#FITEuropeAssociations are really aware of the importance of #CPD. Check all the CPD events they have prepared for May and June. 👇
fit-europe-rc.org/.../cpd-news...
#translation #interpreting #xl8 #1nt #terminology #courses #Trados #memoQ #MemoQ #ethics #taxes #cybersecurity #copywriting #webinar

#FITEuropeAssociations are really aware of the importance of #CPD. Check all the CPD events they have prepared for this month. 👇
fit-europe-rc.org/en/resources...

#translation #interpreting #xl8 #1nt #terminology #courses #webinar #mentalhealth #AI #MemoQ #transcreation

"RegEx Lab" for MacOS and iOS is a simple tester and library tool similar to #RegexBuddy and the #memoQ Regex Assistant. Its simple import/export text format can be easily interconverted with the exchange formats for those other tools.

apps.apple.com/us/app/regex...

#regXL8 #xl8 #l10n #regex

Another #memoQ WYSIWYG format Find & Replace example fixing empirical chemical formulae (subscripting the numbers):

Find: (\p{L})(\d+)
Replace: $1<!sub>$2</!sub>

#regXL8

Hidden WYSIWYG tags for MS Office files in #memoQ:
<!b>word</!b> bold
<!i>word</!i> italic
<!u>word</!u> underline
<!sup>word</!sup> superscript
<!sub>word</!sub> subscript

Use Find or Find & Replace dialogs in memoQ in #regex mode w/ search enabled in tags to access the hidden formats.

#regXL8

In #regex mode, #memoQ Find & Replace can access hidden WYSIWYG format tags. A quick example to change bold text to italics:

Find: <(.+?)b
Replace: <$1i

The checkbox "Search within tags as well" must be marked.

#regXL8 #regularexpressions
#xl8 #translation #TranslationStudies
#l10n #localization

I'm starting a new "microlearning" hashtag for #regex in language services. Knowledge & solution snippets, free-form Q&A exchange, open to all under #regXL8

A lot of #memoQ stuff, also #Trados & others + #RegexBuddy, etc. All levels.

#xl8 #translation #TranslationStudies
#l10n #localization

Email from an agency to "seriously encourage" translators to use memoQ's desktop version rather than the web version, followed by a list of features that don't work well in the web version. But I guess #memoQ knows better what their clients want... 🤷‍♀️

Convert RegexBuddy libraries to the memoQ Regex Assistant! Interoperability with a popular solutions library tool and syntax analyzer

Here's the companion article for my recently published memoQ #Regex Assistant to #RegexBuddy article. It describes how to send regexes & test data from RegexBuddy to #memoQ. And maybe why you should bother with that.

open.substack.com/pub/memoquic...

#xl8 #l10n #TranslationStudies

RegexBuddy XML library export (*.rbl file)

Draft XSL 2.0 script for converting RegexBuddy library records to the memoQ Regex Assistant XML exchange format

The one-record *.rbl library from RegexBuddy converted to memoQ Regex Assistant XML format (result of the XSLT)

Now I've got the XSLT for converting #RegexBuddy libraries to the #memoQ Regex Assistant library format, taking along any test data as well. This should be useful to some people for migrating regular expressions to use in other #translation environments. #xl8

Convert memoQ Regex Assistant libraries to RegexBuddy! Another way to share regular expression resources to work on other platforms

Here's how to move your #memoQ #Regex Assistant solution libraries to #RegexBuddy (Paul Filkin's favorite tool):

open.substack.com/pub/translat...

#xl8 #translation #l10n #localization

#memoQ clearly doesn’t value its freelancer client base. I use MQ in a single desktop configuration with all plug-ins etc switched off and settings tailored to the way I work - solo. A web solution is of no benefit to me at all and far less secure.

Test data for your Regex Assistant library? A modest proposal and some worrisome news.

A suggestion for improving information saved in the #memoQ Regex Assistant library, and a bit of troubling news from Hungary....

open.substack.com/pub/memoquic...

A note from memoQ announcing their desktop software as a dead end.

Today from the #memoQ Users' Ideas Portal. I'll comment another day after my hand is out of the cast....

Marianna Nagy Dear all, We appreciate your valuable suggestions and feedback on improving memoQ. Your insights help us shape the future of our platform, and we are grateful for your continued support. Let me share an update regarding our development priorities: While we will continue maintaining our desktop application, we will no longer be introducing new features for it. Our focus is shifting towards enhancing our web-based platform. Our resources will be dedicated to developing and improving the web interface to provide a more seamless and feature-rich experience. Over time, we will gradually migrate key desktop functionalities to the web, ensuring an even better user experience. Some new features will be exclusively available on the web platform. In the long run, we remain committed to ensuring that users who do not have their own servers can also benefit from our improved web solutions. The specific feature you requested will soon be available on the brand-new memoQ editor.

Not sure what to think about this announcement by #memoQ. I prefer to have my texts, TMs, and term bases on my own computer, not on a web-based platform (that could be used to feed MT tools). And I prefer not be dependent on an internet connection or on browsers that may not always be compatible.

