System Architecture and User Roles

TTN TMS Terminology

TTN TMS has four Interfaces for four different user types:

Name Description
Client Clients can order translations through an intuitive ordering interface that immediately calculates up to seven possible delivery deadlines based on text volume and real-time translator availability. Authorized users can access their private or company-wide archives, online termbases, translation memories, and full-text archives.
Translator Under “Translator,” we also include proofreaders. Translators and proofreaders receive translation or proofreading assignments and execute them within the TTN TMS environment. The translator interface allows users to download and upload translation jobs and provides access to translation resources such as translation memories (TMs), termbases, full-text archives, client forums, and user manuals.
Translation Manager The Translation Manager supervises the workflow and parameterizes the translation flow settings for the clients.
System Operator The system operator has access to advanced system setup functions. They can test functionalities and have access to the operating systems. The system operations tools are intended for TTN-TMS staff and are not explained in this presentation.

System Components

TTN TMS runs under Windows Server environments and includes the following applications:

Component Type Description
TTN-TMS IIS Application Main aspx application written in C# with over 600 forms.
GroupShare IIS Application Third Party IIS application from RWS Trados
TTN-SDL TCP/IP Server TCP/IP Server to handle interaction between TTN-TMS and GroupShare
TTN-Counter TCP/IP Server TCP/IP Server to handle interaction with Office and other files
TTN-Converter CMD Application Convert files to HTM, PDF, WORD
TTN-WorkLoop Windows Application Automatic workflow handler
TTN-Replicator Windows Application Backup on Offline Server
Web-to-TM Set of 15 Applications Converts Websites or File Repositories into TMs with a powerful alignment tool