Guide about Babylon Glossaries , do you know that you canpublish your glossaries using thebuilder read further below to understand what it takes to create a new glossaryall by yourself.
Babylon has a database of over 1,600 glossaries in 70 languages, covering awide range of fields created by professional companies, such as Britannica, andcontributed by Babylon's community of users.
By subscribing to glossaries, you will receive results only when you are online. Downloading glossaries will get results fast even when you are offline.
Babylon's FREE glossary builder is a user-friendly application that enables you to create your own glossaries based on your personal interests.
Building andPublishing Glossaries
To build a glossary, you must first download the Babylon Builder.
With Babylon's Glossary Builder you can make creative glossaries, incorporatingpictures (BMP, JPG, ICO) and hyperlinks into each definition. You can also makeyour glossary more appealing by choosing an icon to appear next to the glossarytitle when displayed in Babylon's tool. If you have an existing glossary (in either text or HTML format)that you want to use in Babylon-Pro or submit to Babylon's index,you can do so easily using the Glossary Builder's import option.Once imported, your glossary will be reformatted for use in theGlossary Builder. For help with importing existing glossaries,please send us an email to:linguistic-support@babylon.com.
A new glossary file is automatically created when you launchthe Babylon Builder. This file is named "untitled.gls". You can use this filefor your new glossary, save it under a different name, or create a new file byclicking on the "New" button.It is recommended to provide your potentialglossary users with as much information as possible about your glossary, andthus encourage them to download it or subscribe to it. This is done in the InfoScreen - the first screen you see in the Babylon Builder. You can enter bothyour personal details and general information about the glossary, including botha title and a short description. You can also choose an icon that best describesthe glossary. This icon will appear next to all definitions from your glossarythat appear in Babylon. There are three things that you need to specify for each entry: 1. Word/Phrase - This is the title of the entry, and the source term thatyou want to supply a definition for. 2. Alternate Form(s) - Synonyms, other words (or phrases) that haveexactly the same definition as the source term, OR possible spelling mistakes ofthe entry. For Example, if the Word/Phrase is: Anna Sui, the Alternate Form(s)would be: Ana Sui, Ana soui, etc). 3. Definition - The text that explains the source term. This can includehyperlinks and graphics that make the definition more interesting. The Babylon Builder supports several graphic formats - bmp, emf, ico, jpg, pngand wmf. You can embed any image saved in one of these formats into yourglossary definitions. You can also create links from your definitions tounsupported file types. Any files that are linked to the glossary file will bebundled with it when you go through the "building" process.
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