Translation Project Calculator
A FREE, cross-platform calculation tool for translators and project managers.
NEW RELEASE ON 05/11/2008 / MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS!
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TransProCalc is a FREE/Open Source tool for calculating financial and project data for translation projects and generating relevant reports. TransProCalc has three data management components, and generates three reports:
- ProjectFin: for calculating charges and expenses and projecting revenue, generating a final financial report that is very useful for bookkeeping purposes. (Former ProjectOut and ProjectEstimate have now been consolidated in this one dialog). (screenshot)
- ProjectDocs: for organizing information all project documents (at this date, TPC will handle up to 8 documents for one project), including unit counts, number of target translations, for multiple target languages, etc. (shown above)
- ProjectAssign: tracks which documents and translations have been assigned to which providers, how much each provider charges per unit, and calculates total providers expenses for the project. TPC currently handles up to 5 providers for one project. (screenshot)
About current capacity: TransProCalc could be augmented to handle large projects, of course, but I wrote it for my own purposes, and, to date, it has been quite adequate. Want an enhanced version for larger projects? I can be persuaded to spend the time to increase TPC's capacity, of course,
but my time is valuable. Contact Tony to request enhancements.
Uses: My book keeper loves the ProjectFin reports, because it gives her all the relevant information for entering a project on the books. I print one for every project and clip it on top of my invoice to the client and any invoices from providers, etc. and she has everything she needs at a glance. I copy/paste the relevant portions to my letterhead for invoicing, too.
I use the ProjectDoc and ProjectAssign reports to organize information when the project comes in, and then have it when it is time to gather up the pieces and deliver upon completion. Very handy.
TransProCalc is written in ActiveTcl8.5 / Tcl.Tk, and, thus, is cross-platform and will run on
Linux, Mac, and Windows. (But direct printing is only enabled in Linux. Other users must save the report and print from another program.)
TransProCalc was created by Anthony Baldwin, and is licensed according to the provisions of the
Gnu Public License v.2 or later
Links:
(get involved in the project!)Translation Project Calc sourceforge page
Translation Project Calculator on Freshmeat
DOWNLOAD TransProCalc:
Download it now at Sourceforge.System requirements:
* Important! TransProCalc requires ActiveTcl8.5 (free download)TransProCalc contains no viruses, malware, or spyware, and requires no additional license or licensing fees to run, not now, not tomorrow, not in 30 days or ever.
It's just FREE, so download it, use, copy it, share it, and ENJOY!
By downloading and using TransProCalc you agree that neither Linguas OS, Baldwin Linguas nor Anthony Baldwin are responsible for the results of your use thereof.
Feedback, support or feature request? : Contact Tony
Other software by Tony:
TickleText - a light, fast, free text editor, and,
TickleDict - a light, fast, free online resource and dictionary look-up too:
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