This page gives you a quick overview of memoQ’s three terminology tools and how they help you achieve clarity and consistency in every translation. Whether you’re managing terms within your projects, collaborating across teams, or publishing terminology for external partners, you’ll find the right solution here.
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Qterm
The ultimate terminology management system for storing, managing, and sharing terminology.
What is Qterm?
Qterm is a browser-based terminology management system that helps organizations store, manage, and share terminology. It enhances communication, boosts brand consistency, and improves the quality of translations and technical content.
How does it work?
Qterm is used as a memoQ server extension. Term bases in Qterm are easily available for translators, project managers and reviewers working within the memoQ server environment.
Qterm is a browser-based application.
Functionality in Qterm
In Qterm, you can import and export the following file formats.
- MultiTerm XML: Qterm can import and export MultiTerm XML files.
- TBX: Qterm can import and export TBX (TermBase eXchange) files. TBX is the XML-based industry standard for exchanging structured terminology data.
- CSV/TXT: Qterm can import and export CSV or TXT files with either one line per entry or with multiple lines per entry (one line per term, connected through an entry ID column).
ISO Standards
Many professional terminologists use ISO 704 and ISO 10241 as the basis for their terminology management process. Their terminology work improves because of the use of international best practices. Qterm supports both standards by allowing terminologists to manage terminology easily and effectively and allowing other users such as translators to use this terminology directly from within memoQ.
Leveraging Qterm
Don’t have an in-house terminology expert? Our team can help you:
- Define your terminology structure
- Create and maintain your term base
- Set up filters and permissions
- Handle guest access (for departments or teams)
- Migrate existing data to Qterm
File Formats
In Qterm you can import and export the following file formats.
- MultiTerm XML: Qterm can import and export MultiTerm XML files.
- TBX: Qterm can import and export TBX (TermBase eXchange) files. TBX is the XML-based industry standard for exchanging structured terminology data.
- CSV/TXT: Qterm can import and export CSV or TXT files with either one line per entry or with multiple lines per entry (one line per term, connected through an entry ID column).
A single point of access for your terminology
Rather than treating it as a task only for translators, terminology should support branding, design, content creation, quality assurance, and both human and machine translation efforts.
Qterm offers a centralized, browser-based solution that gives internal teams and external partners access to up-to-date, approved terminology. It ensures that the organization controlling the terminology also controls how it is used across all languages.
With Qterm, translation providers can offer managed terminology services and allow expert reviewers to contribute—no extra software required.
Features of Qterm
- Customizable Term Bases: Tailor structures with fields for text, numbers, media, and picklists.
- Collaborative Discussions: Users can comment, ask questions, and request new terms with built-in notifications.
- Cross-Term Base Search: Search across all Qterm databases in one go.
- Smart Filters: Find terms based on approval status, missing languages, product relevance, and more.
- Multimedia Support: Add images, videos, and documents to term entries.
- memoQ Integration: Seamlessly works with memoQ desktop and WebTrans, with QA support and on-the-fly term saving.
- Guest Access & Permissions: Share term bases without login or assign user rights for lookups, edits, or admin tasks.
- User-Friendly Interface: Fast, responsive design with hotkeys and a desktop-like editing experience.
Advanced features of Qterm
- Merge Duplicates: Combine redundant term entries.
- Search & Replace Metadata: Edit metadata across multiple terms or entire term bases.
- Entry & Search History: Track term changes and see which terms users search for most.
- Cross-Linking Terms: Link related terms (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms).
- Printing Options: Print full entries or simplified glossaries.
- Export with Language Filters: Choose which languages to include in CSV, TXT, or MultiTerm XML exports.
- Starred Entries: Bookmark key terms for quick access.
- Direct Entry URLs: Share terms via direct links.
- Preview Before Save: See how edited entries will look before finalizing.
- Clickable URLs: Free text field links open directly in a new tab.
- Quick Filter Testing: Instantly apply and test filters from the settings page.
Key Features in Qterm
- Flexible term base structure: Customize fields per term base to match organizational needs.
- Discussions: Comment, ask questions, or request terms with email notifications.
- Search in multiple term bases: Search all Qterm databases at once.
- Custom filters: Filter by status, language, product, or approval, and share results.
- Graphics, video, audio or other media in descriptive fields: Attach media or documents to entries.
- Fully integrated with memoQ: Get term matches and QA support inside memoQ.
- Integration with memoQ WebTrans: Look up and save terms directly in WebTrans.
- Guest access: Let guests view selected term bases without login.
- Permissions management: Assign roles for viewing, editing, or admin tasks.
- Intuitive user interface: Fast, hotkey-friendly, and desktop-like editing experience.
Let Us Help You Decide
Got questions about our terminology tools or need help choosing the right one for your team? Fill out the form and our team will get in touch to guide you.
Find the Right Terms in No Time
Constantly keeping track of terminology across your organization can be challenging. Scattered glossaries, outdated definitions, and time-consuming term lookups can delay projects and create confusion. termFinder is your web-based terminology portal, which keeps the right terms at your fingertips quickly and accurately. Designed for easy use within and outside an organization, termFinder is accessible on any device with an internet connection.
termFinder is an easy-to-use tool that requires no specialized training, making it accessible to anyone within or outside your organization. It complements memoQ term bases and Qterm by providing a flexible, user-friendly interface designed specifically for non-technical users, ensuring easy access and management of terms.
For a deeper dive into termFinder visit our Help Center page.
Why termFinder?
A Single Source of Truth
With termFinder, anyone in your organization can look up and display monolingual and multilingual terms, ensuring terminology remains consistent and clear. Users can also suggest new terms, while improving your glossary and helping share knowledge within your organization.
Flexible Access Customized to Your Needs
Your terminology is on demand, right in your pocket. Users can access termFinder on any device with an internet connection or integrate it into your intranet site for convenient access. Tailor termFinder to your branding, logo, and colors to meet internal and external requirements.
Track, Learn, and Improve
Improve your terminology management with charts representing usage data. Track how termFinder is used across your organization, identify the most valuable terms, and see what is helpful for your users and what is not. Use these insights to refine your glossary and make data-driven decisions.
Let Us Help You Decide
Got questions about our terminology tools or need help choosing the right one for your team? Fill out the form and our team will get in touch to guide you.
lookup tool
As part of the memoQ TMS ecosystem, the lookup tool gives your team unparalleled access to translation memories and term bases (including Qterm). No more guessing where past translations live, search freely across all resources with ease.
When You Have That “I’ve Already Seen This Somewhere” Feeling
When translating, you can sometimes come across sections that you’re sure you have translated before. But when you work with many projects, it can be hard to remember where and when you already worked with that specific section. Unless you know exactly which project to search in, it could take hours to find it.
Project-specific limitations slow you down, forcing you to redo work you’ve already completed. The lookup tool provides linguists with access to language resources going beyond their assigned memoQ projects, so no more guesswork is needed when it comes to past translations.
Wider, Flexible Access to All Your Resources
There are no limits to where you can search in past translations, but you control people’s access to specific resources.
Search Beyond Project-Specific Resources in memoQ TMS
Gain full visibility into all translation memories and term bases to make sure nothing is lost in translation.
Ensure Consistency and Accuracy
Check consistency or alignment with your organization’s requirements; locate past translations easily to make sure all resources are up to date.
Get Better insights Into Your Resources
Audit and approve your resources, and make approved translation resources available to more people across your company.