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Philippe Locquet 
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Michael Beijer wrote:
Btw, I got Wordfast Server working with memoQ last night. Will post more details today sometime, but in a nutshell: I am getting hits from my WFS TM on Laptop 1 (the ‘Server’) from inside memoQ 8.7 on Laptop 2 (the ‘Client’)! Didn't even need to mess with port forwarding as the two computers are on the same LAN.
Michael
I really look forward to this about MemoQ, nice job!
Yes you are right in most cases, it can work well with a lot less setup and network knowledge as one would think:
_port-forwarding isn't needed in most cases
_No need to mess with router if connecting on same LAN
_Fixed IP can be skipped in many situations
BTW (I guess you've noticed this already), you don't need the API key with the full IP address when within the same LAN, selecting the one in the drop-down with the host computer's name is fine.
Plus, if your host computer is not post WWI era you should be getting lightning-fast hits.
I don't know how well concordance works with the Memo-Q plugin, I've tried it extensively with WF products and I was very happy with the results (concordance etc.)
Have a good one
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| you don't have to run the Server and Client on two different computers | May 6, 2019 |
They can both run on the same one. Cool!
Michael
| | | | Philippe Locquet
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TOPIC STARTER | Same computer | May 6, 2019 |
Michael Beijer wrote:
They can both run on the same one. Cool!
Michael
Correct!
I was planning on mentioning this in the video, since the use cases are limited when having the server and the client (CAT tool) on the same computer, I think it's foolproof way to see if TMs and glossaries have been correctly setup.
This is a good first step before LAN and then WAN.
If you want to test WAN, a simple client is to connect your Server TM in a Wordfast Anywhere session. If it works, it means you have a successful WAN setup.
BTW, once you have a TM in server (has to be in wftm format), you can append other TMs to the same TM directly in TMX, no need to convert yet again (saves time).
Good night!
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Philippe Locquet
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TOPIC STARTER | Foolproof method online! | May 9, 2019 |
Hi to all, I have now managed to create this video (been a bit of a marathon), I tried to build it in a way that is foolproof I hope.
If you follow all the steps in the video and pause as you go, you should be up and running in around 20 minutes.
Let me know if this worked for you!
In this video we connect within the same computer. This is a good way to detect if everything has been setup correctly.
If it works for you, it means you’re ready for the next ... See more Hi to all, I have now managed to create this video (been a bit of a marathon), I tried to build it in a way that is foolproof I hope.
If you follow all the steps in the video and pause as you go, you should be up and running in around 20 minutes.
Let me know if this worked for you!
In this video we connect within the same computer. This is a good way to detect if everything has been setup correctly.
If it works for you, it means you’re ready for the next step: connect from a different computer and connect from outside your home network. This will be discussed in the following videos.
If you have questions or suggestions for the next one, be sure to let me know.
If you find this useful, please show it! Leave a like under the video, subscribe, leave a comment, share the video etc. 😉
Link to the video:
https://youtu.be/3WtVV2PlaS8
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| | | | Michael Beijer
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| quick screencast demonstrating using Wordfast TM plugin inside memoQ 8.7 (it works!) | May 9, 2019 |
And here is my little video, where I demonstrate using the Wordfast TM plugin inside memoQ 8.7. The former (the ‘Server’) is running on a (low spec) laptop in another room, the latter (the ‘Client’) on my work laptop. As usual, I did this in the middle of a real job, so don't expect anything fancy. Just wanted to show people it actually works, and actually works really well.
The Wordfast Server TM I used in the video contains 2,500,000 TUs, but if the specs can be believed, ... See more And here is my little video, where I demonstrate using the Wordfast TM plugin inside memoQ 8.7. The former (the ‘Server’) is running on a (low spec) laptop in another room, the latter (the ‘Client’) on my work laptop. As usual, I did this in the middle of a real job, so don't expect anything fancy. Just wanted to show people it actually works, and actually works really well.
The Wordfast Server TM I used in the video contains 2,500,000 TUs, but if the specs can be believed, WFS can handle individual TMs with up to … a BILLION TUs!
The video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2m8bt8oJgs&hd=1
Michael
PS: for some reason I haven't been able to get the 64-bit version of WFS working properly yet with the Wordfast TM plugin in memoQ, so what yr looking at in the video is the 32-bit version. pretty impressive.
