Augmented Term Lookup
Augmented Term Lookup helps the AI translator recognize inflected forms of glossary terms during translation. When a glossary defines the term "play" but the source text uses "playing", Augmented Term Lookup matches the inflected form so the glossary entry is still applied and the variant is shown in the editor.
This guide covers the glossary setting, the glossary variants panel in the editor.
These features require the ADAPTIVE_INFLECTION feature flag to be enabled in the wxrks environment.
Audience and Permissions
Account administrators and project managers enable Augmented Term Lookup per glossary in project or organizational unit settings.
Translators and reviewers see the glossary variants panel in the editor when working on a segment that triggers a variant match.
Key Concepts
Term | Meaning |
Glossary Variants | Inflected forms of glossary terms detected in the source text. A variant can be a real glossary entry matched through fuzzy search or an AI-suggested morphological inflection. |
Inflection Match | A real glossary entry that matches a different form of the same word in the segment. Example: the glossary has "play" but the segment uses "playing" -- the entry is shown as an inflection match. |
Inferred Variant | An AI-suggested inflected form derived from a glossary term, proposed when no exact or fuzzy match exists. These carry an "Inferred" badge. |
Enabling Augmented Term Lookup
Augmented Term Lookup is enabled per glossary. You can enable it at two levels:
Organizational Unit: Applies to all projects that inherit glossary settings from the org unit.
Project: Overrides the org unit setting for a specific project.
At the Organizational Unit Level
Go to Settings > Organizational Units and select the target org unit.
Open the Context tab.
Find the glossary you want to update in the Glossaries table.
Toggle Augmented Term Lookup on or off.
The info tooltip explains: "When enabled, the AI translator will recognize inflected forms of glossary terms (e.g. 'playing' matches 'play') and show which variants were used in the translation."
At the Project Level
Open the project.
Go to the Context tab.
Find the glossary you want to update in the Glossaries table.
Toggle Augmented Term Lookup on or off.
The project-level setting overrides the org unit setting for that project when explicitly configured.
Inheritance Behavior
If the Augmented Term Lookup toggle is not explicitly set at the project level, the project inherits the org unit setting.
Enabling it at the org unit level enables it for all projects that inherit from that org unit.
Disabling it at the project level overrides the org unit for that specific project only.
Glossary Variants in the Editor
When Augmented Term Lookup is enabled on a glossary used by your project, the editor's right sidebar shows a GLOSSARY section with exact matches and a GLOSSARY VARIANTS section below it.
The GLOSSARY section has a yellow header and shows exact-match glossary terms. The GLOSSARY VARIANTS section has a purple header to distinguish it.
The section contains two types of items:
Inflection-Matched Glossary Terms
These are real glossary entries that matched a different form of the word in your source segment. They appear with:
The source form from the segment on the left.
An arrow pointing to the target translation from the glossary.
A glossary-name badge (amber) next to the target term, identifying which glossary the entry comes from.
A metadata line showing which word in the segment triggered the match (e.g., "matched 'playing' in the segment").
Hover over the item to reveal an "Apply this term" badge at the top right.
The GLOSSARY section (yellow header) shows exact-match terms while the GLOSSARY VARIANTS section shows inflected matches:
AI-Suggested Variants
When no exact or fuzzy glossary match exists, the AI may suggest morphological inflections. These Inferred variants appear with:
The in-segment source form on the left.
An arrow pointing to the suggested target inflection in purple bold text.
An "Inferred" badge (purple) next to the target term.
A glossary reference line showing the original glossary entry it was derived from (e.g., "glossary
original.source~>original.target").A reason footer with a lightbulb icon explaining the linguistic rationale.
Inflected Glossary Terms Identification:
[glossary-name]badge: Hovering over this badge shows: "Real glossary entry that matched the segment through a different (inflected) form."Inferredbadge: Hovering over this badge shows: "Inflected form suggested by AI from a glossary term found in the segment."
Applying a Variant
To use a variant in your translation:
Hover over the variant item you want to apply.
Click the purple "Apply this term" badge that appears at the top right.
For AI-suggested variants, the exact
targetWordis replaced inline in your target draft. For inflection-matched terms, the term is inserted at the cursor position.
Applied terms receive a dashed amber underline highlight in the target text, making them easy to identify after application.
Loading State
While the system searches for variants, a skeleton shimmer animation appears with "Finding variants..." text. This happens automatically when you navigate to a segment with glossary terms.
Grouping
When multiple AI variants share the same source term, they are grouped under a header row showing the shared term in uppercase purple text on a light purple background.
Troubleshooting
"The GLOSSARY VARIANTS section is empty or missing." - Confirm Augmented Term Lookup is enabled on at least one glossary attached to the project. - The segment must contain terms that match glossary entries (exactly or by inflection). Segments without glossary matches show no variant content. - If only exact matches exist, the terms appear in the regular GLOSSARY section instead.
"Inferred variants are not appearing." - AI-suggested variants require a matching source term and an LLM call. A shimmer animation with "Finding variants..." appears while the AI processes the request. - The LLM may determine that no inflection is appropriate for the source or target language.
Quick Reference
What | Where | Who |
Enable Augmented Term Lookup per glossary | Org Unit Settings > Glossary tab, or Project > Glossary tab | Account admin, project manager |
See glossary variants while translating | Editor right sidebar > GLOSSARY VARIANTS section | Translators, reviewers |
Apply a variant to the target | Hover over variant item > click "Apply this term" | Translators |
See which variants the AI used | Editor sidebar > Term Variants Used (below variants) | Translators, reviewers |