We invoice translation work based on the target volume and calculate this using a so-called expansion factor. This factor indicates how much bigger the text volume in the target language is expected to be compared to the source language.  Assuming for example that translating from English to French will yield a text that is 1.1 times longer than the source text, the expansion factor would be 1.1 .

Is there a way in TBM to use this instead of applying a factor to the price per word or line? The reason we would need this is that applying a factor to the price per word or line will show a different price in the invoice, depending on the target language. However, we would like to always have the same basic unit price shown in the invoice. This is the price we have agreed with the customer and if a different price (adjusted by a factor) shows up in the invoice, this will confuse the customer. 

Therefore we would like to be able to apply a multiplication factor to the volume coming from the analysis instead of applying it to the price. Instead of adjusting the price per line, we would adjust the number of lines before multiplying it with the price per line. 

How can we do this in TBM?