Release Notes

Introducing memoQ editor

• We are introducing a brand-new web translation interface with the release of memoQ 11.4.
• Designed and developed for efficiency and ease of use, the memoQ editor will gradually replace webtrans.
• While new features are gradually added to the new app, users can seamlessly switch between memoQ editor and webtrans to make the most out of both web translation tools.

• As the memoQ editor continues to evolve, your feedback is invaluable. When switching between the two interfaces, you can voluntarily share your thoughts to help us prioritize and implement features according to your needs. To provide feedback, enable anonymous data sharing by following the instructions on this page.

To explore memoQ editor’s features, benefits, and future developments in more detail, check out our in-depth blog post.

Enable Multiple Engine Selection for globalese MT Plugin

• globalese MT models work with specific language pairs, which previously required separate MT settings for each pair in a project.
• With the 11.4 update, users can now select multiple globalese MT models in the MT settings, saving time when working with multiple target languages in a single project.
  

memoQ AGT is Now Handling Tags

• AGT now handles tags more effectively, ensuring that formatting tags are preserved, and all other tags are placed in the same position in the translated text as in the source. 
• This update addresses a previous limitation, improving translation quality for documents like UI strings and technical documentation that rely on tag placement. 

Updates in Qterm

• In response to customer requests, users now have the ability to clone entries, display and search entry IDs, expand text fields, and use OR operators in filters.

Server Audit Log: Track the History of Your Projects and Resources

• The server audit log now tracks the history of your projects and resources, giving administrators better oversight of changes made to server resources and projects. 
• The update expands the existing audit log functionality and will be available on memoQweb.

Turn off Bilingual Export in Local Copy

• Project managers can now turn off bilingual export for translators and reviewers, ensuring that the content stays within the memoQ desktop client. 

Filter Translations in Projects

• Project managers can now filter documents according to their assignment deadline, target language or status on an improved sidebar.

• Filters can be applied and reset easily in the Translations page on memoQweb, allowing for quick access to specific files.

New Option in QA: Check Numbers with or without Units

• The QA rule for numbers has been updated to give you more control: you can now choose to ignore measurement units and check only the numbers. This option is turned off by default and needs to be enabled manually in your QA settings. Designed to offer greater flexibility, this improvement also addresses a common request and is available in all supported memoQ versions.

Wildcard Search in Qterm

• Perform advanced term searches using the wildcard (*) feature on the Home and Browse pages. 
• The asterisk represents any character(s) in the term. For example, “Ministry*Services” will find “Ministry of Transport Services” and “Ministry of Financial Services.” 
• Use multiple asterisks to mark multiple missing sections in terms. For example, “Ministry*Education*Services” will find “Ministry of Educational Services” and “Ministry for Children’s Education and Health Services”. 
• You can combine this new feature with existing search types (Begins with, Contains, Exact match) to specify how you would like to search your term base(s) for the search phrase you entered. 
• Due to high demand, this new feature will also be available to customers running the 11.2 LTS version following an upcoming maintenance (bugfix) release.

SSO for the Customer Portal

• The Customer Portal enables efficient project management and collaboration. 
• Support is available for a wide range of Single Sign-On (SSO) providers. 
• SSO simplifies login for users with centralized identity management. 
• Offers flexible configurations tailored to your server setup. 
• Improves security by reducing the need for multiple credentials and ensuring secure, centralized authentication. 

Improved Table RTF and XLIFF Export in memoQweb

• Export table RTF and XLIFF files directly from memoQweb Projects using the context menu or multi-file selection. 
• Refined user interface ensures smoother navigation and clear status messages for export outcomes. 

JavaProperties Filter Customization

• Set inline tags as optional when using the JavaProperties import filter, offering greater flexibility in tag handling. 

Import memoQ Handoff Packages into Existing Projects

• You can now import memoQ handoff packages into existing projects. 
• Available for projects created from SDL packages, memoQ projects created from scratch, and projects based on templates. 
• Applicable to both server and local projects, enabling greater flexibility in project management. 
• Packages including SDL and memoQ are visible within the project and can be identified and deleted on memoQweb. 

Licensing Management on memoQweb

• Manage CAL licenses directly through the memoQweb Interface, making it easier to handle license allocation and administration online. 

New Inverted Color Scheme Update

The Inverted Color Scheme introduced in memoQ 11.2 has received major updates. For a detailed overview, check out our blog post. 

