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Fabrice - Local time: 05:41 angličtina -> francouzština + ...
Feb 16, 2007
I have just made the mistake of sending a quote based on an Openoffice word count, of course after running it in Ms Word and Wordfast I realized Openoffice word count is somewhat generous.
Same document different results:
- 48545words / wordfast 3.35 - 49073 words / Ms Word 2003 - 50987 words / Openoffice
I am certain the latest version of wordfast or trados would come up with a different count.
I have just made the mistake of sending a quote based on an Openoffice word count, of course after running it in Ms Word and Wordfast I realized Openoffice word count is somewhat generous.
Same document different results:
- 48545words / wordfast 3.35 - 49073 words / Ms Word 2003 - 50987 words / Openoffice
I am certain the latest version of wordfast or trados would come up with a different count.
So what is the rule of thumb when it come to word count? Should I always use the value provided by my CAT? ▲ Collapse
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(...) So what is the rule of thumb when it come to word count? Should I always use the value provided by my CAT?
Yes. Your CAT counts the words to translate and knows that field contents, repeated headers/footers etc. need not be counted. Word and other text processing apps will give you widely varying results based on totally different criteria.
HTH, Benjamin
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TNT TRANSLATION Spojené státy americké Local time: 07:41 angličtina -> korejština
MS-WORD is universally owned.
Feb 16, 2007
I use MS-WORD to count words because clients/agencies and I can agree since all have this word processor on PC or Mac.
I think your client will appreciate if you correct the word count with WORD and bill less than your original quote and will value your business practice.
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Fabrice - Local time: 05:41 angličtina -> francouzština + ...
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Already corrected the quote
Feb 16, 2007
T n T Kim wrote: I think your client will appreciate if you correct the word count with WORD and bill less than your original quote and will value your business practice.
That's already what I did, I submitted an updated quote after I realized word count was too high.
Last thing I want is a customer thinking I am overestimating word count on purpose.
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Pablo Bouvier Local time: 14:41 němčina -> španělština + ...
Wordcounting
Feb 27, 2007
I am sorry, but MS-Word and, at least Trados 7 Freelance, have business wordcounting, not a professional one. That is, they count under the real number of words with large or involved texts.
Install the WordCounAll macro and you'll see what I mean:
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