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Title	Why are there differences in word count between Trados Studio and Microsoft Word?

URL Name	000005515

Summary	The short answer is that Word is a simple word count, whereas a translation tool is far more sophisticated because it is designed to try and reflect the effort of the translator. This article contains a link to Paul Filkin's blog about this topic.

Scope/Environment	Trados Studio Microsoft Word

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Why there are differences in word count between Trados Studio and Microsoft Word?

Answer

The short answer is that Word is a simple word count, whereas a translation tool is far more sophisticated because it is designed to try and reflect the effort of the translator.

This old, but still valuable blog article in Paul Filkin's blog Multifarious explains the reason for the difference in a comprehensive way. It includes Trados 2007 in its analysis. Trados 2007 has been long discontinued, but you can still focus on the content related to Studio and MS Word.

Reference

This article contains information contributed from Paul Filkin on his blog Multifarious: http://multifarious.filkin.com.

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Why are there differences in word count between Trados Studio and Microsoft Word?

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