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User roles

Rigi users can be assigned the following roles, according to their functions in the project:

Table 33.

User role

Description

Permissions

Guides

Subscriber (Administrator)

A subscriber configures Rigi system settings, creates and owns Rigi projects.

A subscriber can:

  • create projects.

  • remove projects.

  • assign projects to another subscriber.

Subscriber guides 

Project management guides

Developer

A developer ensures that:

  • files and context are uploaded to the workspace.

  • the correct parsers and target rules are selected.

A developer can:

  • create and manage workspace target and source files.

  • configure parsers and target rules.

  • generate target files for a workspace.

  • approve sources for translation.

  • capture HTML previews.

Developer guides

Project manager (PM)

A PM ensures that:

  • texts are translated.

  • language tests are performed.

  • comments are processed.

A PM can:

  • view project previews, translations, files, and settings.

  • create review and translation tasks.

  • assign authors to source text correction tasks.

  • assign internal and external translators.

  • assign reviewers.

  • start and complete tasks.

Project management guides

Translator (internal or external)

A translator localizes source texts in context. External translators use a third-party tool to translate source texts.

A translator can:

  • access HTML previews in Rigi Viewer.

  • perform the translation of the strings.

Translator guides

Reviewer (language tester)

A language tester reviews translated texts.

A reviewer can:

  • create translation and non-translation issues.

  • add comments.

  • add suggestions.

Reviewer guides

Author

An author or copywriter ensures that source texts are correct.

An author can:

  • create documentation books.

  • correct source texts.

  • define screenshots for documentation.

  • generate screenshots for documentation with meta information based on defined settings

Writer guides


Author, developer, and project manager roles can be assigned per project in the Team members section of the project menu. For details, see the Manage team members guide.

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