Inverted Color Scheme in memoQ Desktop Client

• In response to user requests for improved visual comfort, the Inverted Color Scheme was thoughtfully designed to assist users with visual impairments and to support translators working long hours, reducing eye fatigue. 
• The Inverted Color Scheme in memoQ builds upon the Inverted Colors option of Windows Magnifier, elevating the visual experience while prioritizing accessibility. 
• Magnifier’s high contrast has been toned down to ease eye strain. 
• memoQ users can now choose between two color schemes—Default and Inverted—under Options/Appearance, allowing color customization in each scheme. By default, the original colors for hit types in Translation Results (such as TM, TB and LiveDocs) are retained in the Inverted Color Scheme, but users can also modify these as needed. 
• The Inverted Color Scheme applies only to the memoQ main window.  For the best experience, use memoQ in full-screen mode and ensure that all memoQ windows are on the same screen to maintain consistent color inversion. 

Thai as a Source Language for TB and TM+

• Thai has been introduced as a source language for Term Base (TB) and TM+, following user requests. Please note that this feature is not available in Classic TM or LiveDocs. 

TM+ as the Default for New TMs in memoQweb

• All newly created Translation Memories (TMs) in memoQweb will now default to TM+ instead of Classic TM. 

Enhanced Accuracy with TAUS Generic Model v2

• The TAUS Generic Model v2 offers significantly improved accuracy for quality estimation, ensuring better translation outcomes. 

memoQ 10.2 (LTS) retires on January 31, 2025

Support for memoQ 10.2 (LTS) will end on January 31, 2025. The new LTS version, memoQ 11.2, will be supported until at least January 31, 2026. Users of memoQ 10.2 are advised to upgrade as soon as possible to ensure a smooth transition.

memoQ AGT Can Now Work with Online Projects and Be Configured as an Online MT Resource

memoQ AGT as an Online Resource 

memoQ AGT can now be configured as an online resource, enabling the central management of the API key. Linguistic teams can access the same MT settings, with the AGT API key configured by a PM. This streamlined approach enhances security and simplifies project management, ensuring a more efficient workflow.

memoQ AGT in Online Projects in WebPM 

memoQ AGT now supports online projects. Previously, memoQ AGT could only be used in local projects or in checked-out online projects. Translations can be initiated directly in WebPM, eliminating the need to check out the project manually. Project managers can now use AGT for pre-translation before handing projects over to linguists for post-editing. 

memoQ Now Supports 13 New North American Indigenous Languages:

Atikamekw, Babine-Witsuwit’en, Blackfoot, Dene, Dogrib, Innu, Michif, Mohawk, Plautdietsch, Stoney, Apache (Western), Hopi, Lakota

Other Features and Improvements

In-Country Review Tool Improvements   

• ICR users no longer need to copy and paste tags in the target segment but can use the new command available on the toolbar to insert any missing tag. 
• ICR users can now filter their review tasks not only by status (e.g., Delivered, In Progress) but also by projects (All projects or a specific project), which is especially handy when working on large projects or managing tasks across many projects. 

Delete memoQ Term Base Entry with One Click 

• Users with the proper permissions can now delete a term base entry with a single click using the new context menu item on the Translation Results pane, instead of deleting the source and target terms separately or opening the Term Base Editor.

Efficient Email Cleanup

• As a memoQ server administrator, you now have the option to delete all email notification data without archiving.  

LQA reports via API

• Project managers are now able to generate LQA reports via the API.  

TM Creation

• The optimization slider has been removed. 

Updates to the In-country Review tool

Until now, the In-country Review tool had certain limitations that prevented project managers from adding ICR users in certain workflows and assignment types. To address this, we implemented several fundamental changes to ICR in memoQ 11.0. 
 
ICR users can now be assigned both to reviewer 1 and reviewer 2 roles in an assignment, not just one or the other ICR users can now be assigned using Advanced Assignment types such as FirstAccept, GroupSourcing, distribute documents, and even auto-assign ICR configurations are no longer assignment-specific but are managed via the ICR configurations page in memoQweb/Resources. Instead specifying all settings when assigning an ICR user, project managers can now select an ICR configuration from those available on the server to speed up work.

While ICR configurations can only be managed in memoQweb, they can now be used in the desktop client to provide an end-to-end project management workflow for desktop-only customers Project managers can now assign multiple documents to the same ICR user in one go and select the desired ICR configuration for the role the user is assigned to 
Project managers can change the ICR configurations (reviewer 1, reviewer 2, or both) of multiple document assignments in one go. 

