Intento plugin settings

Intento is a machine translation service aggregator. It offers more than 25 services from different MT providers including Amazon, Baidu, DeepL, Google, and Microsoft. (See the complete list below.) Use the Intento plugin to set up how to use Intento's services in memoQ.

How to get here

For a local profile:

1. At the top of the memoQ window, in the Quick Access toolbar, click the Options  icon. The Options window opens.
2. On the Default resources pane, click the MT settings  icon. The MT settings pane appears.
3. Select the MT profile you are using and under the list, click Edit.
4. On the Services tab, find the plugin and click its row. If it is turned on, click its row to open the Intento plugin settings window. If it is turned off, click its row once to turn it on, then click it again to open the settings.

For an online profile:

1. At the top of the memoQ window, in the Quick Access toolbar, click the Resource console  icon. The Resource console window opens.
2. In the Server URL list, choose or type the server's address. Click the Select  button.
3. In the left-side pane, click the MT settings  icon. The MT settings pane appears.
4. Select the MT profile you are using and under the list, click Edit.
5. On the Services tab, find the plugin and click its row. If it is turned on, click its row to open the Intento plugin settings window. If it is turned off, click its row once to turn it on, then click it again to open the settings.
   

What can you do?

Set up the plugin

1. Get access to the service: Register at https://console.inten.to. You will get an API key.
2. Click the Enter your Intento API key button. In the Intento API key box, paste the API key. (If you type it, and need to check it, make sure nobody can see your screen, and check the Unmask check box.)
3. Click the Test and save button. If the key is valid, the Change MT settings button becomes available.

Let Intento choose a service

Intento can choose the best one provider for your content. To use it: In the Configure machine translation window, check the Select MT provider automatically based on the Intento Benchmarks check box. The Provider dropdown is now grayed out. Intento will manage all the services, and you will pay to Intento for using machine translation services.

Intento regularly evaluates MT providers. When you use this setting, the Intento plugin sends the source segments to a few MT services (chosen based on the latest evaluation) that cost less than 25 USD for 1 million characters, and chooses the best service for the language pair you are using.

Use one MT service via the Intento plugin

If you have not subscribed to any MT service, you will pay to Intento for using the machine translation service.

1. Click the Change MT settings button.
2. In the Configure machine translation window, choose a service from the Provider dropdown.
   
3. In the Billing account region, select via Intento from the dropdown.
4. If the selected MT service has any settings, those appear after the Billing account region. Set these as needed.
5. Click the Test and save button.

To see short descriptions in the Configure machine translation window, click the ? icons.

Set up a service for yourself

If you have subscribed to one or more MT services, you can set those up in the Intento plugin. This way, you will pay to each service provider separately.

1. Click the Change MT settings button.
2. In the Configure machine translation window, choose a service from the Provider dropdown.
   

3. In the Billing account region, choose your MT service account. To refresh the account list for this provider, click the Refresh  button.

   To connect your own account for this provider, click the link under the account selector dropdown.

4. If the selected MT service has any settings, those appear after the Billing account region. Set these as needed.
5. Click the Test and save button.

If you have more than one subscription, repeat steps 1 to 5 as needed.

Use custom MT engines

If an MT service allows using custom engines, you can set them up like this:

In the Configure machine translation window, in the Model region, check the Use custom MT model check box.

Copy and paste your custom engine's ID text into the text field. Or, if you see a dropdown here, you can also choose an existing engine.

You do not need an own account for this: You can use custom models without subscribing to MT providers. Just don't choose your billing account from the dropdown.

Set up access via a proxy server

Using a proxy server may help protecting your privacy. To access Intento's service via a proxy server:

1. At the bottom of the Intento plugin settings window, click the Advanced button.
2. In the Advanced settings window, check the Enable proxy server check box.
3. Enter the proxy server's name or IP address, then the port number.
4. To set a user name and password for the proxy server, check the Authorization required check box, and fill in the two text boxes.
5. Click the Save button.

Help Intento in troubleshooting - if you have a problem

Normally, Intento does not store your source or target text after translation. This can make troubleshooting difficult. If you turn on logging for a time, Intento support can check your problem more easily. To do this:

1. At the bottom of the Intento plugin settings window, click the Advanced button.
2. In the Advanced settings window, check the Log translation text for 30 minutes check box.
3. Click the Save button.

Intento will not use your texts for any other purpose, and they will delete them in a month. Still, check with your customer if you are allowed to send text samples.

When you finish

To save the settings, and return to the Default resources tab of the Options window (or to the Resource console): Click OK, then click OK again.

To return to the Default resources tab of the Options window (or to the Resource console), but not save the new settings: Click Cancel, then click Cancel again.

To use the MT output in the translation editor:

1. Open a project with a supported language pair.
2. On the left side of the Project home or memoQ online project screen, click Settings.
3. In the top bar, click the MT settings  icon.
4. Choose the MT profile in the project, or one you want to add to the project. Below the list, click Edit.
5. On the Services tab of the Edit machine translation settings window, check the plugin's check box on the left.
6. On the Settings tab of the Edit machine translation settings window, in the Translation results area, choose a setting other than Off.

7. To improve the MT service by sending your translations to them: In the Self-learning MT dropdown, select the plugin.

   Check your contracts first: Only do this if your data protection, confidentiality, or non-disclosure agreements allow it.

8. Open a document for editing, and see the machine-translated suggestions.

To use the MT output in pre-translation:

1. Open a project with a supported language pair.
2. On the left side of the Project home or memoQ online project screen, click Settings.
3. In the top bar, click the MT settings  icon.
4. Choose the MT settings resource in the project, or one you want to add to the project. Below the list, click Edit.
5. On the Services tab of the Edit machine translation settings window, check the plugin's check box on the left.
6. On the Settings tab of the Edit machine translation settings window, select the plugin from the Pre-translation dropdown.
7. Run Pre-translate. In the Pre-translate and statistics window, check the Use machine translation if there is no TM match check box. (memoQ will remember this.)