memoQuickie: keyboard shortcuts for migrants

Sometimes I am asked what a particular keyboard shortcut is in memoQ. I usually answer, "I have no idea!" Why? Because as a former Déjà Vu user, I adapted my memoQ shortcuts to match DVX. Those who frequently switch applications to SDL Trados Studio or another tool can do the same for better productivity and ergonomics.

Select Tools > Resource Console... > Keyboard shortcuts. Select the default resource, then click Edit in the menu at the bottom of the dialog. This will allow you to create a "cloned" copy of the defaults, which may be edited to use the shortcuts you desire. Custom resources can be saved and exported for use on other computers.

Select the shortcut to change and type the alternative key combination

The alternative path to access keyboard shortcut resources is Tools > Options... > Keyboard shortcuts. Here you can select the active set of shortcuts.

memoQuickie: prefix matching for terms

Prefix matching is a powerful memoQ termbase feature which adds lookup flexibility for many languages. Possible settings are

• Yes - matches any prefix occurrence
• No - exact match only
• 50% minimum
• Custom - for use with wildcards (pipe character and asterisk)

Defaults can be defined when creating the termbase. Below is an example of four term entries followed and segments with various matches (displayed to the right of the segments). Note how the match patterns fit the definitions above.

 

Note that in Segment 7, only one match for Mann is found, the one with prefix matching set to "Yes", because Mann has fewer than 50% of the characters of Mannequin. In Segment 3, only the entry with the asterisk wildcard at the end matches. Why are there not more matches (like Mann in Segments 1, 2, 3 and 6)? memoQ looks for the longest possible match in the termbase.

Übersetzertreffen im März (Berlin-Kreuzberg)

Liebe Leute,

hier die Einladung zum nächsten Übersetzertreffen am:

                Donnerstag, 1. März 2012, ab 20.00 Uhr

Wie schon im Januar gehen wir wieder in das:

                Restaurant Z

                Friesenstraße 12

                10965 Berlin-Kreuzberg

                U-Bahn: Platz der Luftbrücke oder Gneisenaustraße

                (Zu Fuß jeweils knapp 10 min)

                www.restaurant-z.de

Griechisches Essen der modernen Art, eine gemütliche Atmosphäre und nette Kollegen erwarten euch - aber wem sage ich das.

Bis Donnerstag!

Andreas Linke