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Is there any way I can do a word count for the document that I received by fax? (Except by counting each word,- I have 14 pages, and between 500 and 600 words on each of them.)
Thanks a lot.
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Bettina Schewe Uruguay Local time: 23:33 English to Spanish + ...
Charge by target language word count
Mar 29, 2003
What I usually do in these cases is to set a rate for target language word count. This surely avoids a lot of headaches.
Good luck!
Bettina
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Henry Hinds United States Local time: 20:33 English to Spanish + ...
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Word Count
Mar 29, 2003
You do not know target words until the job is done, so if the client wants a price now, then do it like Tayfun suggests by counting lines, etc.
I have had to live with that for many years and it gives a close enough count that both you and the client can also live with. It takes a bit more time if the format is irregular, but 14 pages is nothing.
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Harry Bornemann Mexico Local time: 20:33 English to German + ...
charge for the transcript
Mar 30, 2003
If the text is not yet in a file, it is not suitable for CAT. It may be worth the effort to make a transcript first. If you cannot charge directly for a transcript, you can consider it in calculating a lump sum, simply according to the additional time efforts.
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