Signs of trouble! Along the road to more responsive currency rules and regexes....

Appeasing the Old Gods to make #memoQ #regex work for monetary expressions.

open.substack.com/pub/memoquic...

#xl8 #translation
#l10n #localization
#TranslationStudies

Part 3 for memoQ on your own terms The free March 27th terminology webinar focuses on Regex Tools for Dummies

March 27th, a free workshop on #terminology mastery with #memoQ TMS, this time delving into the blackest of arts: regular expression tools. Please share in your professional venues where relevant.

open.substack.com/pub/memoquic...

#xl8 #translation #l10n #localization #TranslationStudies

Two past webinars on #terminology in #memoQ. These have the raw recordings (with Q&A about 1h50m in each case) and session slides as PDF:

memoquickies.substack.com/p/coming-to-...

memoquickies.substack.com/p/coming-to-...

#xl8 #translation
#l10n #localization
#TranslationStudies

Coming to Terms with memoQ, Part 2 Webinar recording & slides from February 27th, 2025

Part 2 of 3 webinar recording and slides in PDF for #memoQ terminology applications in #translation #xl8 and #localization #xl8

open.substack.com/pub/memoquic...

#TranslationStudies

BDÜ Weiterbildungs- und Fachverlagsgesellschaft mbH Vorstellung der BDÜ Weiterbildungs- und Fachverlagsgesellschaft mbH.

#Webinar: #Webinarreihe zu memoQ - memoQ für Beginner - Kombiwebinar (Fr. Zerfaß).
Termine: 11.3., 18.3., 25.3.2025
www.bdue-fachverlag.de/detail_webin...
#xl8 #cpd #memoq #cattool

Coming to Terms with memoQ, Part 1 Webinar recording and slides from February 20, 2025

Here's the raw recording of yesterday's online terminology workshop for #memoQ users, along with slides. As indicated in the notes, the video will be replaced by an edited, indexed version when I have time for that.

open.substack.com/pub/memoquic...

#xl8 #translation #TranslationStudies

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It lives! A blast from the past....

Not many listserves around, but the old Yahoo group for #memoQ that was revived some years ago on groups (dot) io is still in business. Another cluster of experienced people to answer questions.

groups.io/g/memoQ

#xl8 #translation
#l10n
#TranslationStudies

memoQ Terminology Tools & You A survey of features, problems and desired possibilities

#memoQ users! Please take a few minutes to respond to this survey on your #terminology experience with this #translation environment. Your answers will be used for preparing upcoming talks and other tutorials. ThanQ!

Feel free to repost,
#xl8 #l10n

bit.ly/memoQtermSur...

Keyboard shortcut: canceling a filter Sometimes that feature you want is already there. Have a look!

Inspired by a frustrated user's request for a feature in #memoQ, here's a little tips article about how to discover keyboard shortcuts (or where you should add them) and some other possibly useful stuff.

open.substack.com/pub/memoquic...

#xl8 #translation #l10n #localization
#TranslationStudies

Another #memoQ Ideas Portal suggestion to upvote! I know this sounds a bit nerdy, but trust me, it's really helpful.

Idea # PUBL-I-1206

ideas.memoq.com/ideas/PUBL-I...

memoQ translation and editing grid showing auto-translation hits from four different sets of German to English currency expression rules.

memoQ project Settings showing 4 German to English currency expression auto-translation rules selected. Of course one would usually only select ONE set!

An example of output from four different DE-EN currency expression auto-translation rulesets for #memoQ. Of course, for real work, only one set would be chosen according to your style guide or preference. #Regex tools needing no syntax skills to use!

#xl8 #translation #financial

memoQ Users' Ideas Portal

#memoQ users: if you're on the memoQ Ideas Portal (ideas.memoq.com), please look for PUBL-I-1205 and support the suggestion (upvote). This is for expanding the visible representation of non-printing and invisible (zero-width) characters that cause so many problems in some translation work.

The built-in #memoQ editors for resources like auto-translation rules really SUCK. So I maintain my rules in external code editors where I can use extensive XML comments for documentation and maintenance. Here's one currency ruleset in both environments.

#xl8 #translation
#l10n #localization

memoQ translation environment showing auto-translation rule hits to convert a mess of German source currency expressions to consistent formats specified for the English translation.

#memoQ auto-translation rules take structured texts such as dates, legal citations or currency expressions (shown here) and automatically create a desired target language equivalent. Today I released updates for my German to English currency expression rules.

#xl8 #translation #TranslationStudies

memoQfest 2025 Call For Papers Submit your proposal for memoQfest 2025! Theme of this year's conference: Human Knowledge & Machine Learning. May 15-16 | Budapest, Hungary

#memoQfest 2025 is happening on May 15 & 16 in Budapest. The call for papers closes February 12.

I'll submit a proposal for a workshop on the #memoQ Regex Assistant library for mastering regular expression solutions... without learning the awful syntax.

www.memoqfest.com/call-for-pap...