Configure a GlobalLink project for quotes

In Inspire, you can allow queued translation jobs to be sent to GlobalLink Enterprise to get a quote on the cost of translation work. After a user requests an estimate, Inspire sends a request to GlobalLink Enterprise where a project manager or vendor provides the lines items for each charge and a total estimate. This requires you configure your translation project in GlobalLink Enterprise to allow the use of quotes.

Before you begin

  • These steps assume you have a translation project already created for Inspire-related translation work.

    If you can access the Administrator Guide for GlobalLink Enterprise, you can learn about creating translation projects there. Administration guidance is not provided in GlobalLink Answers.

  • In Inspire, an administrator must also configure a Translation Integration Method to allow the use of quotes. Enable quotes for translation projects

To configure a GlobalLink project for quotes:

  1. Allow the use of quotes in your translation project.
  2. Configure associated vendors.

Allow the use of quotes in your translation project

In GlobalLink Enterprise, a project consists of a collection of business rules designed to meet specific requirements.

  • A project includes target languages, file formats, workflows, and vendors.
  • GlobalLink Enterprise associates submissions with projects, so projects are a prerequisite to submissions.

To allow the use of quotes in your translation project:

  1. Sign into your instance of GlobalLink Enterprise.
  2. In the Projects folder, select the project you use for Inspire translations, and then click Edit Project.

  3. On the Edit Project screen, click the Quotes tab.

  4. Click the Enable Quotes check box.
  5. In the Quote Level drop-down list, select the following option:

    • Submission: Leverage items are calculated per language (the sum of all batches per item level), and line items are calculated on the submission level.

  6. In PO Number, select Not required.
  7. For Inspire translation projects, in Submission start without approval, select the following setting to determine when a user can start or claim a submission:

    • Submission start without approval: Quotes can be provided and approved at any point in the workflow. The submission is started and claimed without quotes approved. If selected, the Request Quote checkbox in the Manual Submission screen is not activated by default.

  8. In Mandatory approval before submission start, it is not recommended that you select an option as this scenario has not been tested.
  9. In Mandatory approval before claim, it is not recommended that you select an option as this scenario has not been tested.
  10. You can optionally configure other settings, however for Inspire projects this is not necessary.
  11. Click OK to save your changes.

    Results: Your quote configuration for the selected project is saved.

Configure associated vendors

You must check the vendors associated with your Inspire translation project to ensure they provide translations in the languages you want to use with quotes.

In the example above, your translation project only works with Source files in English (EN) that can be translated into German (DE).

If an Inspire user creates a translation job for GlobalLink Enterprise and selects a Target language of anything besides German (DE), the job with fail because you don't have a vendor who can do the translation.

To allow your Inspire translation projects to work with all the languages you need, in GlobalLink Enterprise you can add new vendors who work with other languages or update an existing vendor who may have added more services.

To configure associated vendors:

  1. Sign into your instance of GlobalLink Enterprise.
  2. In the Projects folder, select the project you use for Inspire translations, and then click Edit Project.

  3. On the Edit Project screen, click the Vendors tab.
  4. Review your list of vendors and the language pairs they work with. If you need to, do any of the following:
    1. To add a vendor, click New.

      • Select the checkbox of the Source and Target language pairs to enable them.
      • Click OK.
    2. To add more languages to an existing vendor, select the vendor and then click Edit.

      • Select the checkbox of the Source and Target language pairs to enable them.
      • Click OK.
    3. To remove a vendor, select the vendor and then click Delete.
  5. To save your changes, on the Edit Project screen, click OK.