memoQ is a translation management system (TMS) and translation technology platform that runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is developed by the Hungarian software company memoQ Fordítástechnológiai Zrt. (memoQ Translation Technologies), formerly Kilgray, a provider of translation management software established in 2004 and cited as one of the fastest-growing companies in the translation technology sector in 2012,Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award press release, 2012-10-30 and 2013.Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards for 2013 memoQ provides translation memory, terminology management, machine translation and AI-assisted translation integration, workflow automation, and collaborative localization features in desktop, client/server and web-based environments.
History
memoQ,Review of the first memoQ release in Multilingual magazine by Angelika Zerfaß, June 2006Review of memoQ 5.0 in Multilingual magazine by Angelika Zerfaß, June 2012Naomi J. Sutcliffe de Moraes, "MemoQ: A Strong Contender for the Title of Best Translation Environment Tool", article in The ATA Chronicle, June 2009Review in German on uepo.de of memoQ 6.2 a translation environment tool first released in 2006,memoQ release notification May 8, 2006 in Multilingual magazine was the first product created by memoQ Translation Technologies, a company founded in Hungary by the three language technologists Balázs Kis, István Lengyel and Gábor Ugray. In the years since the software was first presented, it has grown in popularity"memoQ die Wunderwerkzeugkiste" - a report in German describing the positive experience of a translation agency's working teams with memoQ compared with similar technologies "MemoQ 3.5 - Aufsteigender Stern aus dem Osten" March 2009 review of memoQ by a large German specialist company for documentation "Die Werkzeugkiste: MemoQ" Review of memoQ on the Vienna Chamber of Commerce web site A legal translator's review of memoQ as a working tool and is now among the most frequent TEnT applications used for translation (it was rated as the third most used CAT tool in a Proz.com study in 2013 and as the second most widely used tool in a June 2010 survey of 458 working translatorsTranslation environment tool usage survey, June 2010), after SDL Trados, Wordfast, Déjà Vu, OmegaT and others. Today it is available in desktop versions for translators (Translator Pro edition), and project managers (Project Manager edition), as well as site-installed and hosted server applicationsCommon Sense Advisory blog discussing server features in memoQ 4.0 offering integration with the desktop versions and a web browser interface. There are currently several active online forums in which users provide each other with independent advice and support on the software's functions, as well as many online tutorials created by professional trainers and active users.Video of basic translation techniques with memoQ Tutorials and information on memoQ from the Translation Tribulations blog Before its commercial debut, a version of memoQ (2.0) was distributed as postcardware.Wikibooks entry describing the installation of the postcardware and commercial versions on the same computer
References
External links Official website of memoQ software