Due to their reusability, the new ICR configurations no longer include project-specific resources (e.g. a specific TB), but metadata (e.g. Rank 1 TB only) instead.

Old ICR configurations will continue to work in their respective assignments even in memoQ 11.0, as they are automatically migrated during the memoQ TMS update; they will be listed with unique names under ICR configurations ICR configurations appear in project templates to support automation ICR configurations appear in WS API calls to support integration with BMS systems.

Accessing TAUS Custom Models

TAUS provides both generic and custom models for AIQE (Artificial Intelligence-based Quality Estimate). From now on, users can access their custom models trained by TAUS in memoQ. Using custom models can increase the accuracy of AIQE. 

Markdown filter 

Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax. It’s designed to be easy to write and read and it can be converted into HTML for web pages. Markdown is widely used for documentation pages as well as blogging and collaborative software. 

The new Markdown filter, available as of memoQ 11.0, supports the core functionality of the Markdown file format, with more features to be added in later memoQ releases.

Hunspell updates

The Hunspell spellchecker and its built-in dictionaries required updating. Therefore, Hunspell has been updated from 1.3.2 to 1.7.2, and we automated future Hunspell updates in memoQ TMS. 

Display progress info in translation document by role

Previously, in the desktop client, the status bar in the translation editor only showed project/document % values for any confirmation. For example, for a user with R1 status, a 100% TR confirmed document was displayed as 100%. 

We are now addressing this issue to display role-based progress info, and not only the % value but also the actual numbers (e.g. 20/200 (10%)) by segment/word/character count, as selected by the user. In addition, memoQ now shows the total number of rows in the document as well as the number of locked rows to provide a complete list, thereby clearly communicating the user’s actual progress in the specific role while working on the document. Both document and project progress are displayed. 

Other Features and Improvements

Chinese and Chinese (Taiwan) UI have been added to the memoQ desktop installer 

Users now have the option to choose Chinese or Chinese (Taiwan) language when installing the memoQ desktop app. 

LQA reports available through API 

LQA reports (statistics & error lists) are now available through the API. 

Consistent display of project/document progress 

We introduced a UX improvement to clearly communicate project/document progress in both the desktop client and memoQweb. Users can immediately see progress in the specific roles without having to hover over the respective progress bars. 

Make “fragment assembly” unchecked by default for pretranslation 

The fragment assembly option will be unchecked by default from now on in both memoQweb and the desktop client during pretranslation. 

TexTra MT plugin update 

A new update of the TexTra MT plugin is available in memoQ.

Four Indigenous languages from Canada now available

A diverse array of Indigenous languages is spoken in Canada. We’ve added four of them into memoQ: Inuktitut, Cree, Ojibwe, and Mi’kmaq. In addition to the Latin script versions, we included the syllabic versions for the Inuktitut, Cree, and Ojibwe languages.

Updates to memoQ AGT

Formality configuration 

memoQ AGT now supports changing or clarifying the expected tone of translation. Languages differ in how formality is handled. Some have no differentiation, while others have many levels of formality. As a result, the source language might reflect your intended target language tone. 

The formality setting helps you match precisely your expected formality level, and thanks to using LLM and MT technology, memoQ AGT is especially adept at following your instructions concerning the tone of the target text. 

Prioritize TB results over TM 

When it comes to memoQ AGT, instant domain adaptation provides unmatched quality to your machine-translated texts. memoQ AGT works with the latest domain data generated by a linguistic operation. For example, it utilizes premium quality translations verified in memoQ to provide the machine translation results. 

Occasionally linguistic data (term bases, translation memories, and LiveDocs) are not in sync. One may be more up-to-date than the other, and sometimes, they may even contradict each other. 

Furthermore, LLMs tend to respect the weight of data. If a term appears in both a TB hit and a TM hit, it is the TM hit that eventually affects the outcome. From now on, we are providing a way to control which source of information will take priority when memoQ AGT works with a translation. You can rank TB hits higher than TM or LiveDocs hits through TB prioritization. 

Added Formality Setting in Amazon MT 

Amazon now supports changing the expected tone of translation. Some languages have varying levels of formality, so, the source language might not match the exact tone you intended to use in your target language. The formality setting helps you match precisely your expected level of formality for Amazon MT translations. 

Other Features and Improvements

In addition to improving machine translation performance during pre-translation, we have also made Chinese (Taiwan) available as a UI language in the desktop app, memoQweb, Customer Portal, and the ICR tool. 

