Setting up spell check in memoQ

    Purpose/goal:
    • How to configure the spell checker in memoQ
    Who/users:
    •  Translators/proofreaders


    1. 1

      Open the Options in memoQ

      Click Options in the upper left corner in memoQ or under the main blue memoQ tab.

    2. 2

      Select Spelling and grammar

      Select the option Spelling and grammar.


    3. 3

      Select the language

      In the section Select a language select the language you wish to configure the spell checker for.

    4. 4

      Go to the server with dictionaries

      Select Look for more dictionaries online and then download the selected dictionaries when the new dialogue opens.


    5. 5

      Alternatively, dictionaries can be downloaded as files

      If the Hunspell servers does not work, click Install new dictionary from file.
      Click the link to the hunspell dictionaries. If the link does not work, use the link hunspell.memoq.com/ to open a webpage with dictionaries in your browser.

    6. 6

      Download the dictionary

      Find the desired dictionary or dictionaries from the list and save them to your computer.

      Then return to the window Add hunspell dictionary. Click ..., browse for the dictionary that you have previously saved and click Add.
    7. 7

      Select the dictionary

      Return to the window Spelling and grammar. The list should now include the newly uploaded dictionary. Mark it, clik Apply and then OK.
      Črkovanje za želeni jezik je sedaj nastavljeno.
    8. 8

      Set spell checker – Word or Hunspell

      If you have Word installed with the appropriate distionaries, you can also select Microsoft Word so memoQ uses your MS Word dictionaries for spell checking.

      For languages not set-up in your Word editor, select Hunspell (immediately above the Microsoft Word option).
    9. 9

      Set up grammar checker

      For some languages (such as DE, EN, FR, IT), memoQ allows for grammar checking (blue curly underlines), therefore select both options under the tab Grammar.