WP
Wim P.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Making use of the advantage of a cloud-based CAT tool"
4.5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

memoQ server works well when working on big localization projects with multiple translators. The TM can be updated in real time so that new translations are directly shared with other translators. The fact that it is all in the cloud means that once your PC crashes during a translation, your work is still saved! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

We are a Japanese company, and the Japanese market for CAT tools is almost monopolized by SDL Trados. It is sometimes difficult to find translators that are willing to work with memoQ. We reach out to them by sharing our licenses with them for a project, but still, it is hard to convince these translators. It would be nice if something could be developed so that SDL Trados users can also work with projects on a memoQ server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

itome s.
IS
itome s.
Translator, Manager of Chinese dept. and Oversea marketing
Outsourcing/Offshoring
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of most translator-friendly, cost-efficient, killer-CAT-tools"
5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

I cannot decide on what I like best, because there are so many. I like memoQ as a whole.

It was very much a love-in-first-sight, when I saw memoQ demonstration at ATA annual conference in Chicago, 2014. I had been writing Word VBA and some other script languages to make my translation work more efficient for over a decade, and memoQ was exactly something I wish I could someday create and spread to other translators around me.

While there are a lot of CAT tools available, there aren't many tools that are truly user-friendly for translators who actually do translation work. Various filters and view functions, LiveDoc Corpora, Predictive typing, Auto-Pick are only some examples of many powerful functionalities memoQ has for easing work of individual translators and checkers. Particularly those filtering and views of memoQ is a killer functions, especially when you have many documents in a single project and realize you have to go through and check all other documents while you are translating the very last document. For example, instead of opening each of the files in the project, you can just filter out and collect every segment containing a particular string from all the documents in the same project, in a single view file. Any correction or change made to a segment in the view file will be reflected to the corresponding segment of the corresponding document in the project.

Despite the large number of powerful functions, memoQ is yet relatively cost-efficient as compared to other tools, and is very intuitive and user-friendly. Those who are not familiar with CAT tool can start from very basic, and then gradually expand their understanding of memoQ in depth. memoQ is definitely my primary recommendation to those seeking for a very powerful CAT tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

Because, memoQ is yet in process of development, it still has some unexpected bugs which need to be tackled. However, the support team is doing great job so far and I am very much happy with it.

One thing that memoQ could improve would be availability of information and support in Asian-languages, particularly, in Japanese where I live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Verified User in Education Management
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Easy to use"
4.5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

Ease of deleting duplicate translation units and terms, ease of editing them, too. You can translate InDesign files in MemoQ even if you don't have InDesign on your computer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

"Packages" are not set up the same convenient way as in Trados, for peer review. But we can still import, export, review, and use track changes. We just share files directly from our computer instead of using a wizard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Translation and Localization
AT
Verified User in Translation and Localization
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Ups and Downs"
4/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

MemoQ is very intuitive and pretty easy to navigate to what you need. This makes it easy to get it set up and using it in no time at all. Also, makes it easy as a PM to help translators get in and do what they need to without much of a hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

I'm always leery about upgrading to the next level right away because it seems like not enough beta testing is done. I always find bugs and have to report them. So I end up waiting for a few step versions to come out before making an upgrade to a next level jump. Wish more testing would be done before pushing it live.

Wish you could do highlighted/nonhighlighted only for Word/InDesign and other programs. Also wish it could handle .dwg files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joe Z.
JZ
Joe Z.
Associate Professor
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"An adcanced enterprise translation management system (TMS) "
5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

A one-stop solution for translation and localization collaboration that comprises a repository for your translation assets, a control center for your translation projects and a qTerm for professional terminology management. Moreover, there is a desktop editor and web editor available for choice, besides language terminal, a free cloud space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

The server management interface can be further optimized and the features of WebTrans can also be further improved. If qTerm is already embedded or integrated into memoQ server, it will be better. The location of machine translation engines is not obvious. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GR
Gabriela R.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"memoQ is very complete and friendly"
5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

What I like the most about memoQ is the project management functionality and the workflow automation. The server is also quite friendly and easy to navigate. Moreover, memoQ allows to import several types of files extension, not just .doc files. Also, with memoQ server we can take advantage of the integration with our business management tool, which is fundamental in order to speed up our processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

The only disadvantage that I can think of is that there is no DEMO version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JR
Jennifer R.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Reliable CAT-Tool with some nice features"
3.5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

What I really like is that memoQ offers good solutions for translators as well as for project managers. The tool keeps up with the time and the developers make an effort to be up to date concerning new requirements of the langauage sector (e.g. machine translation / video subtitling). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

The TM search and the editing of TMs was quite nasty. It got better since memoq 8.4 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anabella Valeria W.
AW
Anabella Valeria W.
Translator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"MemoQ translator pro"
4/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

It accepts several formats: even when you upload a PDF, the formatting when you export the document is almost perfect. I like that it has filters for translated, draft, untranslated segments. Repetitions are confirmed and populated automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

I dislike that in order to copy source it is necessary to press three different keys, If you are working online it can be slow to connect to the TM and go to the next segment (in that case it is recommended to work offline and then synchronize). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Translation and Localization
UT
Verified User in Translation and Localization
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The fastest and easiest cat-tool in the market"
4.5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

Memoq is one of the fastest and easiest cat-tool in the translation and localization industry. I find the interface very intuitive with "clean" visuals. The software is fast and rarely freezes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

I am not using Memoq for all my projects because almost 100% of my clients use Trados, but one downside of Memoq is their limited QA check. In my opinion, they should improve this feature to avoid too many false positive results. That delays productivity a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Translation and Localization
AT
Verified User in Translation and Localization
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Complete control over our translation workflows and resources"
5/5
What do you like best about memoQ?

I like the amount of customization we are able to do with the server, setting up our own templates and export rules - especially the amount of automation we can do with the API.

I also find the support staff amazing - both the speed of the replies and the amount of help they are able to give makes the setup and maintenance of the server very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about memoQ?

In terms of UI, the server could be a bit friendlier.

Being able to export files automatically with the templates is really complicated, if we want the files to be accessible to the project managers.

I would also like a bit more information on the data on the servers. For example being able to see the size and occupation of resources (how many segments does a certain TM has, is it assigned to anything) and users (which users are currently assigned to a project and which one.)

After a certain amount of data, the only way we can gather information is through the API or the server logs - but that means this information is restricted to the sysadmins. I would like for our PMs to be able to easily access these kind of information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.