Tilde MT plugin settings

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

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

Tilde MT login window. Insert client ID and click OK or click the Get my client ID link.

What can you do?

  1. Enter your Client ID and click OK.

    If you do not have a client ID: Click Get my Client ID. The Tilde authenticator page opens in a browser. Sign in, and memoQ fills in the Client ID box automatically.

  2. After you enter the client ID, the Tilde MT plugin settings window opens:

    Tilde MT plugin settings window with possible language options.

  3. The list shows the systems available for the language pair selected with the Source and Target dropdowns.

    Check the check box of a system and click OK.

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.)