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 this plugin to set up Intento's services in memoQ.

How to get here

  1. At the top of the memoQ window, click the Resource console Resource console icon. icon. The Resource console window opens.
  2. In the Server URL list, choose or type the server's address. Or, to see local resources only, choose My computer. Click the Select Select icon. button.
  3. In the left-side pane, click the MT settings MT settings icon. icon. The MT settings pane appears.
  4. For projects with more than one target language: In the top-right corner, choose a language from the Target language dropdown list if needed. Or, to use the same MT settings for all target languages, do not change the default value (All languages).
  5. Select the MT settings resource you are using, and click Edit under the list.
  6. On the Services tab, find the plugin and click its row. If it is active, click its row to open the Intento plugin settings window. If it is grayed out, click its row once to turn it on, then click it again to open the settings.

Intento plugin settings window with two options to connect to Intento MT HUB and select provider, billing account, Model, glossary, and provider-agnostic glossaries.

To start using MT providers, set up the plugin:

  1. Get access to the service: Register at https://console.inten.to, and get an API key.

    If you have a subscription to one or more MT services, you can connect them to your Intento account. Then you can use them via the Intento MT plugin.

  2. Click the Enter your API key button.

  3. In the Intento API key box, paste the API key.

  4. To confirm: Click the Test and save button. If the key is valid, the Change MT settings button becomes available.

At this point, other fields can't be manually edited.

What can you do?

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), without saving 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.)