Glossaries are part of the customization hub, which groups DeepL's customization features in one place. Other features you can find here are the following.
A glossary allows you to specify translations for words and short phrases. Each glossary consists of one or more glossary entries with the term in a source language (source text) and your preferred translation (target text). Your glossary can include one or more language pairs.
Glossary entries are automatically adapted to agree with the grammatical rules of the target language, rather than following a "search and replace" method.
That means, similar to a standard dictionary, there is no need to enter plural forms or inflected verbal forms.
Some subscription plans allow you to create multiple glossaries.
Learn more about the deletion of glossaries in this article, or read this article to find out how you can download your glossaries.
Available languages
You can create glossaries for the following languages:
| Arabic | Estonian | Indonesian | Romanian |
| Bulgarian | Finnish | Italian | Russian |
| Chinese | French | Japanese | Slovak |
| Chinese (simplified)* | French (all variants)* | Korean | Slovenian |
| Chinese (traditional)* | French (Canadian)* | Latvian | Spanish |
| Czech | German | Lithuanian | Spanish (all variants)* |
| Danish | German (all variants)* | Norwegian | Spanish (Latin American)* |
| Dutch | German (Switzerland)* | Polish | Swedish |
| English | Greek | Portuguese | Turkish |
| English (American)* | Hebrew | Portuguese (all variants)* | Ukrainian |
| English (British)* | Hungarian | Portuguese (Brazilian)* | Vietnamese |
*Language variants can only be specified for the glossary entry in the target language. When selecting all variants of a target language, it is not possible to select a specific variant in the same language, and vice versa.
Available platforms
The glossary is available for both text and file translation on the following platforms:
- Web translator
- Desktop apps
- Mobile apps
- Browser extensions
- DeepL for Microsoft 365 (add-ins)
- DeepL Voice for Microsoft Teams
- API
Glossary storage
Free users
Your glossary entries are stored locally in your browser and cannot be used in another browser or on another device.
DeepL Pro Starter and Individual
Your glossary entries are stored in your DeepL account, so they can be used in another browser or on another device when you are logged in.
DeepL Pro Advanced, Ultimate, Enterprise, Team and Business
You can create glossaries manually or upload glossaries via the DeepL website and DeepL desktop apps. Your glossary entries are stored in your DeepL account, so they can be used in another browser or on another device when you are logged in.
CAT tools
If you use DeepL Pro within your CAT tool, please note that the provider of the CAT tool is responsible for updating the plug-in. DeepL supports this functionality, but your CAT tool provider might require some time to implement this.
For more information on the use of DeepL glossaries within your CAT tool, contact your CAT tool provider.
DeepL API subscription
You can create glossaries with your DeepL API subscription. Consult the DeepL API documentation for more information about glossary related API requests.
You can access and manage your glossaries via the DeepL REST API and via Glossaries on the DeepL website after logging in. To learn more about how to create a glossary via the DeepL website, consult this article.
Sales-managed customers might have an account with both an API Pro as well as a Translator subscription. An admin who is assigned a Translator license can manage both API and Translator glossaries.
To show either API or Translator glossaries, select the toggle next to Show API Glossaries.
| Show API Glossaries OFF | Show API Glossaries ON |
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For glossaries created by the admin as a Translator Pro license owner:
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For API Glossaries created by the admin as an API admin:
Glossaries created with an API request can be managed here as well. |
A customization admin cannot manage API owned glossaries, style rules or translation memories. Only an admin can.