Ekoke.com – An electronic marketplace for the translation and localization industry
(PRWEB) November 15, 2003
Ekoke.com is a software that brings professionals from the translation market together and helps them to form associations easily and quickly.
In order to offer services at the global level, Ekoke.com is fully localized into Spanish and English. System users can utilize all of the services by reading and communicating with one another in either of these two languages. We plan to have the site localized into more languages in the future, including Asian languages.
Registration is free and during its promotional stage, Ekoke.com offers its services free of charge to both translation agencies and industry professionals.
In this initial phase of the system, services are oriented to translation agencies and professionals. The following is a brief description of the solutions provided:
Solutions for translation agencies:
>>> Search of industry professionals
This service allows agencies to find language professionals registered in the system using diverse criteria such as: source language, target language, country of residence, field of expertise, required services and required tools. Search results can also be filtered to find professionals who are certified in the language pair or who are native speakers of the target language.
>>> Search management
We are aware that finding professionals for a given project or job position is not a step, but a process. Thus Ekoke.com has developed tools to streamline this process and help translation agencies find their candidates more efficiently. These tools allow them to define a search with filters, and to pre-select and select professionals from the search results. The search can be saved for future reference and executed as many times as needed to check out the profiles of new, recently registered professionals.
>>> Bid requests
With this solution, translation agencies can post their project specifications and receive electronic bids from those professionals that initially meet the requirements set by the translation agency. This solution also includes a request for information in which the agency can attach a list of questions for bidders to answer, and sample texts to be translated.
>>> Bid management
Every bid received can be managed with the bid management module. A series of tools have been developed to filter bids according to quality control criteria. In addition, the translation agency can easily decline or pre-select bids, thus streamlining the process of choosing a successful bidder.
>>> Total or partial project assignment
This service allows translation agencies to control the volume of the project that will be assigned to the successful bidders. Thus, the agency can analyze different cost, quality and background variables and set up teams of pros according to the results of the bidding process and the requirements of the project.
>>> Financial information
During the pre-selection process or once the project is assigned, the translation agency can view financial information about the project. The financial information report displays the total amount to be paid to each successful bidder in their original currency, the total cost of the project and totals grouped by language pair and services.
>>> Currency conversion
Ekoke.com is a multicurrency system in which every user selects his/her preferred currency to read quotes and figures. Currency conversion is done automatically by the system. To date, Ekoke.com converts currencies from and to 31 different currencies. Exchange rates are updated on a daily basis.
>>> User management
This solution allows a translation agency to group several users. The agency is registered just once, and its entire staff is automatically associated. This approach allows the translation agency to centralize activities: the agency can manage regular reports and agency activities, for instance, by checking all projects posted by the agency.
Solutions for professionals:
>>> Automatic notice of bid requests
Each time a translation agency posts a bid request, pros that match the language pairs of the project are informed via email and invited to place a bid.
>>> Project bidding
All registered professionals can place a bid by completing a bid request form.
>>> Bid management
Pros can check and review their bids, see the details of the bids and projects assigned to them, and view the details of projects still open that have not yet been assigned.
>>> Financial information
The system offers financial information to each professional that has been assigned to a project. The report informs the amount to be collected based on the bid, the length of the project and the percentage assigned by translation agency.
>>> Currency conversion
Ekoke.com is a multicurrency system in which every user selects his/her preferred currency to read quotes and figures. Currency conversion is done automatically by the system. To date, Ekoke.com converts 31 different currencies. Exchange rates are updated on a daily basis.
>>> Contact management
With this option, professionals can check all contact requests they have received from other users (translations agencies, professionals or non-registered users). The request includes the reason that they are being contacted, and the e-mail of the sender.
>>> Profile management
Instead of allowing pros to upload a file of their resume, Ekoke.com structures this information within a profile. Thus, professionals can write an introduction, upload their personal photo, and detail the language pairs they work with, their native languages, fields of expertise, services, rates, credentials, affiliations, job experience, industry tools, software & hardware, academic record, and their availability within the next four months. All information is structured and displayed in a convenient, easy-to-read format.
>>> Electronic recommendation request
With this service, professionals can ask a third party to write a digital recommendation about them. Once the recommendation is written and accepted by the pro, it becomes part of the profile along with his/her background information.
The management team of Ekoke.com is strongly committed to developing software and services oriented to streamlining the processes of e-Procurement for both translation agencies and language professionals.
For further information about the services provided by Ekoke.com, please contact Luciano Degreèf at (+5411) 4372 5013 or send him an e-mail at ldegreef@ekoke.com.
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