Updates to memoQ’s In-country review tool

In-app spell checker

Previously, users could only rely on the browser’s built-in spell checker, if properly configured. Now, the In-country review (ICR) tool includes a ‘Check spelling and get suggestions’ toggle on the toolbar. With this option enabled by default, the ICR tool highlights spelling errors on the translation grid with a curly underline. Hovering over this underline provides correction suggestions and allows users to ‘Skip all’ occurrences of that word in the document if needed. This spellcheck feature uses the Hunspell service configured for memoQWeb in the Server Administrator.

Highlight filter matches

When users utilize the filter option in the app, not only are the relevant rows filtered, but the searched-for text is now also highlighted in each row for better focus.

Improved navigation

We’ve added a ‘Jump to row’ button on the toolbar, allowing the reviewer to directly enter the row number they want to navigate to. This eliminates the need for manual scrolling to find a specific row. Additionally, a dedicated keyboard shortcut allows you to refocus on the currently active target segment from anywhere in the app.

These enhancements are particularly beneficial for users with accessibility issues, as visually scrolling and refocusing can be more challenging regardless as to if they use a screen reader software.

Sidebar: “Focus on row” view and other changes

We began with a user idea, namely the need for a view where users don’t have to switch between the three tabs (Terms/Comments/Issues) to access all relevant information for a specific row. As a result:

• The Terms tab in the sidebar is now replaced with the ‘Focus on row’ tab. This tab displays terms, comments, and issues relevant to the active row on the translation grid.
• The ‘Focus on row’ tab is set as the default view, but users can manually switch to the Comments or Issues tab to concentrate on only comments or issues in the document.
• The ‘Auto-switch to Terms panel’ option is replaced under Settings with the ‘Auto-switch to Focus on row tab’ toggle to allow the user to set their preference on how the sidebar works.
• The metadata of the selected term is now displayed directly under the term inside the term card on the ‘Focus on row’ tab, providing a focused view of all relevant term information.

To achieve a cleaner appearance, only the comment/issue of the selected card is highlighted in the active edit box.

Adding comments to a selected piece of text is now facilitated by displaying an ‘Add comment’ tooltip above.

To enhance accessibility, tooltips and ARIA labels are added to tab header items, comment cards, and issue cards.

TM+ checkbox has become checked by default for creating or importing a TM on the desktop client

So far, the TM+ feature has not been the default choice for creating a new Translation Memory (TM) or executing a TM batch import. From memoQ 10.5 on, the TM+ checkbox will be pre-selected as the default option for both these use cases within the user interface. This enhancement ensures that new TMs will automatically be created as TM+, unless the user opts to uncheck the checkbox on the UI. We believe this adjustment will streamline and optimize your workflow for an improved user experience.

Machine translation improvements

Support Custom Endpoints in Microsoft MT

For those highly concerned about security and data privacy, working with MT no longer entails being exposed to travel-sensitive data on the public internet. Azure & Microsoft MT provide access to MT service via private network and now memoQ MS MT plugin can work with it. Users having access to the custom endpoints of MS MT now can configure it in the MT plugin and can work with it just as smoothly as with the general MS MT service.

Identify engine in Intento MT translations

From memoQ 10.5 on, users can track the actual source of MT translations coming from Intento. This allows users to analyze their actual MT use including which engine had been used through Intento.

Improvements to LiveDocs on memoQweb

LiveDocs features on memoQweb have been improved. From memoQ 10.5 on, you can create and delete LiveDocs on memoQweb as a project manager. In addition, you can also edit LiveDocs properties. The new functionality is available on the Resources tab in the project view, as well as under Resources

Other features and improvements

Update default browser from IE to Edge

When clicking on a link in a document preview, memoQ will now open Microsoft Edge as the default browser instead of Internet Explorer.

Updated LiveDocs UI

The commands Split and Join are visible in the context menu and also in the memoQ ribbon’s Alignment tab for better visibility. This is to make sure that the context menu and the memoQ ribbon have the same items relevant to the LiveDocs Alignment screen:

• Remove All Auto Links
• Confirm All Auto Links
• Export to TM
• Add Term
• Quick Add Term
• Add Non-translatable.

memoQ AGT: Adaptive Generative Translation

memoQ AGT is an AI-based translation automation technology that unifies the benefits of machine translation and translation memories. It provides instant domain adaptation so that the translation results are tailored to the customer’s existing language resources (translation memories, terminology, term bases, aligned documents).

