Idea Delivered

This is now released:  Trados Enterprise - 24.02.1 Release  

Delay start of Vendor Quote Review, DTP

At the moment, when using the standard Workflow "Translation & Customer Review & DTP", "Vendor Quote Review, Translation" and "Vendor Quote Review, DTP" are started and sent out to the vendors when completing "Project Planning". It would be more useful if "Vendor Quote Review, DTP" would not start until "Translation" task has been finished. The way it works now, the vendor keeps the "Vendor Quote Review, DTP" task, even if you reassign DTP to somebody else after "Translation" task has started. And there is no need for the vendor to already quote on DTP while still translating.

Iris Düwel
  • in reply to Iris Düwel

    Hi Iris, you can now define when Quotes are generated in the Vendor Order Template settings:

    • Final quote after batch is completed (Default): The vendor quote is generated immediately after the planning stage and is calculated on the assumption the entirety of the task will be handled by the assigned vendor. If any files do not go through the vendor assigned task, due to custom workflow logic or branching rules, the vendor quote will be updated to reflect this after the batch has been completed. 
    • Wait for all files: Generate the vendor quote when all files have reached the vendor-assigned task. A wait duration can be configured so the quote is automatically calculated after the specified period. This is intended to help avoid delays if files are held at the previous task for an excessive time. The quote will be reflected when those late files are submitted but the updated quote will not be sent for vendor quote review. 
    • Per file quote: A vendor quote is generated for every file as it reaches the vendor-assigned task. This option can result in a lot of quotes, depending on the number of files assigned to a vendor. 


    Screenshot of Trados Enterprise settings page with a focus on 'Vendor Quote Generation behaviour' dropdown menu, showing options: 'Final quote after batch is completed', 'Wait for all files', and 'Per file quote'.

  • This has been marked as "Idea Delivered". But unfortunately it has not changed. "Vendor Quote Review, Translation" and "Vendor Quote Review, DTP" still appear at the same time when starting a project: