FAQs

This page is a collection of solutions to problems I encountered and solved in my work as a translator. I’m collecting them here in the hope that they may save someone a bit of time the next time they try to solve a similar problem.

CAT tool terminology tips

• memoQ’s version of Déjà Vu’s great ‘Lexicon’ feature

Data cleaning

• What to do when a TMX import fails?

File conversions and prepping

• Is there a quick and easy way to convert .mqxliff (memoQ) into .sdlxliff (SDL Trados Studio)?

Hardware

• Windows Precision Touchpads (aka Why are Windows touchpads still so crap?)

Machine translation

• Way to force certain terms to be translated a certain way (using a project glossary)?
• Program to monitor changes being made by the translator to MT output and auto-change it?

Straight (') or curly (’) quotes

• How can I make memoQ automatically type curly (‘…’, “…”) apostrophes and quotes?
• For SEO purposes, is it better to use straight (') or curly (’) apostrophes and quotes?

SEO

• MediaWiki SEO: 5 tips to improve your wiki

Computer Aided Translation Tool