translation-toolkit/skills/mpi-terms-search/SKILL.md

name, description, category

name	description	category
terms-search	Full-text search across the MPI term database. Use when translating or looking up Chinese-English Buddhist/MPI terminology.	research

Terms Search

Database: toolkit/terms-database/termlib.sqlite (SQLite) CLI: toolkit/terms-database/search.py Server: toolkit/terms-database/server.py

CLI (preferred)

toolkit/terms-database/search.py <query> [limit]

Multi-word queries are ANDed. Searches both zh and en columns.

Python module

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, 'toolkit/terms-database')
from search import search
results = search("空性", limit=5, src="DoT定稿")
# → list of {zh, en, loc, source} dicts

Use this inside execute_code scripts for batch lookups — no subprocess needed.

HTTP API (use only when CLI is insufficient)

Start: python3 toolkit/terms-database/server.py (port 8910)

• GET / — plain HTML UI (form + results table, no CSS)
• GET / — plain HTML UI (form + results table, no CSS)
• GET /search?q=...&loc=...&src=...&limit=... — JSON {count, results: [{zh, en, loc, source}]}
• GET /sources — JSON array of {source, count} for all source tables

All params optional. Omit limit for all results. Query terms are ANDed across zh+en. Errors return {"error": "..."} with HTTP 500 (API) or shown inline (UI).

Source tables

src	rows	description
BAICKZ	7,679	Main term bank with example sentences
佛教术语	1,795	Buddhist terminology from 定稿书目术语库
DoT定稿	896	DoT final translation decisions
DoT初步	412	DoT preliminary queries
偈颂经文名言	263	Verses and sutra quotes
成语俗语	184	Idioms and common expressions
经论名	89	Sutra/shastra titles
内部特色词	87	MPI internal terminology
海内外建筑名称	28+9	MPI building/place names
MPI组织架构	4+28	MPI org structure
导师金句	24	Teacher quotes
静心学堂课程	17+20	Course names
禅意项目	14+11	Zen program terms
公案	8	Chan koans

Direct SQLite

sqlite3 toolkit/terms-database/termlib.sqlite

Key table: terms (zh, en, loc, source).

Rebuilding

Terms data comes from guide/03 术语库/. To rebuild:

1. Convert source xlsx/ods → CSV+YAML in _output/
2. Load CSVs into SQLite as the terms table (zh, en, loc, source)

Full rebuild pipeline: See references/termbase-rebuild.md (absorbed from the termbase-management skill).

Translation Alignment

When aligning translated djot files against the term database, load references/translation-alignment.md for the full workflow. Summary:

1. Extract Chinese terms from {% "..." %} glossary blocks in the translated file
2. Batch-search via CLI (./search.py <term>). Query each term individually.
3. Prioritize DoT定稿 > 内部特色词 > 佛教术语
4. Fix both glossary comments AND body-text occurrences
5. Verify with grep