Clean memoQ translation memories
memoQ TMs are workhorses that pick up cruft fast — especially after namespace-flavoured TMX exports and X-translate rounds. Export the TM to TMX and clean it here without touching your memoQ project.
━━ the problem
memoQ's namespaced TMX export is a frequent offender for stringifying inline-tag elements into the source/target text body — closing tags with attributes that are never valid XML. The engine detects this exact signature and routes it to a 'suspect markup' tab.
Every X-translate and machine-pretranslate pass can add another variant of the same source. The TM balloons and the 'most confident' match becomes a coin-flip. Cross-variant dedup with a chosen winner fixes it.
When a target's {placeholder} count or tag count doesn't match the source, that unit is a silent landmine for future segments. Flag placeholder-mismatch units as their own category instead of shipping them into new work.
━━ how TM Cleaner handles it
Drop the exported TMX in, review the projected reduction and the suspect-markup / duplicate / junk samples, then download the cleaned TM. Typical memoQ exports come out 35–55% smaller.
- ✓detects memoQ's stringified-inline-tag signature specifically, not just generic markup
- ✓cross-file and cross-variant dedup with your choice of winner strategy
- ✓placeholder-mismatch, mojibake, and length-outlier classifiers catch QA issues before they propagate
- ✓audit CSV lists every removed unit with a per-segment reason so you can defend the cut to a PM
━━ frequently asked
how do I export a TM from memoQ to TMX?+
in memoQ, go to Resource Console → Translation memories, select the TM, and choose Export → TMX. Upload the resulting .tmx here. the cleaned output re-imports the same way.
will cleaning break my memoQ inline tags?+
no. genuine, well-formed inline tags on kept segments are preserved untouched. only segments whose ENTIRE body is markup, or memoQ's invalid stringified closing tags, are flagged — and even then you can choose to keep them.
can I clean several memoQ TMs at once?+
the self-serve flow is one TMX at a time today; multi-file batch cleaning with cross-file dedup is on the roadmap and available to enterprise now via the contact page.
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