Prepare quotes, enter job details, track jobs by status or deadline, issue an invoice, mark it as paid, and export your data to Excel to send your accountant. TBM Essential is a tool that keeps your admin under control, tracking jobs from the moment a proposal drops into your inbox to the day you file your taxes.
If you’re a freelance translator working on your own, you now have a flexible, inexpensive option for managing your business, regardless of the CAT tool you use. Why my excitement? Because early adopters – freelance translators like me – had been left stranded, falling between the TBM Lite version (too simple, too tied to Studio) and TBM Teams (too complex, too expensive).
In a smart move, RWS has revived the standalone license for individual users ( TBM Essential) at the tantalising price of €112 (full price €150). Three years later, he transferred tool ownership and his personal coding expertise to SDL, who rebranded BaccS as Trados Business Manager (TBM), with a Lite plug-in for freelancers and a standalone Teams version.įast forward to 2021 enter TBM v6. And along with the rebranding, we have a reinvented app: Trados Business Manager Essential.Įugene Kuchynski, accountant-cum-programmer-cum-translator, launched BaccS (Business Accounting System) in 2016. Although RWS acquired SDL last November, the visible switch from gaudy green to tranquil teal happened just a few weeks ago.