Moving from MT settings to Translate with AGT

Starting from memoQ 11.5, we're moving the settings memoQ AGT uses during translation.

The goal is to simplify and centralize how you manage machine translation across your projects.

This means we’ve moved the configuration logic:

  • Before: You configured MT plugin behavior in the MT settings.

  • Now: It’s all set up in the Translate with AGT window.

How does it work?

If you’re already creating your memoQ AGT settings and projects on the new workflow, you’re ready to work.

However, if you’re working with existing MT settings (from memoQ 11.4 or earlier), or mixing workflows, watch out — behavior can change.

How to stay safe?

To avoid unexpected behavior:

  • Always use the latest version of the memoQ desktop and memoQ TMS.

  • Always use new settings created in the Translate with AGT window in the current version of memoQ (11.5 or later).

  • Don’t reuse MT settings created in older projects (memoQ 11.4 or earlier).

    If you must reuse them, open, edit, and save them again in the new version — this will eliminate all of them.

If you're still working with older MT settings, or if you're mixing new settings with the old behavior, here are the key situations to watch out for:

  1. Translating with old MT settings (memoQ 11.4 or earlier)

    memoQ shows you a warning about your translation, and then:

    • Translation will succeed, but it will ignore settings created in the Translate with AGT window. memoQ completes the translation using the old MT plugin settings (loads MT settings values to the Translate with AGT window). You won’t have an option to change them anymore.

    • Instead, it will use the old plugin settings from the MT settings.

  2. Editing an old MT settings (created in memoQ 11.4 or earlier)

    memoQ shows no warning, but it ignores previous settings and drops them when saved.

  3. Translating with a mix of old and new memoQ versions ( memoQ desktop app or memoQ TMS)

    memoQ shows no warning, but behavior changes:

    • Translation will succeed, but memoQ falls back to the default settings from the Translate with AGT window (the default settings of the memoQ 11.5 in the Translate with AGT window, or the default settings of the memoQ AGT settings from memoQ 11.4 or former versions).

    • Your configuration set in the Translate with AGT window will be ignored.

  4. Editing old MT settings again

    memoQ shows no warning, but behavior changes:

    • When you’re editing and saving MT settings they replace old settings in the process.

    • Your original MT settings are deleted.

Best practices

  • Always use MT settings created in memoQ 11.5 or later.

  • If needed, update your old MT settings: edit and save them in the current memoQ version (11.5 or later).

Keep in mind that if you continue using memoQ 11.4 or earlier in your workflow, even with updated settings, some features may behave differently.