> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.api.rask.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Working with glossary

### What is glossary?

[Glossary](https://help.rask.ai/hc/how-to-use-translation-dictionary) is a powerful feature that allows you to define specific translations for words or phrases in any language pair. Glossaries help you maintain consistency across translations by:

* Ensuring specific terms, like brand names, remain untranslated to uphold brand identity across all languages.
* Standardizing industry-specific jargon or technical terms, preventing inconsistencies that could confuse your audience.

Using glossaries can save time by reducing repetitive manual edits and improve the overall quality of translations.

### Create glossary

Each glossary applies to a single language pair.

You can create multiple glossaries for same language pair to customize them for different types of content.

To create a new glossary:

* use [create Glossary](/api-reference/glossary/create_glossary)
* specify a name for your glossary
* specify [source language](/languages/source)
* specify [destination language](/languages/destination)
* define your entries array in a key: value format, where each key-value pair represents a term and its translation. Here:
  * the key is the term in the source language (`src_lang`)
  * the value is its translation in the destination language (`dst_lang`).

### Use glossary

Once you’ve created a glossary and received the glossary\_id, you can specify this ID when [creating new project](/api-reference/project/create_project).

<Note>
  Glossary can be used only for projects with the same source-destination language pair. A glossary created for a specific destination language (i.e. `es`) will work across all dialects we support for that language (`es-es`, `es-us`, etc).
</Note>

Currently, it’s not possible to apply or change a glossary for a project that has already been created. This feature is planned for future releases.

### Edit glossary

You can [edit glossary](/api-reference/glossary/update_glossary) or [delete it](/api-reference/glossary/delete_glossary) by using corresponding endpoints. Changes made to a glossary will not impact projects where that glossary has already been applied.

You can check the version of glossary used in project by reviewing `glossary_version` parameter in [get Project](/api-reference/project/get_project) response.