Improvements to AIQE: Faster and more efficient MTPE processes, enhanced automation opportunities

Pre-translate auto-confirm action with MT & AIQE

This is one of the most important features of AIQE. Thanks to the auto-confirm function, you can simplify and automate your translation workflow and skip unnecessary steps when using machine translation in memoQ. This is similar to how translations are handled through TMs since AIQE provides quality attributes similar to the match rate of the TM.

Implementing the AIQE into the auto-confirm functions of the pre-translate function enables fully automated translations with MT & TM translations having the quality assured.

Auto selection of MT engines in pre-translate with AIQE

Until now, the matches during the pre-translation of a document could come from translation memories, LiveDocs, or a selected machine translation engine.

But how to select the right MT engine for your document/project/client? From now on, AIQE can choose the best translation from different engines on the fly during pre-translation. You can run a pre-translation with multiple engines and let AIQE pick the best translation segment-by-segment.

Display & record AIQE as “match rate” in .XLIFF and on the translation grid

Previously, when working with AIQE within memoQ, match rates of machine translation had only been displayed in the translation results.

With the AIQE improvements in memoQ 10.4, match rates will also be displayed on the translation grid itself. The match rate reflects the accuracy of the translation according to AIQE, and it is shown in parentheses, indicating that the match comes from a machine translation engine.

The match rate will also show up in the .XLIFF file associated with the project. This enables the user to see which MT engines the matches come from, and which one performed better in the given document. This feature is especially useful when evaluating machine translation engines.

memoQ Server Backup: Run Database Backup Parallel to File Backup

The memoQ server backup tool’s performance has been further improved. So far, files and databases could only be backed up separately. From memoQ 10.4 on, you can run your database backup parallel to the file backup.

Improvements to the In-country Review Tool

Issues

The project manager can now use the Quality Assurance section of the “Configure in-country review” dialog so that they can enable and configure QA check (i.e., display issues) for the ICR user in the ICR tool, and also prevent the ICR user from delivering the document if it contains errors. With this new functionality, the PM can also define QA categories in which issues are shown to the ICR user.

In addition to the Terms and Comments tabs on the sidebar of the ICR tool, the Issues tab is now visible to the in-country reviewer, displaying warnings and errors and allowing the user to focus on specific issues and correct them in the corresponding row on the translation grid.

• By default, the issues are grouped by rows, and all issues (i.e., warnings and errors) are shown.
• The user can group issues by issue types (i.e., the QA categories set by the PM) and show only errors or warnings on the screen.
• The user can hide or show ignored warnings.
• Active warnings can be ignored by the user, and ignored warnings can be restored to active warnings (errors cannot be ignored as usual).
• Errors cannot be ignored but the ICR user can deliver the document even with errors if the appropriate setting on the PM configuration dialog permits.

Issues are also communicated at the end of each row of the grid, always showing the most severe issue category found in the row. So, if you have warnings and errors in a row, only the error icon is displayed

Filter panel

Using the filter (funnel) icon on the toolbar, the ICR user can filter the document’s rows, allowing them to filter for rows containing the search phrase:

• In the source or target language
• Including or excluding locked rows
• In all rows/in rows with their own comments/in rows with their changes.

Preview

The preview of the translation document can be displayed or hidden using the preview icon in the document header. The preview and the translation grid are in sync, so clicking in a row on the translation grid will frame the same content in the preview and vice versa.

ICR context menu for project managers in the desktop client

Project managers using the desktop client now have an “In-Country Review (ICR)” context menu for ICR assignments to access the following 3 options:

• Open the document in read-only mode in the ICR tool
• Copy the URL of the document to the clipboard
• Edit the ICR configuration.

Other features and improvements

Placeholder {document_summary} to be used in e-mail templates regarding project, document assignment, and distribution

Extend the {affected_documents} section with placeholders for the number and target language of the affected documents in the E-mail template “Document assigned to subvendor group” and “Project distributed with subvendor group assignments.”

Improve the speed of fragment assembly during pre-translation with TM+

The function has become significantly faster with TM+ (compared to classic translation memories).

Removing the TransPDF import option from memoQ

Because of the discontinuation of the TransPDF service, it is not supported by memoQ as a PDF import option anymore.

XPath2.0 support in Multilingual XML filter

Multilingual XML filter now supports XPath 2.0 when configuring import rules.

Edit the short code interpretation through a regex

This feature is connected to the WPML filter. From now on, you can configure what is interpreted as a short code with a regular expression.

