Posted by Oleg Kovalenko on April 18, 19100 at 08:34:47:
In Reply to: Word count: source or target language? posted by Don Rogalski on March 08, 19100 at 17:23:36:
In reply to:
: 1. Which language do you count from? Source
: or target?
: 2. If target, what's your reasoning?
>>> I usually count words from the target language since there is a certain difference between a source word and its translation. E.g. some (and many) English words are being translated into Russian by long phrases. Also, a grammatical structure and language peculiarities must be considered.
Regards,
Oleg Kovalenko
English-Russian translator
