Resource Console - TM settings
A TM settings profile tells memoQ how to get matches from translation memory. This means two things:
- Match thresholds. These are two numbers: One of them sets the minimum match rate of any match that memoQ shows. The other tells memoQ what counts as a good match. (You can pre-translate documents with good matches or better. That's where memoQ uses this second number.)
- Penalties: A match is not always reliable. The match rate is supposed to tell how much you need to work on the translation you got. But it can actually be worse if the translation is bad or inadequate. For these cases, you use penalties - so that the match rate will be lower than memoQ originally computed.
To learn more about penalties, see the topic about editing TM settings.
Belongs to a project, not to a translation memory: You choose a TM settings profile for a project, not for a translation memory. If you choose a TM settings profile for a project, memoQ uses them for all translation memories in the project. Then again, in a different project, you can use different TM settings for the same translation memories.
How to get here
- At the very top of the memoQ window - in the Quick Access toolbar -, click the Resource console (ring binder) icon. The Resource console window opens, with the Translation memories pane.
- Under Resource, click TM settings. The TM settings pane appears.
What can you do?
- Under the list of TM settings profiles, click Create new.
- The Create new TM settings window opens.
- Type a name for the TM settings profile. You may also type a description.
To learn more: See Help about the Create new TM settings window.
- Click OK.
Default settings: When you create a new TM settings profile, it will use the default settings. To make it work, you need to change the settings. To do that, edit the TM settings profile.
On your computer or on a server? memoQ will create the TM settings profile at the location shown at the top, in the Server URL box. At first, it is My Computer: memoQ will create the new TM settings profile on your computer. However, you can select a server at the top, in the Server URL box. In that case, memoQ will offer to create the TM settings profile on that server - if you have the permission to do so.
- In the list of TM settings profiles, select the one you need to copy.
- Under the list of TM settings profiles, click Clone.
- The Clone TM settings into a new resource window opens. It's the same as the Create new TM settings window.
- Type a name for the TM settings profile. You may also type a description.
To learn more: See Help about the Create new TM settings window.
- Click OK.
Normally, memoQ will show TM settings profiles from your own computer. However, you can manage online TM settings profiles from memoQ servers that you have access to.
To view the TM settings profiles from a memoQ server or from a memoQ cloud:
- At the top of the Resource console window, there is a Server URL drop-down box. Type or choose the address of the memoQ server.
- After you type or choose the address of the memoQ server, click Select.
You may need to log in to the memoQ server: If you have not used the server before, the Log in to server window opens. Type your user name and password for that server, and click OK.
- memoQ will show the TM settings profiles from that server and from your computer (those never disappear).
Online TM settings profiles have the cloud or the sun icon, and the server is shown next to them:
The sun icon means that your computer has automatically downloaded the TM settings profile, so that it can be used in a project without delay.
You must have permission for the TM settings profiles: It is not enough to have access to the memoQ server. To use a TM settings profile, you need at least Use permission over the TM settings profile itself. If you are not sure, contact the owner of the memoQ server.
Now you can create or edit TM settings profiles on the server, or perform other actions on them. You need permissions over the TM settings profiles to do so.
Normally, memoQ shows online TM settings profiles only if their server is selected in the Server URL box.
Hovewer, if you frequently use a TM settings profile, you can pin it to the list. To pin an online TM settings profile to the list, click the empty cell at the left of its row:
When a TM settings profile is pinned to the list, it shows a pin in that cell:
When you select another server or My Computer in the Server URL box, the pinned TM settings profile remains on the list.
If there are too many TM settings profiles on the list, you can filter the list. At the top of the TM settings pane, there is a Name/description box.
Type a word or two in the Name/description box. It will narrow the list immediately to those TM settings profiles that have those words in their names or descriptions.
To sort the list by a detail or another: Click the column header of the column you need. For example, to sort the list by name, click the Name header at the top of the list.
