Qterm

Qterm is a web-based terminology management system built on the core features of memoQ. It helps teams store, manage, and share consistent terminology across all their content and translations.

Qterm is available as a paid add-on for memoQ TMS Essential and memoQ TMS Professional, and is included in memoQ TMS Premium for no extra cost.

With Qterm, you can:

Use Qterm when you:

  • Manage multilingual content and want consistent terminology across languages.

  • Work with translation teams using memoQ.

  • Need to control approved vs. forbidden terms (e.g. brand names or technical expressions).

  • Want to involve subject-matter experts in terminology decisions.

  • Maintain a corporate glossary or multilingual database.

Getting started with Qterm

Qterm is part of the memoQweb product suite.

  1. To access it, log into your organization’s memoQweb site.

  2. From the left-hand navigation panel, select Qterm.

  3. You can then browse existing term bases or search for entries.

  1. Open the Qterm home page.

  2. In the Term field, type the word or phrase you want to find.

  3. Use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard to replace one or more characters.

    You can limit your search to specific languages or term bases.

  4. Click Search to display results.

    The search results show all term entries that match your search. Click one to view details.

    Need more details? Check the topic about the Qterm search history.

When on the Qterm home page, you can open any term entry from the results list to see its full details.

If you have editing permissions, you can modify fields or add new language equivalents.

Want to print your term base? Check the difference between pretty print and glossary view.

Need more details? Check what permissions you can get in Qterm.

Users with the right permissions can create new entries directly from Qterm.

When adding a new entry, you can define the term, provide language variants, and complete any required metadata fields. When you're done, make sure to save the entry to make it available to all authorized users.

Need more details? Check what permissions you can get in Qterm.

Term bases can be created, shared, or restricted to specific user groups by administrators.

As a user you can import data into:

Export and import options are available in formats such as TBX, CSV, or MultiTerm XML.

Before you first connect a Qterm term base with a memoQ project:

  1. Open memoQ.

  2. Go to Server administrator and connect to your memoQ TMS.

  3. Select Configuration and logging, and click the Web addresses tab.

  4. In the Web addresses section, enter the URL of your memoQweb site (where Qterm is hosted).

  5. Click Save.

Once connected:

  • Users can add terms directly from memoQ into Qterm term bases while translating or reviewing.

  • Translators and reviewers will see Qterm terminology suggestions within memoQ projects.

When you manage projects in memoQweb, you don’t need to configure anything in Server Administrator. Qterm term bases are available automatically.

To add Qterm term bases to a memoQ project:

If it's a new project:

  1. Open memoQ and connect to your memoQ TMS.
  2. Go to the Project ribbon and select New Project, then Create online project.
  3. Follow the wizard. On the Add term bases to the project step, memoQ TMS shows you a list of Qterm term bases you have permissions for.
  4. Choose the term bases you want to use and set their rank.

If it's an existing project:

  1. Open your memoQ project.
  2. In the Term bases pane at the top of Project home, select your memoQ TMS in the Server URL field.
  3. A list of online term bases appears. Select the Qterm term base you want to add.
  4. Click the Use in project link.
  5. In the Select term base filter dialog, choose the filter you want to use for the term base and click OK.