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Consistency is key in any multilingual communication strategy, and that begins with a solid glossary and style guide. This subcategory shows you how to build, manage, and enforce linguistic reference materials that maintain tone, terminology, and structure across all your translations. You’ll start by learning the difference between a glossary (focused on key terms and translations) and a style guide (focused on writing conventions, brand voice, and formatting). The course teaches you how to collect source terms, define translation equivalents, and manage variant terms across languages and regions. You'll discover how to create a dynamic glossary that evolves over time—particularly for growing companies or technical domains with new terms. Tools like SDL MultiTerm, TermBase, and Phrase’s terminology module are used to store and distribute glossaries across teams and vendors. You'll also learn how to enforce glossary use through QA automation, and how to structure reviews when disputed terms arise. Style guide development includes setting rules on tone (formal vs. casual), date/time formats, punctuation usage, capitalization, and locale-specific spelling. You’ll review examples of corporate style guides from brands like Apple, Microsoft, and IBM, and learn how to develop your own. A strong glossary and style guide not only improve quality but reduce revision cycles and reviewer fatigue. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to deliver clear, consistent, and brand-aligned translations across every market you serve.