CATCount in Projetex 2006

CATCount is a useful software tool for translation industry professionals. It greatly eases task of accounting of Computer Assisted Translation jobs. CATCount does this by translating complex CAT Scheme into one easy number, i.e. CATCount. Additionally, it provides great features for printing and export of used CAT Scheme together with original wordcounts, and resulting CATCount. Wordcount analysis logs of Trados Translator’s Workbench are processed automatically.

Projetex 2006 is equipped with latest version of CATCount to quicken and simplify expenses calculation for each job.

CATCount is accessible when creating new jobs and quotes: from New/Edit Draft Client Job, New/Edit Client Job, New/Edit Corporate Job and New/Edit Freelance Job windows.

Let us take a closer look on using CATCount in Projetex 2006 on the example of using it when creating a corporate job.

When you open New Corporate Job window you specify the job name, group and service at first.
CATCount comes at a hand when you want to specify the volume of the job and calculate its cost using the CAT Scheme. The result will be automatically entered to the Volume field.
 

Specifying job volume using CATCount:

1. Click CATCount button from the New/Edit Draft Client Job or New/Edit Client Job windows. CATCount application will open.

2. Enter the number of words with different level of match, the percentage of full rate payment, i.e. the CAT Scheme. Once you have entered the values you can save the scheme clicking Scheme > Save. You can load it next time clicking Scheme > Load.

You can load word count analysis logs of Trados Translator’s Workbench using menu Log > Load.

3. Click OK to enter the Total CATCount number to the Volume field:

or click Cancel to close the CATCount application without changes.

Expanded count report is added on the CATCount Notes tab which appears after CATCount is used:

Settings

You can specify the count units for the CATCount on the CATCount page of the Projetex Server Administrator Corporate Settings windows.

More information about CATCount tool: www.catcount.com

See Also:

Built-in AnyCount