External tools

This page lists external tools that can be useful for memoQ users' translation processes. Should you have any tool or link you think it useful, please contact our LifeCycle Manager, Gergely Vandor at contact form.

External Quality Assurance Tools

• ApSIC Xbench (free)
  ApSIC Xbench features powerful Quality Assurance features, to check for consistency, numeric values and more.
• D.O.G. ErrorSpy
  With ErrorSpy, D.O.G. GmbH has developed the first commercial quality assurance software for translations. ErrorSpy is used to assist the work of the reviser.
• Yamagata QA Distiller
  Yamagata Europe's QA Distiller is a software application that makes it possible to automatically detect formal errors in translations and translation memories, and enables their quick and easy correction.

Pre and post-processing macros

• PlusToyz by Arkady Vysotsky (free)
  A set of easy to use macros for working with Word documents. Includes macros that convert Trados segmented documents to tables and back.

• CodeZapper by Dave Turner
  A macro that prepares Word documents for translation. It is designed to prevent the proliferation of useless formatting tags in translation tools. Really useful for documents converted from PDF.

Resource Management Tools

• Okapi Framework (free)
  A set of tools for localizing and translating documentation and software. Includes a translation memory editor called Olifant.

Web research tools

• IntelliWebSearch by Michael Farrell (free)
  IntelliWebSearch makes it easy to search for a phrase in various web resources like search engines, on-line dictionaries, and on-line encyclopaedias in one go.

Other tools

• TÉK Passolo2XLIFF (free)
  A tool that enables the translation of Passolo bundles in memoQ. It converts the Passolo bundle to XLIFF format and back.
• Preptags
  A program that prepares various types of documents for translation. It is designed to enable the user to separate translatable content from markup and code.

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