Add Azure B2C template to the OIDC Server

A new IDP is added as a supported provider for SSO. Indeed, we are open to any IDPs working with OIDC, but the template allows for quicker implementation as of memoQ 10.4.

Add in-place translation functionality to multilingual XML

Besides the Excel filter, you can now use in-place translation when using the Multilingual XML filter.

Cascading after multilingual filters

We have added additional filter configuration options to cascade these filters: XLIFF 1, XLIFF 2, Multilingual Delimited Text filter, Multilingual XML filter.

memoQweb improvements

LiveDocs on memoQweb

We are constantly improving and adding new functionality to memoQweb so that project participants can collaborate more effectively online and project managers can take advantage of a full project management workflow. As a next step, we are adding LiveDocs to the available resources for online projects. Project managers can now add or remove LiveDocs corpora that are available on the server to and from the associated projects. Look out for more functionality to come in future releases!

Rename projects on memoQweb

Based on our users’ feedback and suggestions, memoQ project managers and server administrators are now allowed to rename projects on memoQweb.

TM+ enhancements

Concordance in TM+

With the new Guess translation function, concordance can be used to find the translation of a word or expression that’s not included in your term bases. From memoQ 10.3 on, this feature is also available in TM+ as well as classic translation memories.

User roles in TM+

Storing user roles for TM entries or importing/converting TM entries with user roles has become possible in TM+.

When a user changes an existing TM entry, that existing entry will be overwritten, along with its user role. In the case of a TMX import or TM+ conversion, if there are multiple versions of translations for the same source segment modified by different user roles, then memoQ picks the entry that has the “most valuable” user role.

In-country Review improvements

The ICR tool in memoQ 10.3 will feature the following:

• A new ICR configuration option for the PM: An ICR user can now be configured to edit and comment, rather than just comment. The PM can also configure whether or not the edits made by the ICR users are displayed with tracked changes (the ICR user can switch between the two views in the ICR editor).
• My Review Tasks page: We have added a simplified version of the My Taskspage in WebTrans, accessible from any ICR document by clicking the back arrow in the top left corner or shown as the default page for the ICR user when directly logging in to the memoQ TMS.
• If you have images for terms, these are now also displayed on the Terms side panel.
• Users can insert terms displayed on the Terms panel into the target segment of the active row (except for forbidden terms).
• Replace is now available in addition to Find.
• Under the Help menu, the Keyboard shortcuts dialog offers users a quick reference tool.

Reference files in LiveDocs

From memoQ 10.3 on, you will have a distinct import option when uploading reference files into LiveDocs rather than needing to check the Import as binary option in the import filter. We have also added a Description field for all LiveDocs documents (including reference files) to make it easier for PMs to communicate the value of each corpus document to linguists without writing a lengthy explanatory email.

Moreover, reference files of any source language can be uploaded to a LiveDocs corpus in a project, thereby allowing a greater variety of reference files (e.g., a Swedish IKEA catalog can now be uploaded to an English-German project). All reference files in a project are available to all project participants, regardless of the document languages and the users’ assignments, thereby allowing for more diversity of reference files.

These improvements were designed while working on the In-country review tool, but they are also available to all users working with LiveDocs documents.

memoQ server backup tool revamp

The scope of the backup has become more versatile to reduce disk space, optimize speed, and enhance performance. Users can now freely configure the backup scope by choosing which files to back up and, if your enterprise data warehouse is handling a memoQ database, decide whether the database needs to be backed up. This helps optimize performance and ensures that memoQ is fully aligned with your organization’s data management policies.

Finally, the code has been separated from the Deployment Tool. This eliminates the potential failure of the backup if the Deployment Tool is left running on the server when a scheduled backup is due.

Machine translation improvements

Google Advanced MT plugin renewal for Native models

Google’s machine learning infrastructure is changing. The custom models of Google’s machine learning platform (AutoML) have a new shape and form. The former models have become obsolete (called Legacy models), and the new models are now called Native models.

We have upgraded the plugin to enable you to work with the custom models of the renewed AutoML service. The renewed plugin now includes both Legacy and Native models.

Google Advanced MT – added PEM certificate authentication option

For enhanced security, users can now use the Google Advanced MT plugin with their own PEM certificate to encrypt the translation data traveling between memoQ and Google.

Expose Edit Distance Report to WebPM

Edit distance reports are used to show you how much work has been done by translators and reviewers, and how good your supporting technologies (TMs and MT) are. When generating the edit distance report, memoQ computes the amount of editing required to transform the source text into the target text. Edit distance reports are now available in WebPM.

