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Translation Project Management. Which Software?
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TvNellen (X)
TvNellen (X)
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Hercules Translation Project Management Sep 29, 2015

There is another option, geared towards small and medium-sized LSPs: Hercules. It's in active development and the developer (me) is very responsive.

 
EmYP
EmYP
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Does Hercules provide a Client Portal? Jan 21, 2016

TvNellen wrote:

There is another option, geared towards small and medium-sized LSPs: Hercules. It's in active development and the developer (me) is very responsive.



Hi,

I am interested in your Project Management Tool but need to know if this integrates a client portal in order for the client to get a realtime quote when he uploads a document, without the intervention of a Project Manager.
We need this tool for small projects and need to automate work as much as possible.

Thanks


 
Michael Beijer
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No screenshots? Jan 21, 2016

TvNellen wrote:

There is another option, geared towards small and medium-sized LSPs: Hercules. It's in active development and the developer (me) is very responsive.


Michael


 
Aploq
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Translationprojex support Jan 21, 2016

Hi, I have a question for Translationprojex users. Did you have to use their support and were you satisfied with response times and quality?
I am generally very positive about this system and I hope it will smooth things up with us. But their support did not reply within 24 hours and when I contacted them via email, i was told that they will reply next week (it's Thursday today). My question was not very complicated...
Thanks, Agata


 
Michael Beijer
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Projetex Jan 21, 2016

Aploq wrote:

Hi, I have a question for Translationprojex users. Did you have to use their support and were you satisfied with response times and quality?
I am generally very positive about this system and I hope it will smooth things up with us. But their support did not reply within 24 hours and when I contacted them via email, i was told that they will reply next week (it's Thursday today). My question was not very complicated...
Thanks, Agata


If you want the best support, try these guys: http://www.projetex.com/

Apparently, they are also about to release new versions of both Projetex and TO3000.


 
Aploq
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Projetex Jan 21, 2016

Michael Beijer wrote:

If you want the best support, try these guys: http://www.projetex.com/

Apparently, they are also about to release new versions of both Projetex and TO3000.


Thanks, but I need an online solution. Projetex is great otherwise.


 
TvNellen (X)
TvNellen (X)
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Screenshots Jan 22, 2016

Michael Beijer wrote:

TvNellen wrote:

There is another option, geared towards small and medium-sized LSPs: Hercules. It's in active development and the developer (me) is very responsive.


Michael


Do you mean you would like to see screenshots?


 
Michael Beijer
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Yes, very much! Jan 22, 2016

TvNellen wrote:

Michael Beijer wrote:

TvNellen wrote:

There is another option, geared towards small and medium-sized LSPs: Hercules. It's in active development and the developer (me) is very responsive.


Michael


Do you mean you would like to see screenshots?


Screenshots are one of the first things I look at on a page about software. Very important to get a quick look at everything.

Michael


 
TvNellen (X)
TvNellen (X)
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Client portal Jan 22, 2016

EmYP wrote:

TvNellen wrote:

There is another option, geared towards small and medium-sized LSPs: Hercules. It's in active development and the developer (me) is very responsive.



Hi,

I am interested in your Project Management Tool but need to know if this integrates a client portal in order for the client to get a realtime quote when he uploads a document, without the intervention of a Project Manager.
We need this tool for small projects and need to automate work as much as possible.

Thanks


There is a client portal but the functionality you are asking for currently does not exist. It may be added in the future though.


 
TvNellen (X)
TvNellen (X)
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Upon request Jan 22, 2016

Michael Beijer wrote:

TvNellen wrote:

Michael Beijer wrote:

TvNellen wrote:

There is another option, geared towards small and medium-sized LSPs: Hercules. It's in active development and the developer (me) is very responsive.


Michael


Do you mean you would like to see screenshots?


Screenshots are one of the first things I look at on a page about software. Very important to get a quick look at everything.

Michael


Currently screenshots are available upon request, but I may add some to the website at some point. Thanks for the suggestion!

Thomas


 
TvNellen (X)
TvNellen (X)
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New Hercules video channel Mar 12, 2016

I put up a video about Hercules to give an impression of the user interface: YouTube link.

 
Volodymyr Kukharenko
Volodymyr Kukharenko
Ukraine
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Protemos Jul 7, 2016

One more tool recently released, see www.protemos.com.

It's cloud-based and free for freelancers, also free for the agencies untill 2017.


 
Michael Beijer
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BaccS Jul 7, 2016

And another one I am currently testing: http://www.ibaccs.com/

The developer is very responsive and adding new features almost daily.

Michael


 
John Fossey
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TranslationProjex Jul 7, 2016

Another good one for agencies is http://www.translationprojex.net/

 
Nenad Andricsek
Nenad Andricsek
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None of the Tools does what We Really Need Nov 29, 2016

Whatever we did in the past, nothing really worked for us.

Reasons are several, but mostly, because the systems are, on one hand a complete Overkill:

- they can automate coffee making when you step into the office (just an example of a super cool, but not so important advanced feature),

but on the other hand:

- they can't figure out a way to enter a project in 25 seconds, and if you are a small agency that works a lot with smaller projects (
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Whatever we did in the past, nothing really worked for us.

Reasons are several, but mostly, because the systems are, on one hand a complete Overkill:

- they can automate coffee making when you step into the office (just an example of a super cool, but not so important advanced feature),

but on the other hand:

- they can't figure out a way to enter a project in 25 seconds, and if you are a small agency that works a lot with smaller projects (we, who are in localization are seeing this trend being the standard now) you end up spending most of your project management time in data entry - not really what we need to pay them for, right?

We are now using one of those systems, and they work. But they are far from perfect:

- lot of redundant data needs to be entered again and again
- there is just too much room for making an error in data entry (and when you have to enter 80 new jobs a day, errors do happen)
- the financial structure is too complicated both for us (the Agency), and the vendors (freelancers etc) and the clients..

So I decided to spend my daughters college tuition on building one that will make our life easier.

It's still in the beginning, but maybe it can help you too down the line.

If you want to, you can check it out here:

minitpms.com

Thank you for listening
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