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Colin Brady
Australia
Local time: 00:42
French to English
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Dear Members,
As you may have noticed, the "quote" feature has been updated to make it easier to submit a quote for a job, and the presentation of quotes has been improved to better showcase translators' qualifications. New quote features include:
- Quote templates let you easily reuse information from past quotes.
- Include a CV/resume from your profile with one click.
- Upload a file from your computer such as an alternate CV/resume, sample translation, letter of recommendation, etc.
- WWA and Certified PRO status have been added to quotes to showcase qualifications.
Further improvements to the job posting system are planned, so now is a great time to share your feedback and suggestions. If you have any comments or questions about these new features, please reply to this topic. If you'd like to make a suggestion that isn't related to this update, please use the ProZ.com ideas forum by clicking "Ideas" in the upper right of this page. (You can vote for other's ideas, or submit your own.)
Beta testers are also sought to give feedback on new job system features before they are publicly released. If you are interested in being a job system beta tester (especially a new job posting form), please let me know.
Best Wishes,
Colin
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Noni Gilbert
Spain
Local time: 06:42
 Member (2007)
Spanish to English
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| | Thank you Colin | Aug 4, 2010 |
I used the form yesterday for the first time and was pleased to discover the CV link (although this first time I had already included the link in my letter!).
The Kudoz information which also appears looks a bit "disappointing", until I realised that this was only the last 3 months' figure - I presume this is made perfectly clear to the job offerer - perhaps it might be better to include All time figures?
Cheers
Noni Gilbert
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Colin Brady
Australia
Local time: 00:42
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | | Thanks for posting. | Aug 4, 2010 |
Hi Noni,
Your KudoZ points look correct to me. Why do you think they are only for the last 3 months?
Best,
Colin
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Jana Kinská 
Czech Republic
Local time: 06:42
 Partial member (2010)
English to Czech
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| | That's good news... | Aug 4, 2010 |
I am very happy for the CV/attachment upgrade, this helps a lot. Thanks for that!
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Colin Brady
Australia
Local time: 00:42
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | | Thanks for the feedback! | Aug 4, 2010 |
Hi Jana,
Thanks for posting some feedback, it's much appreciated.
Best,
Colin
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Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 11:42
Partial member (2004)
English to Thai
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| | Fail to quote sometimes | Aug 5, 2010 |
Thank Colin. But ...
I change my status from a member to a partial member. I found that I cannot quote in this new template in certain situations. The system says I need to pay to quote and it is not clear how my membership is restricted in this template. I switch back to the classical template (format) and quote successfully.
Does anyone have a similar restriction?
Best regards,
Soonthon L.
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Colin Brady
Australia
Local time: 00:42
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | | Job partial members should be able to quote on jobs without paying $1... | Aug 5, 2010 |
Hi Soonthon L.,
Thanks for posting. Job partial members should be able to quote on jobs without paying $1. I just tested and it looks like this is the case. Is there a particular job this is happening for?
Best,
Colin
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Lucia Leszinsky
Argentina
 Member (2008)
SITE STAFF | | Would you mind submitting a support request, Soonthon? | Aug 5, 2010 |
Hello all, and sorry to intrude on this thread.
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.) wrote:
I change my status from a member to a partial member. I found that I cannot quote in this new template in certain situations. The system says I need to pay to quote and it is not clear how my membership is restricted in this template. I switch back to the classical template (format) and quote successfully. |
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I run some tests in a few jobs, trying both the new and the old quote form formats, I am afraid I was not able to reproduce the problem you mention, Soonthon.
Would you mind submitting a support request and specifying at least one job for which you meet the criteria but in which you are asked for a $1.00 USD payment to submit your quote? This will certainly help support staff to look into this further and make sure you can all submit your quotes no matter the quote format you are using (new or old).
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Lucia
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José Henrique Lamensdorf
Brazil
Local time: 01:42
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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| | Great job, Colin! | Aug 5, 2010 |
I tried it for the first time, and it's really much better than before.
FYI it does not work any more on my favorite Netscape 7.2. Yes, I know I shouldn't be using it, but Firefox/Thunderbird haven't yet developed to the reliability level Netscape had.
My suggestion
Just as you have fields that can be checked/unchecked for phone/fax/email, how about adding one there to provide the (external) link to the translator's web site URL?
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Elisabeth Kissel
Australia
Local time: 14:42
Member (2009)
English to German
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| | Great improvement | Aug 13, 2010 |
Thank you for your work on this, Colin.
I especially appreciate the template function.
Well done!
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Krzysztof Kajetanowicz
Poland
Local time: 06:42
English to Polish
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Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 11:42
Partial member (2004)
English to Thai
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| | My problem solved | Aug 14, 2010 |
Lucia Leszinsky wrote:
Hello all, and sorry to intrude on this thread.
I run some tests in a few jobs, trying both the new and the old quote form formats, I am afraid I was not able to reproduce the problem you mention, Soonthon.
Would you mind submitting a support request and specifying at least one job for which you meet the criteria but in which you are asked for a $1.00 USD payment to submit your quote? This will certainly help support staff to look into this further and make sure you can all submit your quotes no matter the quote format you are using (new or old).
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Thank Lucia for the quick response. I did not reproduce the problem as well. Now I use the quote system successfully. The repeating problems might came out of my weird Windows before its failure a week ago. Now I am happy with the updated quoting features.
Best regards,
Soonthon Lupkitaro
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Lucia Leszinsky
Argentina
Member (2008)
SITE STAFF | | Thanks for confirming everything is working fine for you, Soonthon | Aug 14, 2010 |
Please let me know if you encounter any other difficulties and I'll be happy to assist you.
Have an excellent weekend!
Kind regards,
Lucia
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Walter Landesman
Uruguay
Local time: 01:42
Member (2005)
English to Spanish
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Yes, this new system works out much better.
Nicer layout. And a long time expected improvement is the "save template" feature. This will save us time in the future.
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Vipec
Germany
Local time: 06:42
Member (2010)
German to Italian
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| | I cannot upload my application | Aug 17, 2010 |
Hi,
I get always an error message by uploading my application.
Please note that I didn't exceed the maximum file size of the attachment.
Cheers
Vittorio
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