This tab contains cost calculations based upon the statistical information retrieved.
The Cost calculation frame consists of three elements:
· You can select the calculation type in the drop-down box located at the top.
· The calculation results, and some average figures (if appropriate; see below), are shown in the Calculation frame located below.
· In the Translation unit and Source text/Translation frames, you can select the units used for the calculation (active if appropriate).
Below is a description of the available calculation types:
· Total per translation unit:
This is the simplest and most widely used calculation for the complete costs of a translation. It has become the worldwide standard for calculating translation costs.
Formula:
Number of words/characters in source text * rate per word/character in source text
Note: Average figures are not available for this calculation type because no meaningful values can be calculated.
· Work done (per translation unit):
This is a simple way to measure the costs for the work done, based on the standard way to calculate translations costs (see above).
Formula:
Number of translated words/characters in source text/translation * rate per word/character in source text/translation
· Work done (weighted, by type):
This is a more sophisticated way to calculate translation costs, increasingly used because in some cases the true translation costs are better reflected by this calculation if a translation memory was used for the translation. In MetaTexis, you can now measure the impact of a TM on the translation costs. Even if this impact cannot be measured perfectly, it is possible to make an approximation.
The formula consists of three elements:
▪ Costs for the words/characters in the source text/translation which were translated manually or on the basis of terminology results;
▪ Costs for the words/characters in the source text/translation which were translated by a translation machine.
▪ Costs for the words/characters in the source text/translation that were translated on the basis of TM matches.
Formula:
Number of manually translated words/characters * price per word in source text/translation
+ Number of machine translated words/characters in source text/translation * revision rate per word/character in source text
+ Number of words/characters in source text/translation translated on the basis of TM matches * revision rate per word/character in source text/translation
· Work to be done (per translation unit):
This is a simple way to measure the costs for the work done, based on the standard way to calculate translations costs (see above).
Formula:
Number of translated words/characters in source text/translation * rate per word/character in source text
+ Number of words/characters in TUs to be edited * rate per word/character in source text
Note: Average figures are not available for this calculation type because no meaningful values can be calculated.
· Work to be done (weighted, by type):
This calculation supplements the last option. It informs you (or your client) about the costs of the work to be done.
The formula consists of three elements:
▪ Costs for the number of words to be translated
▪ Costs for the number of words in TUs with TDB results
▪ Costs for the number of words in TUs with TM matches
Formula:
Number of words/characters to be translated * rate per word in source text
+ Number of words/characters in TUs with TDB results to be edited * rate per word in source text
+ Number of words/characters in TUs with TM matches to be edited * revision rate per word/character
Note: Average figures are not available for this calculation type because no meaningful values can be calculated.