When you have the Wordbee platform and are an agency or company assigning jobs to external workers it is possible to assign multiple resources to the project (Standard or CoDyt).
It is sometimes beneficial to give external translators the ability to modify these linguistic resources. This could include enriching the glossary or saving a more accurate term or segment to the translation memory. Doing so, prevents the need for excessive messages regarding an error in a resource and allows the translator to make the correction themselves.
Example 1
For example, let's say the external translator accesses the CAT editor for performing work and needs to see what resources were used for pre-translation. By enabling the appropriate access rights, etc. they will be able to view and modify segments in resources to ensure the most accurate translations are used for pre-translation.
Example 2
Another example is providing the external translator the ability to enrich the glossary used for projects. You might create an empty glossary, which they can later access and add proper terms to. This information will then be used when pre-translating text on future projects.
To learn how to enable the required permissions and use this feature within the CAT editor, please see the sections below:
Update Access Rights
Access rights can only be modified by the Administrator of the platform. The following rights may be changed for the External Worker and External Worker (Limited) user profiles in the system.
To begin, first click on Settings in the Menu Bar and then click on Configure to the right of Access Rights in the Accounts and Security section.
Click on Select next the appropriate profile in the External User Profiles section. In this example, External Worker will be chosen.
Click on Edit and then scroll down to Option 34 - Can edit/delete records in attached resources. This option is enabled by default. If for some reason it is disabled, simply click on the radial next to the green circle containing a checkmark, as shown below. Then click on Save in the upper right corner of the screen.
Please note that the steps for making these changes should be defined in the job instructions so the translator knows where to add and update entries within the CAT editor.
Open the CAT Editor
To open the CAT editor, simply click on the Jobs Tab when viewing the project and then click on Conduct Work for the appropriate document.
This will open the editor as shown below:
Linguistic resources may be modified within the Translation Finder Panel. Records may be added, viewed, edited, or removed as needed once the appropriate access rights have been given to the user.
Adding Records to Resources
To add a new segment, phrase or term to linguistic resources, you must first click on Add Record.
Then enter or copy/paste the source text and target language text into the appropriate fields. Click on a listed resource to select it and then click on Add to finish.
Click on the X to close the pop-up window. Now if you search for the term, phrase, or segment in the Translation Finder Panel, it will appear in the results and will be used for future pre-translations. As shown in the image below, the term happy is found in the sample_TM used for the project.
Viewing/Editing Segments
You may also update a segment, phrase or term within linguistic resources by clicking on Memories and searching for the text in the Translation Finder Panel. First, click on Memories.
Then highlight the segment to Copy and Paste or type in the segment, phrase, or term that you would like to modify. Click on Search to locate the entered text within available linguistic resources. In this example, test is entered for the search.
Two results are found for the word "test" within the glossary and the translation memory. However, the actual French translation is "tester". These resources need to be updated to reflect the proper translation from English to French and vice versa.
To do so, click on the Pencil Icon for the appropriate resource record. In this example. the sample_TM (Translation Memory) record is chosen for editing:
Next, type in the appropriate terms into the pop-up window (or copy/paste) and then click on OK.
The change will appear in the Translation Finder Panel to show that the resource entry has been updated:
Please note that a segment or term cannot be modified if you have chosen the entry that is part of the actual document. In these instances, you will see multiple search results and this particular one will show the project reference number.
The text will have a lock and cannot be changed or removed, as shown by the image below:
Deleting Segments
A segment, phrase, or term may be removed from a resource in two ways. First, you may Search for the text as shown in the previous section and click on the Pencil Icon for the appropriate entry.
Then click on Delete in the pop-up window:
Another option is to perform the Search and then click on the X for the appropriate entry and resource in the Translation Finder Panel.
