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Default User Permissions

In this article, we explore user permissions across Smartling functions for the seven user roles in the platform. The grid below defines the default permissions with an 'x' of each user role;

  1. Account Owner

  2. Project Manager

  3. Requester

  4. Content Viewer

  5. Agency Account Owner

  6. Translation Resource Manager (TRM)

  7. Translation Resource (TR)

Smartling function

Account Owner

Project Manager

Requester

Content Viewer

Agency Owner

TRM

TR

x

x

x

x

x

from within the Job only

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

via Request Translation portal only

x

x

from within the Job only

x

x

from within the Job only

x

x

from within the Job only

x,

x,

x,

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

via the Strings View or the "Context Coverage" panel of the Job only

x

x

x

x

x

only if the permission to "Authorize own jobs" is configured

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

fuzzy estimate only

fuzzy estimate only

fuzzy estimate only

Download Job estimates

x

x

x

fuzzy estimate only

fuzzy estimate only

fuzzy estimate only

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Reject translations

x, if this setting is enabled for the post-translation or Published step

x, if this setting is enabled for the post-translation or Published step

x, if this setting is enabled for the post-translation or Published step

x, if this setting is enabled for the post-translation or Published step

x, if this setting is enabled for the post-translation or Published step

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

from within the Job only

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Comment on issues

x

x

x

x

x

x

Enter/edit translations

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

access the Strings View from within the Job only

from the Global Search only

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Export Glossary

x

x

x

x

x

Search Glossary

x

x

x

(CAT Tool: Search the glossary(s) for the current project and language.
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Assets > Glossaries: Search all glossaries and languages.)

x

(CAT Tool: Search the glossary(s) for the current project and language.
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Assets > Glossaries: Search all glossaries and languages.)

x

(CAT Tool: Search the glossary(s) for the current project and language.
​
Assets > Glossaries: Search all glossaries and languages.)

x

x

x

x

x

(Add, edit or import glossary entries with permissions)

x

(Add, edit or import glossary entries with permissions)

x

(Add, edit or import glossary entries with permissions)

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x, all but Account Owner users

x

x

x

x, but only TR or TRM users, and PM users who don't have access to any additional projects

x, but only TR and TRM users registered under their agency

x, but only TR users.
If the TR is assigned to workflow steps the TRM doesn't have access to, the user cannot be removed.

x

x

(project-level workflows only)

x

x

(project-level workflows only)

x

x

(project-level workflows only)

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

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