Managing Roles of Project Members

Both the owner and managers can invite project members and change their roles.

Project Roles

• Owner – a person who created a project. The owner can invite and remove project members, upload source and translation files to the project, set up integrations, etc.
  Note: Project ownership can't be changed.
• Manager – has similar rights as a project owner except the ability to manage some of the owner’s Resources (e.g., configuring MT engines, advanced workflows, etc.) and delete projects.
• Proofreader – can translate and approve strings. Unlike the manager, the proofreader doesn’t have access to project settings.
• Translator – can translate strings and vote for translations added by other members.
• Blocked – doesn’t have access to the project.

Changing Member Role

To change the role of a project member, follow these steps:

1. Open your project and go to Settings > Members tab.
2. Click Details towards a needed member in the list.
3. In the appeared dialog, select a new role.

Languages Permissions

By default, when you invite translators to your project, they will have access to all target languages.

To configure more specific access to target languages for your translators, follow these steps:

1. Open your project and go to Settings > General tab.
2. Select Limited access to the languages in the Privacy section.
3. Switch to the Members tab.
4. Click Details towards a needed member in the list.
5. Make sure that the Translator role is selected.
6. In the Language Permissions panel, you can select a role for a member per language (P – Proofreader, T – Translator, x – Restricted Access).

Once Limited access to the languages is selected in your Crowdin project’s Settings > General tab, you will be able to configure specific language access for current project members and when inviting new translators or proofreaders.

Q&A

Q: I’m a project owner. Do I need to invite a manager or a proofreader?

A: The main difference between manager and proofreader is the following: in addition to approving translations added by translators, managers can also invite and remove project members, upload source and translation files to the project, set up integrations, etc.

If you want to have a project member who should have access to the features mentioned above, you need to invite a project manager. Alternatively, if you plan to manage the project yourself, it will be enough to invite a proofreader.