Besides having the ability to sort or view the details of task categories, you may also add new categories to Wordbee Translator for selection within projects. The following sections explain the steps for completing a category addition:
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Add a New Task
The first step is to Access Task Categories and First go to Settings > Translation Settings > Task Categories, click on Configure, and then click on Edit in the top right of the screen:
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First, enter a Name for the task category. This can be anything you desired desire and should best reflect the task to make this portion of project configuration easy. In the example below, Pre-Translation Editing has been entered as the name.
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Task categories must have a code as it is needed by the system to create invoices. The code cannot be longer than 5 letters and must be entered in all caps. In this example the code is EDITS. Additionally, the sort order must be set for the task category and this information determines where it appears in the task categories list within a project. The
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The value you enter in the sort order field determines where this task will appear when adding a new task within a project. |
In the following example, the sort order has been set to 1 for this example and this task category , so that when you will add this task in your project workflow it will be at the top of the selection list within projects.
Enable Category & Additional Options
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- Requires Documents To Be Worked On - In some instances a task does not require any documents to be worked on (i.e. interpretation work, etc.) and these jobs are created without documents. This option is enabled by default; however, it may be disabled if the task does not require documents to be worked on. Please note that you can still attach reference materials, notes or files to any job.
Work Refers to Preparing Source Texts or Document Only - Codyt Projects Only. This option should be enabled in instances where the workflow includes a step for preparing the source text or document before the translation is performed. The work is target language independent. Workers assigned such a task can edit the source texts or the original document. Upon completion the workflow then proceeds with the target language specific work steps: translation, revision, etc.
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- Available in Classic Order Form - Specify if the task is available in the classic order form. This does not apply to the standard order form.
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You will receive a confirmation message to ensure the task category should be added. Click on OK to finish adding the new task category or Cancel to exit to to return to the "Add new task" screen.
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The new task will appear within the list at the specified position. In this example, it has been added as 1 for the sorting order. You may also change the sorting order, disable or enable the task, and make changes from here.
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These changes are reflected within the details of a project. For new projects, this will be the "New project details" Tab Project Details Tab (as shown below) and for existing projects the information will be found on the "Project Details " Tab. Simply scroll down to view this information.
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The new task category wll appear within Requirements > Tasks. As shown below, Pre-Translation Editing is now an available selection in the list and resides in position 1.
