Text Count Standards
(How words are counted in different countries...)
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UK | Per 1000 words of source text. | ||
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Germany | Per line of 55 keystrokes. | ||
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Belgium | Per line of 60 keystrokes. | ||
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Italy | Per 25 lines of 60 characters (1,500 characters per standard page). | ||
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USA | Per word of source text. | ||
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France | Per word of target text. But: In Information Technology (localization) — per word of source text. | ||
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Japan | Per byte of source text. | ||
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Czech Republic | Per standard page (1800 strokes). | ||
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Bulgaria | For 1800 characters per page — 60 characters per row X 30 rows per page. | ||
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Portugal | 1800 characters per page, 30 lines per page, 60 characters per line = ±8-10 words. | ||
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Mexico | Per page. | ||
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Chile | For 250 words (page). | ||
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Poland | Per translated word | ||
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Croatia |
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Latvia | Per page |