Suggestions from term bases are blue. memoQ checks each word and phrase in the source cell, and offers a suggestion for each that is found in the project's term bases.
There are three types of "blue" (term base-like) matches:
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- The match comes from a regular term base. In many environments, this is considered the authoritative source.
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- The match comes from an accepted entry in a term extraction session.
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- The match comes from an external terminology service. To learn more, see section about the Terminology plugins pane of Options.
When you select a term base entry in the results list, the details of the entry appear below the list, in a formatted layout:
- Only the terms from the project languages are displayed, with the source language term on top, followed by the target term(s).
- Only the term selected in the Translation results list is expanded (both source and target), all other terms within the entry are collapsed.
To expand or collapse a term's information: On the right side of the term, click the triangle pointing downwards or to the right.
To edit a term base entry: Click the Edit entry
icon in the upper-right corner. The Edit term base entry window opens.
To add the current segment to the term entry as an example: Under the language you want to update, click Update from active segment.
To add a concordance hit to the term entry as an example: Select a phrase in the translation editor, press Ctrl+K, select the concordance hit you want to add, and under the language you want to update, click Update from active segment.
To copy term information: Select entry-level (in the above image, Project and Client), language-level (Definition) and term-level (Example) metadata with your mouse. Press Ctrl+C. Or, right-click anywhere in this area, and choose Copy selection, Copy term pair info, or Copy entry info from the menu.
If the project you are working on has a Qterm term base, you can also add entries and edit existing entries in the Qterm term base (if you have the necessary permissions).
A match from a Qterm term base looks like this:
You can also start a discussion for a Qterm term base entry:
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Click the Discussion
icon: the Start a discussion dialog appears.
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Enter a summary, a problem statement, and a suggested resolution, which start a discussion. If there are already discussions for the entry, they are listed below the terms, under Related discussions.
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To contribute to a discussion: Click the heading of the discussion. The Topics window opens.
You cannot add a discussion or participate in one if the discussions are disabled on the server, in Qterm, or you are member of a group that is excluded from discussions.
You can also start a discussion for a Qterm term base entry. Click the Discussion
icon: the Start a discussion dialog appears where you can enter a summary, a problem statement, and a suggested resolution, which start a discussion. If there are already discussions for the entry, they are listed below the terms, under Related discussions. To contribute to a discussion, click the heading of the discussion: that opens the Topics window.
Note: You cannot add a discussion or participate in one if the discussions are disabled on the server, in Qterm, or you are member of a group that is excluded from discussions.
When there are many term base hits: memoQ will order them, and even hide some, so that you get the most relevant list. By default, the hits appear as they come in the source text. If part of the source text is covered by more than one hits, the longer match will hide the shorter one (if you click the eye
icon, the shorter ones will also appear). If there are several hits for the exact same source expression, the hits will be ranked by the priority of the term base and also their details: if two term base hits come from the same term base, but one of them has more in common with the project than the other, it will win. To learn more: See the page about the Translation results settings window.