Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Segment length analysis?
Poster: Mirko Mainardi
Post title: Additional metric
[quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
When speaking of translation difficulty, a quantitative analysis (especially total word count alone) can only get you that far.
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Yes Jean, I do agree, and that's why I wrote this would be "an additional metric to discern how time consuming a task could be, at a glance".
However, good point about sorting segments by length, although I would much prefer a report.
[quote]Philippe Etienne wrote:
A breakdown by source segment length could look like this:
< 5 words 18% (titles, software strings, headlines, tables: more time)
5-19 words 64% (sentences: standard)
> 19 words 18% (long sentences: perhaps more time to convey with style)
The middle band deserves discounts, I think.
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Yeah, something like that, even though I would like a detailed breakdown, especially for shorter (i.e. <7 words) segments. Also, I don't think this could be used to give or request further discounts (in addition to those for fuzzies...). Just to make an example, a lot of 1-2 words segments would basically amount to glossary building, or would however take more time compared to longer and cohesive text, so in my opinion it would be useful to have a quick way to check that (ideally before accepting a project...).
[Edited at 2019-04-26 20:05 GMT]
Topic: Segment length analysis?
Poster: Mirko Mainardi
Post title: Additional metric
[quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
When speaking of translation difficulty, a quantitative analysis (especially total word count alone) can only get you that far.
[/quote]
Yes Jean, I do agree, and that's why I wrote this would be "an additional metric to discern how time consuming a task could be, at a glance".
However, good point about sorting segments by length, although I would much prefer a report.
[quote]Philippe Etienne wrote:
A breakdown by source segment length could look like this:
< 5 words 18% (titles, software strings, headlines, tables: more time)
5-19 words 64% (sentences: standard)
> 19 words 18% (long sentences: perhaps more time to convey with style)
The middle band deserves discounts, I think.
[/quote]
Yeah, something like that, even though I would like a detailed breakdown, especially for shorter (i.e. <7 words) segments. Also, I don't think this could be used to give or request further discounts (in addition to those for fuzzies...). Just to make an example, a lot of 1-2 words segments would basically amount to glossary building, or would however take more time compared to longer and cohesive text, so in my opinion it would be useful to have a quick way to check that (ideally before accepting a project...).
[Edited at 2019-04-26 20:05 GMT]