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Wordcount in Trados
Thread poster: Elena Miguel
Elena Miguel
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Oct 10, 2003

Is Trados wordcount reliable??
I mean, I have to quote a translation of more than 300 files (html files) and I wonder whether the wordcount in Trados is reliable as I've found a difference of +/-20% between the wordcount I get in Trados and the one my client has obtained counting the words in each file 1 by 1 in Word.
Thank you!!
 
RWSTranslation
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Word Count Oct 10, 2003

Hello,

how counts your client ?

There a lot of information for translation which are not seen in the html page (like title, skripts, ...)

Hans

[Edited at 2003-10-10 16:42]
 
Tobi
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There is a difference Oct 10, 2003

Word counts each single word whereas Trados counts only the effective words, i.e. it does not count placables like numbers, etc.
The word count of Trados is usually lower than the one of Word.
Best regards,
Tobi
 
alx
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Try Practicount Oct 10, 2003

Practicount is an excellent tool, valuable to us linguists, that will count anything on any document (Trados, Word, excel, Html..). You can download a free version from their website
 
RWSTranslation
RWSTranslation
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Matches and Repetitions Oct 10, 2003

Alexandra Girard wrote:

Practicount is an excellent tool, valuable to us linguists, that will count anything on any document (Trados, Word, excel, Html..). You can download a free version from their website


Hello,

can Practicount give some information about repetitions and matches for a tm ?

Hans
 
Rocío Boada del Sol (X)
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Try FreeBudget Oct 10, 2003

Try this tool. It is free and yos can count the files accordind to thw word count or you can define it.

I really like it for "budgeting".

You can find it at:

www.webbudget.com
 
Daniel Meier
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Try MatchCalculator Oct 10, 2003

DSC wrote:
...can Practicount give some information about repetitions and matches for a tm ?


Practicount doesn´t, but they have another tool called MatchCalculator. This tool is designed specially for Trados Log-files, and you can count different rates for Repetitions and Matches with it (I know, not all translators are happy with this). It is freeware, and you can download it at
www.practiline.com/mc/index.htm
 


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