gocacp Germany Local time: 21:47 German to English
Jun 1, 2011
Hi,
I am using the Beta version of OmegaT to translate html files on a Mac. When I use the word count feature in OmegaT it gives me a completely different result to openoffice (more than a 1,000 word difference). I also tried an online tool http://www.wordcounttool.com/ just to test the difference and this gave me another result again. When I tested this using a short test document, the online tool was the most accurate but since I am billing a customer I need to be sure that the method is accurate.
What is the best way of counting the words? I wouldn't expect OmegaT to include words inside in the word count, but it seems like it does. Is there a way of removing the tags so that I can use the OmegaT word count function?
Thanks for your help,
Amy
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Didier Briel France Local time: 21:47 Member (2007) English to French + ...
Check the options in the HTML filter
Jun 1, 2011
gocacp wrote:
I am using the Beta version of OmegaT to translate html files on a Mac. When I use the word count feature in OmegaT it gives me a completely different result to openoffice (more than a 1,000 word difference).
Such a difference is not usual.
Check the options in the HTML filter (or the XHTML filter, depending on your source files), and uncheck things you are not translating.
I also tried an online tool http://www.wordcounttool.com/ just to test the difference and this gave me another result again. When I tested this using a short test document, the online tool was the most accurate but since I am billing a customer I need to be sure that the method is accurate.
There is no such thing as an accurate word count. There are different methods, all giving different results. The important thing is to understand what is being counted.
I wouldn't expect OmegaT to include words inside < > in the word count, but it seems like it does.
It doesn't.
Is there a way of removing the tags so that I can use the OmegaT word count function?
OmegaT doesn't count the tags.
What may happen is that you are declaring things as translatable (e.g., images) while they are not to be translated for this project.
Didier
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Jun 2, 2011
It might interest you - I have just started translating a large *.docx text. OmegaT is better than anything else on the market, irrespective of price.
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Didier Briel France Local time: 21:47 Member (2007) English to French + ...
Thank you for the feedback
Jun 3, 2011
Roland Fischer wrote:
It might interest you - I have just started translating a large *.docx text. OmegaT is better than anything else on the market, irrespective of price.
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