Project Types

A project type is a template for creating projects. When you create a project, using a project type, WorldServer gets the following information from the project type:

The source locale from which you are translating
Whether to require a due date for tasks
The workgroup for the project
The default workflow to use (for all locales, or per locale)
The default file type configuration to use (for all locales, or per locale)
The default cost model to use (for all locales, or per locale)
The Studio QA Checker profile (for translation consistency)
Whether to use a client-specified translation memory or to specify one here (for all locales, or per locale)
Whether to use a client-specified terminology database or to specify one here (for all locales, or per locale)
Any custom AIS properties or project attributes you want the project creator to provide
The default Machine Translation (MT) configuration to use (for all locales, or per locale)
The default quality models (for all locales, or per locale)

Note: The project type is used for translation projects.

When you create a term validation project, you do not use a project type.

When you create a project after approving a quote, that project is a translation project for the assets specified in the quote.

When you create a quote itself, you can specify a project type, to give the language service provider (LSP) or whomever is developing the quote document information to take into consideration, like workgroup, workflow, TM, TD, cost model, and file type configuration. However, the LSP may choose a different, more appropriate project type with which to develop the quote.

A project type lets you automatically apply a set of AIS properties, default workflows, and linkages when you create a new project using the Upload Files and Create Project feature in WorldServer or the Create New Project feature in TransPort.

You create a project type by clicking Add in the Management > Business Rule Linkage > Project Types page. Alternatively, you can base your new project type on an existing one by opening the existing project type, modifying it, then clicking Save As New.