An export path rule tells memoQ where it must export finished translation. The rule defines a folder and a document name: When you use the Export (stored path) command, memoQ saves the finished translation to this folder and under that name.

There are two types of export path rules:

A file rule sets the folder and the name of documents that were originally imported separately, by selecting files. This is what happens usually.

A folder rule sets the folder and name for documents that were originally imported as part of whole folder structures, using the Import folder structure command.

In a project, you can have exactly one file rule and exactly one folder rule. They must be edited separately.

The default export path rules use these paths and names:

A file rule saves the translated documents to the same folder where they were imported from. The name of the document will be the same, too, except that memoQ adds the three-letter code of the target language to the end.

A folder rule creates another main folder. The name of the folder will be the same, except that memoQ adds the three-letter code of the target language to it. Inside the main folder, all folders and documents will be called the same.

If you want this differently, you must edit the export path rule to set up the pattern for folder and the document names.

How to get here

1.At the very top of the memoQ window - in the Quick Access toolbar quick-access-default -, click the Resource console (ring binder) icon-resconsole icon. The Resource console window opens, with the Translation memories pane.

2.Under Resource, click Export path rules. The Export path rules pane appears.

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What can you do?

Create a new empty export path rule

Create a new export path rule by copying an existing one

View and manage online export path rules (on a memoQ server)

Pin export path rules to the list: Make them appear permanently

Find an export path rule on the list

Export or import an export path rule

Edit an export path rule

View the name, language, and description of an export path rule; edit the name and the description

Delete an export path rule

Share an export path rule on a server - or remove it

Publish an export path rule on a server - or stop publishing it

Set permissions over an online export path rule

When you finish

To work with another type of resource: Under Resource, choose another category.

To return to your work: Switch to the memoQ main window. Press and hold down Alt, and press Tab, until you get to the memoQ main window. Or, on the Windows taskbar, click the memoQ icon, then click the memoQ main window. The Resource Console stays open.

Or, you can close the Resource Console: Click Close.

If you opened a translation memory, a term base, or a LiveDocs document for editing: Switch to the memoQ main window (or close the Resource console), and then go to the editor tab.