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On a Mac, you can use MDB Explorer to convert a Multiterm termbase to a CafeTran glossary, even when you don't have SDL Studio installed. The technique described in this article can also be used for converting Déjà Vu termbases to CafeTran glossaries.

Note: You have two different options to open Access databases on Mac:

• Axxess ($4.99)
• MDB Explorer ($9.99)

Procedure:

• Download MDBexplorer from mdbexplorer.com.
• Install it.
• Open it:

• Navigate to the Multiterm termbase.
• Rename its extension to .MDB.
• Open the termbase in MDB Explorer:

• Click on the Export to Excel icon.
• Enter the export path.
• Tick the checkboxes for the source language and the target language table:

• Open the exported termbase in Excel.
• Note that every language has its own worksheet:

• Click on the tab for the worksheet with the "opposite" language.
• Select the column with the opposite language.
• Copy the column:

• Navigate back to the first tab.
• Insert the copied column.

• Now you have source and target language in one worksheet:

• Select both columns.
• Copy them to the clipboard:

• Open a text editor.
• Paste both columns into a new document.
• Save the glossary.
• Create a glossary RES (resource) file.

See also: Creating a glossary

Thanks to Hans van den Broek for the original idea!

Note: The syncing of the source and target terms has to take place via the concept ID (not via the term ID):

Betriebsstundenzähler \t hour meter;hour counter;Hour meter

Or:

hour meter;hour counter;Hour meter \t Betriebsstundenzähler

Depending on what's your source and target language.