A pricelist may be created and/or assigned to the new client by hovering your mouse over My company in the toolbar and then clicking on Prices.
This will open up the pricing information for your company and here you are able to create new pricelists, make changes, or assign a pricelist to specific clients. When creating or altering a pricelist, the following can be defined:
- Pricelist Name
- Currency
- Standard Discount Rate
- Fuzzy Match Discounts
- Contract ID
- Applicable Clients
Additionally, you will need to enter the price for language pair tasks that will be included as part of the offered services.
The following sections have been provided to help you create a pricelist, add prices, and assign the pricelist to a specific client:
Creating a Pricelist
To create a new pricelist, click on Add new pricelist or Create a copy at the top of the screen. If you create a copy, then the details of the currently selected pricelist will be automatically populated into the new pricelist.
When you add a pricelist for a client, this process involves entering the languages, services, and pricing information that has, in most cases, been pre-negotiated with them. By entering the pricing information, you will know the precise cost for the client.
This includes entering discounts for fuzzy matches, currency information, minimum charges, and prices. For each type of service, you must enter the languages and word pricing to ensure proper calculation in the system for quotes, costing, and additional calculations. To configure a new pricelist, perform the following steps:
Step 1: Enter a Name for the pricelist.
The name should be something to help identify the pricelist, provider, and services. If the pricelist will be for a specific client, then their name should be included for easy identification in the system.
Step 2: Select a currency and and enter discounts.
Click on the Currency drop-down menu to select the currency for pricing and then type in a Discount value for standard prices (if required). In the example below, the currency is EUR and a 10% standard discount will be automatically applied.
The Discounts for fuzzy matches option may be used to enter the discount percentage for each fuzzy match percentage in the system. Click on the field next to Match of to enter the fuzzy match percentage and then click on the field next to Discount = to enter the discount percentage.
The discount will appear for a range between what has been entered and the next level. For example, in the image below the following discounts will be applied by the system:
- 40% for a 100% match or above.
- 30% for fuzzy matches ranging between 90 and 99%.
- 20% for fuzzy matches ranging from 80 to 89%.
Step 3: Configure Additional Options.
By default, the same discounts as entered above will be applied to pre-translations. If you do not want this to occur, uncheck the checkbox for the Apply same discounts as above option.
You may also change the number of decimal places in rounded totals, enter a contract number, and select or enter a general minimum charge or a minimum charge per language. An additional field is provided for entering comments regarding the pricelist.
Click on Save in the upper right corner of the screen after finishing the above entries and configuration changes. The new pricelist will appear as shown below:
After a pricelist has been created, you will be able to configure pricing for language pair tasks and assign it to certain clients. Additionally, the following can be performed on the Price Tab once the pricelist exists in the system.
- Delete - Remove the currently selected pricelist from the system. Be certain to click OK on the confirmation message to finish.
- Disable/Enable - Disable or enable a pricelist in the system. A disabled pricelist will not appear within the system as a pricing/costing option.
- Edit - Make changes to the currently selected pricelist. Be certain to click Save when finished.
A drop-down menu resides at the top left next to the Add new pricelist option. This drop-down menu may be used to select different pricelists for your company.
Adding Language Pair Task Prices
A language pair task defines the pricing per word, document, page, etc. for a specific source language, target language, and task (translation, revision, etc.). If these prices are not defined, then the client will not appear in the selection screen as a selection option for job assignment.
For clients, these are the tasks that you will be performing for them and the prices you charge. After a pricelist has been defined, a default pair is pulled from the standard pricelist; however, you may modify this pair as well as add additional language pair tasks for the client.
For a pricelist, it is also important to enter prices for the client's language pair tasks. For example, if French to English translations are part of the services, then this should be entered here along with the price for that task.
To enter pricing information for a language pair task, click on Add Prices. You can enter pricing for one language pair task at a time or multiple tasks. Both are described below.
If you do not enter the pricing information, then the client will not appear as an option when completing job assignments for work to be done or when sending proposals.
Method 1: One Target Language
For one target language, simply select the source and target languages from the provided drop-down menus. Then select the task (translation, revision, proofreading, etc.) to be performed for those languages. In the example below, English to French translations will be performed for the client.
Next, you will need to enter the price for the task. First enter the actual cost and then choose how it applies (i.e. per word(s), per document, etc.) for the language pair task. This could be .5 EUR per 1 word or 2 Eur per 1 page and so on...
Advanced properties include entering the capacity(speed) for the task, a product code and comments. Once finished, click on Add New.
The pricing for language pair tasks will appear as shown below. If the you will be translating, revising, etc for more than one language pair, then each language pair must be entered here in order to appear in the selection list for client jobs.
In this example, two translation language pairs have been entered with pricing as well as a revision pair. Now the client will appear in the selection list for both translation and revision jobs.
You will see the word Custom to the right of each pairs price information. An initial pair is pulled from the standard pricelist. Once this information is modified or pricing information for a new pair is added, it is considered to be customized by the system.
Method 2: Multiple Target Languages.
After clicking on Add Prices, you will see an option for selecting multiple target languages. Click on this option to expand the Target Language Section into a list of languages with checkboxes.
Now you can place a checkmark next to each target language that will be needed for the chosen task (i.e. translation, revision, proofreading, etc.).
Each pair will be added on a separate line in this section at the entered price per word, page, etc. For this example, three target languages were selected (German, French, and Dutch) and three language pair tasks have been added for English translations.
