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What is Machine Translation in General?

Machine Translation (MT) or automated translation is a process when a computer software translates text from one language to another without human involvement.

How does Machine Translation Work?

MT works with large amounts of source and target languages that are compared and matched against each other by a machine translation engine. We differentiate three types of machine translation methods:

Rules-based machine translation uses grammar and language rules, developed by language experts, and dictionaries which can be customized to a specific topic or industry.

Statistical machine translation does not rely on linguistic rules and words; it learns how to translate by analyzing large amount of existing human translations.

Neural machine translation teaches itself on how to translate by using a large neural network. This method is becoming more and more popular as it provides better results with language pairs.

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memoQ has integrations with the most popular machine translation engines. These engines provide suggestions during translation that translators may use if they find them appropriate. This way, translators can make sure that the localized version has the same style as the original.

What are the benefits of Machine Translation?

Saves time: Machine language translation can save significant time as it is capable of translating entire text documents in seconds. However, please bear in mind that human translators should always post-edit translations done by MTs.

Reduces costs: Machine Translation can substantially lower your costs, as it requires less human involvement.

Memorizes terms: Another benefit of machine language translation is its ability to memorize key terms and reuse them wherever they might fit.

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What is Translation Software?

A translation software is designed to facilitate and speed up the translator’s work by providing a stable and safe environment. By using the memoQ translation software, you can enjoy features such as machine translation, spell-checking, word-processing, translation memory, and terminology management, among others.

Today, there are several types of translation software available on the market. Here at memoQ, we developed a translation software that is capable of meeting the needs of freelance translators, translation companies, and enterprises.

With memoQ, you also can:

Leverage existing translations

Save words, expressions and sentences to maintain consistency

Create customized project templates

Enable error checks

Collaborate with other translators simultaneously

memoQ translator pro

memoQ translator pro is the ultimate choice for freelance translators. Boost your translation productivity, increase accuracy, and speed up your work with memoQ today! This software is developed to be ready for use regardless of experience.

memoQ project manager

memoQ’s dedicated project management software offers unique PM features in addition to all translator pro functionalities. Edit and review translations, manage projects, work online on a server or in the cloud, as well as organize and share corporate terminology.

memoQ server

memoQ server is a translation management system dedicated to large enterprises and translation companies. It serves as a repository for your translation assets, a control center for your translation projects, and a hub for collaborative translation projects.

memoQ cloud

memoQ cloud is a software as a service (SaaS) application that offers cutting-edge translation management and editing. At its core, it is a memoQ server that runs in the cloud that you can subscribe for a monthly/yearly fee.

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Translate PDFs with memoQ and TransPDF

Do you often translate PDF files? Do you encounter problems to keep file formatting? Have you ever translated a scanned PDF document? Many companies send out PDFs for translation. However, for translators, PDF is not an ideal format. memoQ's integration with TransPDF allows you to translate PDF documents (regular or scanned) easily. In the following, we outline how this integration can help your daily tasks.  To translate PDF documents, first you need to connect memoQ with TransPDF, a paid service for PDF conversions including OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

Benefits of Connecting memoQ with TransPDF

No need for manual preparation

Minimum loss of formatting

Correct sentence segmentation

Smooth integration through memoQ

Alternative to TransPDF

If you are working with a regular PDF file, you may request its source file from your client. However, there are cases when the source file is not available. If that is the case, you can use memoQ’s built-in PDF to DOCX converter that usually delivers satisfactory results. However, you should always check the Word target file as it may contain unnecessary tags and line breaks after conversion. If you are not satisfied with memoQ’s built-in converter, please try the integration with TransPDF.

Align PDF Documents with LiveDocs

If formatting is not an issue, you can align PDF documents in memoQ. If the source and target languages are in PDF format, memoQ’s built-in PDF filter is capable of converting them into plain text. This filter does not produce tags and is more tolerant to line breaks. To do so, you will need LiveDocs, a special module within memoQ that allows you to leverage previously translated material and reference files. Once on LiveDocs, follow these steps: 1. Select Add alignment pair 2. Click Add source documents 3. Click Change filter and configuration 4. Under General, select Import by converting to Plain Text 5. Repeat the same for target documents, or under Import document During translation, memoQ offers suggestions from your LiveDocs corpus. You can use these matches to save significant time with your translation. You may also have the opportunity to import a single PDF and use it as a monolingual reference to check for expressions or terminology.

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