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Does the EuroTermBank connection not work in MemoQ?
Iniziatore argomento: John Fossey
John Fossey
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Canada
Local time: 12:09
Membro (2008)
Da Francese a Inglese
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Apr 20, 2023

MemoQ has a "Lookup Term" feature that opens a window with ""Search EuroTermBank" as an option. However, when activated it displays "Lookup in progress..." and then "Lookup complete; no entries found."

However, the term has definitions at https://www.eurotermbank.com/, so why is MemoQ not finding them?
 
Stepan Konev
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Russia
Local time: 19:09
Da Inglese a Russo
Checkboxes Apr 20, 2023

Do you make sure that you have both boxes checked in Options/Terminology plugins and 'Any match above threshold' selected?
 
Stepan Konev
Stepan Konev  Identity Verified
Russia
Local time: 19:09
Da Inglese a Russo
Match threshold Apr 20, 2023

Also, you should keep in mind that the threshold percentage is word-based. For example, you have a word concerning in your text, you set the threshold to 50% and you expect to find concern by selecting and searching for concerning because concern is more than 50% similar to concerning (say 70%). However it does not work that way. It counts words when calculating the percentage. You can find something like banking concern because concern is 50% of ... See more
Also, you should keep in mind that the threshold percentage is word-based. For example, you have a word concerning in your text, you set the threshold to 50% and you expect to find concern by selecting and searching for concerning because concern is more than 50% similar to concerning (say 70%). However it does not work that way. It counts words when calculating the percentage. You can find something like banking concern because concern is 50% of that longer phrase (1 word out of 2 matches your search). The term you search must be stored in the base exactly as you select it: concern, not concerning.


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