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| | | | Philippe Locquet
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Michael Beijer wrote:
The Wordfast Server TM I used in the video contains 2,500,000 TUs, but if the specs can be believed, WFS can handle individual TMs with up to … a BILLION TUs!
That was a very interesting screencast! Thanks!
I'm playing to see if I manage to get a 1Billion TUs TM working in WFS and see the behaviour. It takes a while to get this ready as manipulations on such massive files take a toll on CPU and RAM. If my hardware handles it, I'll report back!
There have been a few updates, so the trouble you're having with the 64 bits may come from an earlier version.
If you're downloading from Chrome, try with a different browser or clear the cache. Chrome has the tendency to serve you cache from the web (even for downloads) instead of updated content.
My bests
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TOPIC STARTER | Bring on the millions! | May 11, 2019 |
Fi2 n Co wrote:
I'm playing to see if I manage to get a 1Billion TUs TM working in WFS and see the behaviour. It takes a while to get this ready as manipulations on such massive files take a toll on CPU and RAM. If my hardware handles it, I'll report back!
So I started to work on this. So far I reached 27 millions TUs, it works.
The problem lies in the preparation work, estimates are that a 1 Billion TUs TM would be around 500 Gb in .txt format. Wordfast Server would run it, yet to index it before connecting it to the Server, it would require between 64Gb and 128 Gb of RAM. We're leaving the regular translator realm at that stage...
Yet, on my humble laptop, I have a 27 millions TUs translation Memory running, (in Demo mode, so free for a freelancer).
Who can say this...  ?
It's 8Gb in size, enjoy the screenshot:
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| am currently at 13,757,529 TUs | May 11, 2019 |
27 million, wow! Very impressive.
I'm slowly feeding all my TMs (which I estimate at around 50,000,000 TUs) into my HOTEL CALIFORNIA* master TM, and am currently at 13,757,529 TUs. The reason it is taking a long time is I also want to have some usable metadata, specifically userid, so I can see where hits come from when working in memoQ.
*‘You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave!’
–Hotel California, Eagles
PS: I got the 64-bit version working fine now, and have also gotten it to work on a single PC, as well as over the LAN now work. haven't tested WAN yet.
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| | | | Philippe Locquet
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TOPIC STARTER | To boldly go where no TM has gone before… RAM, the last frontier! | May 23, 2019 |
Hi all,
So, I decided to try and test how far I could go TM wise.
Why? Because why not (live long and prosper 😉).
So, I gathered in the neighborhood of 100 millions TUs (one single TM of 25GB).
I connected that to my Wordfast Server, and asked it to reorganize. It did so happily (takes around 72 hours though…).
The problem was the lack of RAM (I have 8 GB on my rig), when it sensed that it was using up the RAM, it went into disk writing only and... See more Hi all,
So, I decided to try and test how far I could go TM wise.
Why? Because why not (live long and prosper 😉).
So, I gathered in the neighborhood of 100 millions TUs (one single TM of 25GB).
I connected that to my Wordfast Server, and asked it to reorganize. It did so happily (takes around 72 hours though…).
The problem was the lack of RAM (I have 8 GB on my rig), when it sensed that it was using up the RAM, it went into disk writing only and kept working, amazing!!!
So knowing that everything worked fine and I would have needed a little more available RAM, I concluded that my test was a success and pulled the plug.
So to handle 100 Million TUs, WF Server will require a little over 4GB or RAM available at the end of the process. This means that to tackle this, you need 16 GB on a regular workstation (if you run in on a Windows Server OS, you shouldn’t run this fast into RAM issues, but we all know the story with unwanted background process on Win 10 consumer OS…).
Conclusion: anything under 90 millions TUs will happily run on a consumer grade Windows workstation with 8 GB of RAM.
If your workstation has only 4 GB of RAM, my guess is that you can go up to 70 millions TUs, but I haven’t tried it.
Hard Disk space: For this test I used and external drive to leave room for the TM (25GB) and the indexing files (around 4GB). No issues with this, besides when WFS stopped caching everything in the RAM and went into disk mode, my hard drive usage climbed up, as you would expect.
Check this out:
Final words:
If you’ve got the gear, Wordfast Server is virtually limitless!
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| | | | Philippe Locquet
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TOPIC STARTER | Laptop and desktop use case | Jul 4, 2019 |
Hello to all,
While helping out on a forum, I just thought of a use case that would make sense for many, so I'll add it here.
Translator has a laptop and a secondary computer that stays at home (i.e. a desktop computer)
The translator wants to be able to translate on the go with the laptop but internet coverage is expected to not be reliable all the time while translating.
In this case, the user could install Wordfast Server on the laptop.
On th... See more Hello to all,
While helping out on a forum, I just thought of a use case that would make sense for many, so I'll add it here.
Translator has a laptop and a secondary computer that stays at home (i.e. a desktop computer)
The translator wants to be able to translate on the go with the laptop but internet coverage is expected to not be reliable all the time while translating.
In this case, the user could install Wordfast Server on the laptop.
On the laptop, the user needs to run a CAT tool that can connect to Wordfast Server (Wordfast Pro 5 or 3, Wordfast Classic or Memo Q).
Then the CAT tool is made to connect to TMs and Glossaries in WF Server on the same laptop.
At home, the desktop has an install of a CAT tool that can connect to Wordfast Server (Wordfast Pro 5 or 3, Wordfast Classic or Memo Q).
The CAT tool on the desktop computer is made to connect to TMs and Glossaries in WF Server (hosted on the laptop).
The connection is made over the home network (wifi or ethernet).
In effect, TMs and glossaries are always tapped and updated while on the go (laptop) and when back home sitting at the desktop computer, access is made to the same TMs and Glossaries to tap into them and update them.
Simple enough system, easy maintenance and quite reliable. Not too bad I think
Hope this helps,
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| | | | Philippe Locquet
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Hello to all that have been following this thread.
I've been doing some testing in MemoQ 9.4.8 to connect to Wordfast Server. Something seems not to be working.
Anybody else out there using the connector on MemoQ 9.4.8? The connector layout is pretty different than other ones. Does it work in this version of MemoQ?
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Philippe Locquet
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TOPIC STARTER | Free SDL 2019 plugin for Wordfast Server! | Jul 20, 2020 |
Hello to all
Good news, I’m finished publishing a plugin in SDL 2019 for Wordfast Server! It’s free, enjoy it!
I also just published a tutorial on YouTube so you can set it up fast.
Just as a reminder, freelancers can use Wordfast Server for free in Demo Mode for up to 3 simultaneous connections.
For associations, agencies, LSPs etc. you can go up to infinite simultaneous connections depending on your needs and price plan.
Watch the tutorial here:<... See more Hello to all
Good news, I’m finished publishing a plugin in SDL 2019 for Wordfast Server! It’s free, enjoy it!
I also just published a tutorial on YouTube so you can set it up fast.
Just as a reminder, freelancers can use Wordfast Server for free in Demo Mode for up to 3 simultaneous connections.
For associations, agencies, LSPs etc. you can go up to infinite simultaneous connections depending on your needs and price plan.
Watch the tutorial here:
https://youtu.be/kW8mHrb27Es
Download the plugin and the manual for the plugin here:
https://appstore.sdl.com/language/app/simple-wfs-connector/1098/
Please rate this plugin.
If you have questions, let me know.
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| | | | Philippe Locquet
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TOPIC STARTER | Update on Memo-Q issue | Jul 23, 2020 |
Philippe Locquet wrote:
Hello to all that have been following this thread.
I've been doing some testing in MemoQ 9.4.8 to connect to Wordfast Server. Something seems not to be working.
Anybody else out there using the connector on MemoQ 9.4.8? The connector layout is pretty different than other ones. Does it work in this version of MemoQ?
My bests
I have contacted MemoQ support and it seems there is an issue with the Wordfast Server connector they made in this version. They are fixing it, so hopefully I'll get to play with it soon
| | | | | SDL client with WFS - Wow! | Jul 23, 2020 |
Hey there,
Great job. Given the WFS is so powerful and easy to administer, it is absolutely fantastic that such a connector exist. I have tested it today and it works like a charm (maybe think of the case of Workgroup ID being supported, even if Workgroup ID is rarely used on the WFS?), even with an encrypted TM on the server side.
Brilliant!
Many thanks again.
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