Tilde MT plugin settings

Set up Tilde MT to work with memoQ. Use this plugin only if you have your own engine in the Tilde MT system.

Create and train your system or systems before you use the plugin from memoQ: Manage your systems on the Tilde MT website. You need to register with the site first.

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 Tilde MT 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 Tilde MT plugin settings window. If it is turned off, click its row once to turn it on, then click it again to open the settings.

First time - before login

Later - after login

What can you do?

If this is not the first time: Read from Step 5.

  1. Obtain your access: Click Get my Client ID.
  2. The Tilde MT website opens. Register on the site if necessary.
  3. After you log on to the Tilde MT website, the Client ID box will be filled in automatically.
  4. Click OK.
  5. The Options - Tilde MT plugin window opens.

  6. memoQ lists the systems available to you. If there are too many, choose a language pair at the top.
  7. Check the check box of the system you want to use.
  8. Click OK.

    Mind the confidence: Tilde MT assigns a confidence (self-assessed quality) level to each translation it returns. Normally, it will return all translations. You can tell memoQ to return only those translations where the confidence level is 0.6 or higher. To set this up, check the Do not show translation if QE score is below check box. Enter the minimum confidence level in the box next to it.

Assign a fuzzy score to machine translations: Click Advanced. In the Advanced options window, enter a score between 0% and 100%.

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. 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 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, 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's no TM match check box. (memoQ will remember this.)