Text Count Standards (How words are counted in different countries...)
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Countries
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Standards
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UK
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Per 1000 words of source text.
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Germany
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Per line of 55 keystrokes.
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Belgium
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Per line of 60 characters.
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Italy
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Per 25 lines of 60 characters (1,500 characters per standard
page).
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USA
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Per word of source text.
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France
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Per word of target text.
But: In Information Technology (localization) —
per word of source text.
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Japan
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Per byte of source text.
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Czech Republic
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Per standard page (1800 strokes).
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Bulgaria
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For 1800 characters per page — 60 characters per row X 30 rows per
page.
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Portugal
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1800 characters per page, 30 lines per page, 60 characters per line =
±8-10 words.
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Mexico
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Per page.
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Chile
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For 250 words (page).
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Poland
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For 1800 keystrokes, including spaces, commas, etc. of the target
text. 1600 keystrokes for a difficult technical text or 1125 for a sworn
translation.
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Croatia |
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Latvia |
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