You can export a TM settings profile into an .mqres file. An .mqres file is an XML file where memoQ saves resources like TM settings profiles, QA profiles, TM settings etc. These are called light resources because they don't contain a large amount of linguistic data.
To export a TM settings profile:
- In the list, select the TM settings profile you need to export.
- Under the list, click Export. A Save As window opens.
Or: Right-click the TM settings profile. From the menu, choose Export.
- Find a folder and a name for the file, and click Save. memoQ will export all details from the TM settings profile in the file.
You can also import a TM settings profile from a .mqres file. When you import an .mqres file, memoQ will always create a new TM settings profile.
Because memoQ saves all kinds of resources in .mqres files, you need to make sure that your .mqres file contains a TM settings profile.
To import a TM settings profile from an .mqres file:
- At the bottom of the TM settings tab, click Import new. An Open window appears.
- Select the .mqres file. Click Open.
- The Import new TM settings window opens. It's the same as the Create new TM settings window.
- memoQ will pick up the name of the rule set from the .mqres file. However, you can give it a new name, and type a new description, too.
- Click OK.
To learn more: See Help about the Create new TM settings window.
On your computer or on a server? memoQ will create the TM settings profile at the location shown at the top, in the Server URL box. At first, it is My Computer: memoQ will create the new TM settings profile on your computer. However, you can select a server at the top, in the Server URL box. In that case, memoQ will offer to create the TM settings profile on that server - if you have the permission to do so.
- In the list of TM settings profiles, select the one you need to edit.
- Under the list of TM settings profiles, click Edit.
- The Edit TM settings window opens.
- Change the TM settings profile as necessary.
To learn more: See Help about the Edit TM settings window.
Cannot edit the default settings: You can't edit the Default TM settings profile. If you need a resource that you can edit, clone the Default settings profile first.
- In the list, select the TM settings profile.
- Below the list, click Properties.
- The Resource properties window opens. It's the same as the Create new TM settings window.
- If necessary, change the name or the description of the resource. Click OK.
To learn more: See Help about the Create new TM settings window.
After you put together a TM settings profile on your computer, you can share them on a memoQ server that you have access to.
- In the Server URL box, choose the server. Click Select. Log in to the server if necessary.
- Find the local TM settings profile on the list. Select it.
A local TM settings profile is marked by a computer icon.
- At the bottom, click Share on Server. The Share resource on server window opens.
- You may choose a different name for the online copy of the TM settings profile, and you may also delete the local TM settings profile after it is shared. Make your choices, and click OK.
memoQ will copy the TM settings profile to the selected server, and make it available there, with the default permissions.
To remove a TM settings profile from a server:
- In the Server URL box, choose the server. Click Select. Log in to the server if necessary.
- In the list, find the TM settings profile you need to remove. Select it.
- At the bottom, click Remove from server. The Remove TM settings from server window opens.
This command will not simply remove the TM settings profile from the server: it will copy the TM settings profile to your computer.
- You may choose a different name for the local copy of the TM settings profile, and you may also keep the online TM settings profile after it is "removed". Make your choices, and click OK.
memoQ will copy the TM settings profile to your computer.
Online TM settings profiles are normally published. This means that they are accessible through the memoQ server.
However, you can unpublish a TM settings profile:
- In the Server URL box, choose the server. Click Select. Log in to the server if necessary.
- Find the TM settings profile on the list.
- Right-click the TM settings profile, and choose Unpublish.
After you unpublish a TM settings profile, it will still be stored on the server, but it will not be accessible. Users cannot use it in projects. To publish it again, right-click it, and choose Publish.
Admin permission needed: To change the permissions over a TM settings profile, you need the Admin permission over it.
To change who can do what with an online TM settings profile, do this:
- In the Server URL box, choose the server. Click Select. Log in to the server if necessary.
- Find the TM settings profile on the list. Select it.
- At the bottom, click Set Permissions. The Permissions window opens.
- Choose the users or groups who can access the TM settings profile, and set their access levels. Add an expiry date to each permission if necessary. Click OK.
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.