Hello, Claire,

Interesting to see/meet you!

Could be great question and source for interesting improvements! Taking into account your limited need in advanced management software, I believe right choice here will be Lite. Since it already has all data (volumes, times, etc.), and you don't need more layers here (outsourcing, additional expenses/income, etc.), then it will be logical to use this data.

Yes, reporting in Team version provides all possible customization. However, Lite version also has some reports, but they are not customizable. I offer you to check existing reports and maybe provide some information what you're missing there. We can then improve reporting part in the Lite plugin and your task could be solved.

Answering your question about data move, yes, it's already possible. From the Settings screen, just click Export as JSON button on the toolbar. To import data to Team version, version 5.1 is needed, which is still not released (planned for upcoming days/weeks).

Hello Eugene,

Thanks for getting back to me. It would be great if you could tweak the Lite version to include some customisable reporting. I'd basically want it to show number of words/hours/income from specific clients over defined periods, which languages, what countries (mainly whether home (UK) or abroad, rather than a specific breakdown), and whether they are direct clients or agencies, but as long as I have the figures per client, it's not a problem to work the rest out myself.

Talking to other colleagues who already use the standalone freelancer edition (which I gather isn't offered any more?), I have the impression that it isn't possible to add other jobs that aren't in Studio? While most of my translation work does go through Studio, I do also do editing work for non-native speakers, or direct clients, that doesn't go through Studio, so it would be great to have the option to add non-Studio work too.

In the meantime, I'll download the trial version and see what I think. It would be good to integrate the functions of translating and project management, I must admit.

Many thanks,

Claire

Hello Claire,

Very great details, thank you! We'll discuss with colleagues about reporting and I'll write additional message here.

Claire Cox said:

Talking to other colleagues who already use the standalone freelancer edition (which I gather isn't offered any more?), I have the impression that it isn't possible to add other jobs that aren't in Studio?

It was true for previous versions, but not for the last one. Now it's possible to create custom projects and register any additional work which freelancer can do. It is described here:

https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/business-manager/w/wiki/5072/project-editing-window

Also, new release is coming (today or few days), which will further improve working with custom projects. So, it's not an issue anymore

Claire Cox said:

In the meantime, I'll download the trial version and see what I think. It would be good to integrate the functions of translating and project management, I must admit.

Hi Claire Cox

Great post... and this is exactly what we want to see.  We are committed to making this the ideal solution for the majority of freelance translators using Studio.  We don't want this to become the more complex tool it was as it contained too many features that are only useful for the few.  But there are definitley things we can do that would be useful for the many and this is what we need to understand.

Your feedback matches that of a few other users I have spoken to so we will look at what we can do here.

Claire Cox said:

In the meantime, I'll download the trial version and see what I think. It would be good to integrate the functions of translating and project management, I must admit.

Hi Claire Cox

Great post... and this is exactly what we want to see.  We are committed to making this the ideal solution for the majority of freelance translators using Studio.  We don't want this to become the more complex tool it was as it contained too many features that are only useful for the few.  But there are definitley things we can do that would be useful for the many and this is what we need to understand.

Your feedback matches that of a few other users I have spoken to so we will look at what we can do here.