Specify multiple scenarios for the same task type

[mesztam]

Hi, there is a "type" field on tasks to specify which workflow to use this task (~ translation, localization, proofreading etc). But is there a way to further specify how to execute this task? E.g. if the client asks for "translation", and the supplier supports multiple translation procedures, can the client select which one to apply? E.g. Machine Translation is allowed or not, or what qa they expect etc?

regards, Tamas

[jcompton-moravia]

Hi Tamas,

Thanks for bringing up this question; I've posted your question on the GALA "Connect" channel for TAPICC WG1, who came-up with the Task Type paradigm. With regard to the "what QA they can expect" question, is the thinking here that there might be different "service levels" for the same overall task type? Like Translation with Edit, Translation with No Edit, etc. I believe I'm understanding correctly, but I want to confirm.

Thanks! -Jim

[mesztam]

Hi Jim,

By QA expectations, I mean if the client needs a quick&dirty translation, or translation&proofreading, or even a certificate that the translation matches the original one (for official texts like certificates or so). Right, maybe these can be modeled by standardized additional task types.

The other thing that is in my mind that the same customer may send you different kinds of texts (legal documents, user’s manual, resources from software, internal documents etc), and the task type is always “Translation”, but they probably all need different kinds of TMs/termbases (stored at the Vendor/LSP, so not file-based and attached to the TAPICC project), are probably sent to different vendors, have different pricing etc. And I don't see how this could be standardized. E.g. in COTI, there is an action to query the available "workflows" (supported by the TMS), and when creating the project, you can specify which workflow to use.

regards, Tamas