Plugin chunked download through WCF

We renewed the MT plugins’ data communication between the memoQ server and the memoQ desktop client to make it faster and more reliable.

Other features and improvements

• Adjust default behavior for security measures
  The suggested default password settings have been improved on the memoQ server.
• WebTrans accessibility improvements
• WebTrans accessibility improvements
  • When displaying the translation results, the screen reader software can communicate to the user the selected translation result as well as its percentage value.
  • WebTrans will remember the state of accessibility mode after you’ve refreshed the screen.
• Introducing lookaround in Regex Tagger
  By defining regular expressions, you can convert parts of the text into inline tags. You can create regexes subsequently, but so far, the subsequent regex rules have been applied to the text that had already been converted by a previous regex. The new functionality allows you to write regexes with lookahead and lookbehind components and make the original text available to subsequential regex rules.
• Locking/Unlocking possible in online projects (memoQweb)
  The Locking/unlocking ability (introduced in memoQ 10.2) is now also available in memoQweb.
• Support TM+ in package workflow
  When a filtered package (one TMX has been created from one or more relevant TMs of a project) is being imported, the newly created TM will become a classic TM if at least one of the original TMs was a Classic TM, or a TM+ if all original TMs were TM+s.
• CORS support for CMS API
  CMS API is now enabled to work securely with applications with web-based GUI. Integrating the latter systems with memoQ becomes easier while keeping security at the forefront of the integrations.

Business Analytics

Taking a data-driven approach to localization is crucial for businesses who want to optimize their processes and drive a higher ROI. We can get you one step closer to that exact goal via Business Analytics, memoQ’s unparalleled analytics solution for memoQ TMS customers. With Business Analytics, you can build and visualize advanced and highly customizable reports for your localization projects. Understanding how much work has been done in a project and how much work has been saved with memoQ TMS has never been so easy.

Moderated term bases available in Qterm

When a term base is used by multiple translators in a project, users can add new terms to the term base from the memoQ translation editor. These new terminology items, though, will need to be approved or rejected by a terminologist before they are finalized in the term base. So far, this feature had only been available in memoQ term bases. From memoQ 10.2 on, moderation is also possible in Qterm term bases. To create a moderated term base, simply check the Moderated term base check box. The functionality of moderated Qterm term bases is the same as memoQ term bases, including late disclosure. When the Late disclosure option is enabled, the newly added entries only appear to the other translators after terminologist approval. If the option is disabled, everyone can see the new terms even before moderation takes place. Keep in mind, the terminologist may later decide to reject the term, at which point it disappears from the term base and is no longer visible under the Translation results.

Thanks to the new function, moderated memoQ term bases can also be converted into Qterm term bases.

Add TMs for reverse look-up directly in templates

As a memoQ server administrator or project manager, you can add reverse language TMs to project templates so that they automatically are present in every project you create with the template. When configuring a template, you can select the Include reverse TMs check box, which means that reverse language TMs with the required metadata will also be included in the project.

Locking/unlocking possible in online projects

When working with local projects, you can lock segments (meaning once a segment is locked, you cannot edit or change it further), or have memoQ automatically lock segments based on selected criteria, such as Confirmed by Reviewer 2, etc. With memoQ 10.2, locking and unlocking segments is also possible in online projects, in the desktop version, or in WS-API. This update further facilitates the transition between local and online projects.

Other user-requested features & tweaks

Exporting embedded files in automated workflows

Embedded files, such as an Excel file embedded into a PPTX or ZIP files, appear as separate documents in memoQ. In automatic workflows, embedded documents will be handled together with the main document (e.g., they will only be given review status once all embedded documents have been translated).

Remove light resources in batch

Light resources (such as filter configurations), which can be abundant if you work with multiple clients and projects, can now be deleted in bulk.

Do not exclude “oversized” segments

If a segment in another tool’s XLIFF happens to be over the limit that memoQ can handle (4 000 characters), it is no longer omitted during import, but split into smaller chunks and imported with the rest of the segments.

Support TM+ in package workflow

When working with Packages in memoQ TMS, TM+s are no longer converted into classic TMs when exporting, but they keep their TM+ status and can be reimported as such. This way, they can be handled in the same way by all project participants and show up identically in your statistics.

Placeholder {deadline} added to SubVendorGroupDistribution

As a project manager, you can now add the placeholder {deadline} in the Project distributed with subvendor group assignments email template so that you can notify subvendors about the deadline.

