Language default matching in memoQ term bases
The default matching properties set individually for the source and target languages are important to get the most out of term entries with less adjustment (editing) needed for the properties of entered terms later. The current default (as of memoQ version 9) is to set the matching for 50% prefix, which is not really very useful for a lot of entries in many languages other than English. The dialog to make changes is accessed by clicking the link at the bottom left of the memoQ Term Properties dialog.
Recommendations for specific languages[edit | edit source]
Arabic[edit | edit source]
Fuzzy matching is the best choice for a default, because otherwise terms occurring with a prefix will be missed. The special "compound matching" feature of memoQ's fuzzy matching has been enabled by the developers for this language.
English[edit | edit source]
The memoQ default of 50% prefix matching is OK in most cases and probably only warrants changing in cases such as where texts with bad OCR or a lot of typos might cause matches to be missed.
Portuguese[edit | edit source]
Fuzzy matching is the best choice for a default, because otherwise changes due to how Portuguese grammar works will cause a lot of matches to be missed. In some cases, it may be best to edit terms after they are entered and use another setting such as Custom to recognize word roots.
German[edit | edit source]
Fuzzy matching is the best choice for a default, because otherwise the language has so many compound words that chunks of long compounds can be identified to aid in finding a suitable translation. The special "compound matching" feature of memoQ's fuzzy matching was originally created by the developers for this language, because at the time the head of Development was a German who was painfully aware of the challenges posed by compound words in German.