{"id":977,"date":"2022-03-03T08:24:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T07:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/?p=977"},"modified":"2022-03-03T08:25:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T07:25:35","slug":"machine-translation-in-memoq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/2022\/03\/03\/machine-translation-in-memoq\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine translation in memoQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"Wasaty\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/2022\/03\/03\/machine-translation-in-memoq\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mQ_MT.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mQ_MT.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-999\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Machine translation (MT) is here to stay. Used properly, it can be a tremendously useful tool, improving translators productivity and simplifying work on relatively simple translations within certain domains. At the same time, improper use of MT can be a hindrance for translators, slowing them down and frustrating with useless suggestions. For &#8220;proper&#8221; use of MT, you need two things: an MT engine that&#8217;s right for your language pair and subject domain and a way to use generated content in the most efficient way. memoQ is a CAT tool that can help you with the latter, if you know how to configure it according to your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">memoQ offers well over 20 plugins for various MT engines out of the box (all of them require a commercial account with the MT provider), and you can find multiple additional plugins you can download and add to your configuration, if you want to try something different. There are also multiple ways you can use machine translation to augment your work in memoQ:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Machine translation suggestions can be displayed as interactive translation options, the same way as translation memory and LiveDocs corpora matches.<\/li><li>MT configured in interactive mode where the engine can be used as a \u2018dictionary\u2019 for selected source text, i.e. MT concordance results.<\/li><li>MT engines can be used to correct fuzzy substitutions automatically with the MatchPatch feature.<\/li><li>An entire project, selected documents or parts of a document can be populated in batch mode using the Pre\u2011Translate feature.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s more, while memoQ defaults offer you come flexibility with regard to how you can use machine translation content in your work, with some additional knowledge you can tweak memoQ behaviour quite extensively, for example by changing the match value below which the tool will send segment content to MT engine in interactive mode (default options are: sending everything, matches below 100% or matches below 95%), but you can set your own custom value. This applies also to MT used in pre-translation, and you do that by changing the &#8220;Good match&#8221; threshold in TM settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other MT-related features of memoQ include options for evaluation of MT usefulness with Edit distance reports and tracking time spent on projects with Editing time reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you use MT in your translation, information on the origin of matches is stored in the bilingual files and can be easily seen. If &#8211; for whatever reason &#8211; you don&#8217;t want to provide that information, there are ways you can hide the origin of matches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wrote an eBook on how to use MT in memoQ to it&#8217;s full potential. It&#8217;s available for some time now, but I only write this post now because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I&#8217;m not good at marketing, to say it mildly,<\/li><li>there are <a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/RWcC\">Polish<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/ltMwQ\">French<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/XaZSU\">Dutch<\/a> translations available now.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to improve your knowledge of the machine translation use in memoQ, I suggest you give it a try. Links to all language variants below, and at the end of the page you&#8217;ll find a table of content for the ebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/tF62\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/W_logo_dark-long-2-2-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-984 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/W_logo_dark-long-2-2-724x1024.png 724w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/W_logo_dark-long-2-2-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/W_logo_dark-long-2-2-768x1086.png 768w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/W_logo_dark-long-2-2-1086x1536.png 1086w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/W_logo_dark-long-2-2-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/tF62\">memoQ Inside Out: Machine Translation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/ltMwQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-fr-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-fr-724x1024.png 724w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-fr-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-fr-768x1086.png 768w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-fr-1086x1536.png 1086w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-fr-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/ltMwQ\">Tout sur memoQ : la traduction automatique<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/XaZSU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-du-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-du-724x1024.png 724w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-du-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-du-768x1086.png 768w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-du-1086x1536.png 1086w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-du-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/XaZSU\">Meer doen met memoQ: Machinevertaling<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/RWcC\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-pl-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-993 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-pl-724x1024.png 724w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-pl-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-pl-768x1086.png 768w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-pl-1086x1536.png 1086w, http:\/\/wasaty.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/okladka-pl-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/RWcC\">memoQ na wylot: t\u0142umaczenia maszynowe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, and if you want to know how to obtain keys to some of the more popular MT engines, you&#8217;ll find detailed information here: <a href=\"https:\/\/marcinbas.github.io\/api_mt\/#4-how-to-obtain-api-keys-for-mt-plugins\">https:\/\/marcinbas.github.io\/api_mt\/#4-how-to-obtain-api-keys-for-mt-plugins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Content<\/strong><br>Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Configuration of MT settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Using MT in translation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interactive mode MT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MT concordance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MatchPatch with MT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre translation with MT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Evaluation of MT benefits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tracking editing time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Edit distance reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Hiding the use of MT in the translation process<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; Methods to hide the use of MT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Editing the MQXLIFF file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Copy-paste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LiveDocs corpora or TM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre translation method<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Term base<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Project manager perspective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; MT use in online projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Blocking or enforcing MT usage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No enforced restrictions on MT use<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Documents pre-translated with MT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MT content provided as TM or LiveDoc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; Evaluation of an MT engine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; Spotting illicit MT use<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Pseudo translation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Defining the Good match threshold value<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Machine translation (MT) is here to stay. 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