Uploading a Monodirectional Glossary

Version 1.0, updated September 30, 2026

You can upload a monodirectional glossary as a CSV file. This package includes a template:

• monodirectional-glossary-template.csv

1. How the glossary is applied

The glossary is monodirectional and multilingual: the system matches only from the source language to each target language.

For example, if your file has en-US as the source language and fr-FR, it-IT as target languages, the glossary applies to:

• en-US → fr-FR
• en-US → it-IT

Lara does not match:

• target → source (for example fr-FR → en-US)
• target → target (for example fr-FR → it-IT)

Language codes must match exactly the supported language codes in Lara (e.g. en, es, fr, en-US, it-IT). See the full list of supported language codes.

2. CSV format

File format

CSV (Comma-Separated Values).

Header row

The first row must contain valid Lara language codes. These codes indicate the source and target languages.

Column structure

• Column 1: the source language
• Columns 2…N: the target languages

Each row represents one source term and its translations.

Requirements

• Each row must contain a non-empty source term and at least one non-empty target term.
• If a row does not meet these requirements, the file is rejected.
• Empty target cells are allowed.

Example

en-US,fr-FR,it-IT
Settings,Paramètres,Impostazioni
Account,Compte,Account
Save,Enregistrer,Salva
Cancel,Annuler,Annulla

In this example, the system creates matches from en-US to each target language: fr-FR, it-IT.

The same file shown as a table:

en-US	fr-FR	it-IT
Settings	Paramètres	Impostazioni
Account	Compte	Account
Save	Enregistrer	Salva
Cancel	Annuler	Annulla

3. Help

If you need help, visit https://support.laratranslate.com or contact our support team at support@laratranslate.com.