Enhancing font substitution: handle change between scripts

memoQ’s font substitution settings enable the use of a different font in the translated document—from memoQ 10.2 on, font substitution can also handle changes from one script to another (e.g., from Latin characters to Japanese ones).

New online tool for in-country reviewer

Some translations are not only reviewed by linguists but also by subject matter experts typically living in the specific target language market. To further facilitate the life of in-country reviewers, we introduce memoQ’s in-country review tool. With a link, provided by the project manager and/or the memoQ server, in-country reviewers can start reviewing the assigned translation in a browser, without the need for having memoQ installed on their computers or use other options such as WebTrans, which is primarily designed for linguists.

In memoQ 10.1, they can comment on any given part of the translation, see comments made by other project participants, download reference files, find words and expressions, and more. Further features and improvements are expected in the upcoming memoQ releases.

In-country review tool benefits for project managers

With the introduction of the new online in-country review tool, project managers can benefit from this development just as much as in-country reviewers. Project managers can set what ICRs can see and do, customize their experience by selecting reference files, term bases, and non-translatables from the resources already added to the project, and include a message with instructions, among other features.

They can overall enjoy more sophisticated user management and project setup. Further features and improvements are expected in the upcoming memoQ releases.

AI-based quality estimates for machine-translated content

With AIQE, language service providers and enterprises can effectively address the risks associated with the unreliable quality of machine translation. memoQ can be integrated with a myriad of machine translation engines and to make sure that our users can exploit them more effectively, we introduce AIQE, artificial intelligence-based quality estimate, available via integrations with TAUS and ModelFront.

In memoQ 10.1, AIQE offers proper guidance on the quality of machine-translated content, enabling language service providers and enterprises to benefit more from machine translation technology while saving costs and time. Through continuous developments, AIQE will eventually be able to provide quality-secured, fully automated localization workflows, enhanced user efficiency via lowering the risks of MT usage, a quick comparison of the effectiveness of various MT engines, and less time spent on post-editing.

WebTrans Accessibility

Translation management systems should help each and every translator thrive. Therefore, we want to make memoQ available for anyone who needs it, including visually impaired translators. With memoQ 10.1, we are rolling out Accessibility Mode in WebTrans to do just that.

When you switch the Accessibility Mode button to ON, text input fields are superimposed over the translation grid cells with their content included, thus making it possible to read and edit the segments as you go using a screen reading software such as JAWS. Inline tags and formatting tags are displayed in these text input fields as raw text; this allows screen reading software to read aloud these tags and enables the user to separate tags from text.

Machine Translation Improvements: DeepL

Currently, DeepL’s glossary function is only available for a limited language list that does not contain language subvariants. This introduced limitations for our users when working with subvariants.

In 10.1, we are introducing a tweak that helps override this problem by having memoQ only forward the major language to the DeepL terminology request. In the meantime, we keep the sublanguage for the translation request (as DeepL handles the sublanguages during the translation).

TM+

TM+ is memoQ’s new-generation translation memory engine that works better in a server environment. It offers all major TM features, and memoQ supported languages. It can handle translation memories with more than 10 million segments, and scales well with more CPU cores. Its TMX import performance is much faster than the classic TM engine’s, and it is less sensitive to anti-virus program activity. TM+ is also more stable than the classic TM, as its architecture prevents corruption by design.

• Performance improvements including pretranslation, statistics, and lookup results
• Thanks to its stability, TM+ can handle larger TMs seamlessly
• TM+ is first available in memoQ 10.0, new features to be added continuously

Machine translation enhancements

• SYSTRAN Neural Fuzzy Adaptation: SYSTRAN can provide more accurate translation output on the fly by enabling memoQ to provide fuzzy matches, the best hit with each translation request, from the TMs into its engine
• Feed DeepL in HTML format: You now have the option to choose between the existing XML and the new HTML formats

Detailed Edit Distance for inserted matches report can be created with an automated action

Edit distance is a widely used measurement of the translator’s work, especially with machine translation post-editing becoming a more and more widely used method of translation. An edit distance report can be created on completed documents, and after its thorough evaluation, it can provide information on the expected effort for upcoming projects.

New import filter for Phrase’s (formerly Memsource) XLIFF format

Enterprises and LSPs sometimes use Phrase as their primary TMS, so freelancers are prone to encounter with its file format more frequently. By using the new Phrase XLIFF import filter, you can easily work in memoQ on projects where Phrase is your client’s TMS of choice.