases.
You can also control case sensitivity per termbase using the CS checkbox in the termbase grid. When the CS checkbox is ticked for a termbase, that termbase always matches case-sensitively; when unticked, it matches case-insensitively.
Tip: The CS checkbox is useful when you have one termbase with abbreviations that must match exactly (e.g., "GC" should not match "gc") while other termbases should remain case-insensitive.
Panel font size
Adjust the font size used in the TermLens display panel. Valid range: 7 pt to 16 pt.
Increase the font size if TermLens text is hard to read; decrease it to fit more terms on screen.
Term shortcuts
Choose how Alt+digit shortcuts work when a segment has more than 9 matched terms:
Sequential (default) — type the term number digit by digit. Alt+45 inserts term 45. Badges show clean sequential numbers (10, 11, 12, ...). There is a brief delay after each digit while the system waits for a possible next digit.
Repeated digit — press the same digit key multiple times. Alt+55 inserts term 14 (the 5th term in the second tier). Badges show repeated digits (11, 22, 333, ...). No delay, but the badges are less intuitive.
Both modes behave identically when a segment has 9 or fewer matches — pressing Alt+N inserts immediately with no delay.
Shortcut delay
Controls how long the system waits for the next digit in Sequential mode (in milliseconds). Default: 1100 ms. Valid range: 300 ms to 3000 ms.
Increase the delay if you need more time between keystrokes. Decrease it if you find the pause too long when inserting single-digit terms in segments with 10+ matches. This setting has no effect in Repeated digit mode.
See Keyboard Shortcuts for the full reference.
See Also
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