However, translation services may use a different method to calculate the number of words. WPML does its best to accurately estimate the word count of a translation job. Differences in word count between WPML and translation service providers When you translate your content, the actual count that you’ll pay for may be a bit below WPML’s word count. Often, you can look at the word count that you receive from WPML as the “pessimistic estimate”. A translation memory means that you don’t have to translate the same text again. WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor and all our partner translation services use translation memories. Word count estimation pop-up for whole post types The effect of translation memory on word count and costs In the pop-up dialog that appears, select the post types you want to get a word count estimation for and click Recalculate. On the WPML → Translation Management page click the Word count for the entire site link. Word count for the entire website or specific post types Word count estimate is automatically updated as you select content The estimate will be displayed right underneath the table that lists content. Use the checkboxes to select the content you want to see the word count estimate for. Use the filter to find items you want to translate.
Go to the WPML → Translation Management page. WPML offers two mechanisms to calculate these counts. You can get a word count estimate for the selected content or entire post types in your site. You can see that the overall word count is 245 more words than the content word count, which is what we actually need to translate. The “body” and “title” of this page contain 527 words This includes the page title, body, and any additional fields (custom fields) that belong to this content. WPML counts only words that belong to the content. However, the “content” part of this page, which is what we actually need to translate is only 527. For example, on this very page, the overall word count (including every word on the page) is 772. This means that you’re counting not just the words for translation but many words that are part of the theme, menus and other repeating texts. Some word counting tools will take a URL of your site, parse it and count the words. The “overall” word count, versus the word count in your content Over all of the language pairs that you’re going to translate to. The overall cost of your translation work will be the sum of: So, to know the total cost, you need to know how many words you’re going to translate. Most translation services quote their work “by word”. WPML’s word counting tool, which allows you to get the word count for the entire website, or for different sections of the site.īefore starting any translation project, it’s important to know how much it will cost and how long it will take. In the Details overview you can see the average speaking and reading time for your text, while Reading Level is an indicator of the education level a person would need in order to understand the words you’re using.ĭisclaimer: We strive to make our tools as accurate as possible but we cannot guarantee it will always be so.The word count of your website determines how much it would cost to translate it and how long translation will take. This can prevent you from over-using certain words or word combinations and check for best distribution of keywords in your writing.
This allows you to know which keywords you use how often and at what percentages. In addition, WordCounter shows you the top 10 keywords and keyword density of the article you're writing. WordCounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit. For example, if an author has to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article, essay, report, story, book, paper, you name it. Knowing the word count of a text can be important. The Auto-Save feature will make sure you won't lose any changes while editing, even if you leave the site and come back later. You can also copy and paste text from another program over into the online editor above. You'll see the number of characters and words increase or decrease as you type, delete, and edit them.
To check word count, simply place your cursor into the text box above and start typing. Apart from counting words and characters, our online editor can help you to improve word choice and writing style, and, optionally, help you to detect grammar mistakes and plagiarism.
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