How to consider tokens when calculating a quotation

Hi folks, I naturally have to calculate a text to be translated before customer orders. An Excel program prommed by me considers, among others, CAT's analysis (vd. report). There are bandwidths given (e.g. Repeat, 100 %, 95-99%, ..., no match, vd. both figs.). Each of these lines in the calc. spreasheet are assigned to weighing factors that are multiplied by the base rate (e.g. "Repeat" by 10 % of the base rate, ...). The new analysis spreadsheet in "Report" has additional items now, e.g. PerfectMatch, Context Match, Repitions, Cross-file repetitions, etc. All this is taken into account in my Excel spreadsheet. Now, however, I came across an new item which I never had to consider before: "Detected tolkens". These tokens are automatic translations (e.g. capital letter word, underlined in blue). These detected tokens are assigned to their "masters" (e.g. Repetitions, ..., percentage [e.g. 11.33 %] -> e.g. 488 [pieces] in the repetitions. When I calculate e.g. the repetions in my spreadsheet, then with these 11.33 % by 10 % of the base rate. In a nutshell: how would you suggest to take these 488 [token pieces] into account in this "Repetions" line? Any idea would be welcome.

Screenshot of Trados Studio analysis report showing categories like Repeat, PerfectMatch, Context Match, with corresponding percentages and counts.                                             Screenshot of a Trados Calculator in Excel with highlighted cells for Repeat and 100% match, showing total words, segments, and base rate calculation.



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[edited by: Trados AI at 1:50 PM (GMT 0) on 28 Feb 2024]
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  • Hi ,

    I think these are really an indicator of how much benefit you'll get when working interactively. So if you want to take them into account and feel as though you do get a benefit you would like to apply to your quote then perhaps weight your final quotation with some sort of factor to take into account the benefit you think this brings. I think if the tokens are the only content in the segment then there is perhaps some measurable benefit, but just within a segment it's debatable and probably only something I'd consider internally rather than apply to a quote.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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