Introducing AI Terminology Extraction – a faster, smarter way to build high-quality termbases
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Terminology is essential to consistent, high-quality translation. Yet building a termbase often feels like searching for a needle in a haystack – slow, manual and difficult to scale. And while terminology extraction tools have existed for years, many are standalone, outdated or never truly fit into modern localization workflows.
AI Terminology Extraction in Trados changes this. It uses large language models to accelerate terminology creation, helping teams build accurate, reliable termbases in minutes – directly within the platform you already use. You stay in control. AI simply gives you a head start.
Where traditional extraction falls short
Terminology extraction has been hard to operationalize. Teams face three common challenges:
- Legacy extraction tools rely on older linguistic or statistical rules, deliver inconsistent term candidates and don’t keep pace with the volume or variety of today’s content.
- Third-party extractors work outside the translation environment, adding friction for terminologists, linguists and project managers who need everything in one place.
- Manual extraction is too time-intensive, which leads many teams to skip it entirely – harming consistency, increasing rework and reducing translation quality.
AI Terminology Extraction removes these barriers by bringing a modern, AI-powered approach directly into Trados.
AI that does the heavy lifting – with humans in control
AI Terminology Extraction automatically analyzes your source content, identifies relevant terms and generates context-rich entries for validation. It can propose key fields such as definitions, usage examples and part of speech, giving Terminologists and Linguists the information they need to review confidently and quickly.
You can tailor extraction with parameters such as domain, term length and frequency. The results flow straight into your termbase, ready to use across any project.
This shift transforms terminology work from something slow and manual into something repeatable, scalable and accessible.
Why this matters for every stakeholder
A strong terminology foundation improves quality downstream, but the process has rarely kept pace with modern workflows. AI Terminology Extraction helps every role:
- Terminologists can build and validate high-quality termbases in a fraction of the time, with richer context and clearer candidate suggestions.
- Linguists get clearer guidance and fewer terminology-related errors.
- Reviewers spend less time correcting domain misuse or inconsistent phrasing.
- Project managers can launch projects faster with terminology established upfront.
- Organizations gain more predictable quality from MT/ AI translation and human translation.
The result? Less rework, happier clients and higher confidence across the entire supply chain.
Closing a long-standing productivity gap
AI is already reshaping the translation lifecycle, with Trados orchestrating AI across translation, review, rating and routing. But terminology has remained a bottleneck. When teams skip terminology because there’s no time, quality suffers. Rework increases. Costs rise. And AI outputs become less reliable.
High-quality terminology is now a strategic requirement – a core ingredient for strong AI orchestration and output quality. The more complete and accurate your terminology is, the better your AI, MT and human workflows will perform overall. If terminology has historically taken a back seat, this is the moment to shift towards a terminology-first approach.
With AI Terminology Extraction removing this barrier, you can:
- Create high-quality termbases in minutes, not hours
- Strengthen domain accuracy for AI, MT and human translation
- Reduce linguistic errors and ensure consistency across teams
- Deliver the productivity gains that leaders expect from modern AI workflows
It’s expert-in-the-loop efficiency, designed for today’s content demands.
Start building better terminology today
AI Terminology Extraction is available as a Public Preview for Trados Enterprise, Accelerate and Team.
You can explore the features today, and any terms or termbases you create during the Public Preview will remain available after it ends. For more details about the Public Preview and subsequent availability, visit our FAQ.
Please note: If your instance of Trados is hosted in Canada, this feature isn’t available yet. We’re working to enable access as soon as possible.
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