Re: [libreoffice-users] word count in impress

On 10/04/2017 12:20 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:

> The _*number of words*_ (or the number of original (Japanese) characters) defines how much money 
> I get.

Are you paid by the number of Japanese characters, or the number of
words in the target language? If the latter, what is the definition of a
word, according to the contract?

> (from the Libreoffice Help page:
> How does LibreOffice count words?
> In general, every string of characters between two spaces is a word.
> Dashes, tabs, line breaks, and paragraph breaks are word limits, too.)

Is that the definition of word, according to your contract?
(If it is, you are leaving a lot of money on the table.)

> All I need to know is the number of words - counted in a way that is  reproducible, since the 
> translation agency will have its own opinion about that.

This why, when accepting contracts that pay by the word, the word "word"
is defined, and the method of counting words is specified.

jonathon

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