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Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour? | I don't

Daryo — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:53:00 +0000

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Topic: Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour?
Poster: Daryo
Post title: I don't

Never bothered with that metric.

I'm only interested in what I can earn in a month / over the whole year.

Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour? | Method?

IrinaN (X) — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:57:00 +0000

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Topic: Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour?
Poster: IrinaN (X)
Post title: Method?

Word worked precisely and tirelessly in the left corner of the lower bar. At any given moment I knew what I've done and what's left. PowerPoint, when not by the hour, and Excel show it in the properties but I have never bothered to hold on to some "average". Some projects would take 200/hour at best with research, questions and confirmation, so what? They were well-paid :-)

Usually there have been no surprises - for the majority of the projects I accepted, I knew in advance that it will be between 400 and 500 words without any CATs.

Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour? | Past experience.

Oscar Núñez Alfaro — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:06:00 +0000

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Topic: Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour?
Poster: Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Post title: Past experience.

When I translated my first translation projects, I registered the time and the amount of words in an Excel spreadsheet. I also separated the projects based on if they are general translations or specialized translations. As a result, It is much easier for me to calculate the words/hour.

Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour? | Past experience

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:45:00 +0000

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Topic: Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Past experience

I calculated my average many years ago and continue to use it, even though the vast majority of projects far exceed it. It’s just a method of calculating how much time a project will require, leaving room for others (if they come along…).

Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour?

ProZ.com Staff — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:10:05 +0000

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Topic: Poll: How do you usually calculate your average words per hour?
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