Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Are tags/placeholders counted in word counts?
Poster: Edward Potter
Post title: Is it faster using a CAT tool with tags?
[quote]Heloísa Helena Benetton Costa wrote:
Just occurred to me, after a huge job full of placeholders with long texts that scared the hell out of me!
Thank you!
Heloisa
[Edited at 2019-10-16 21:36 GMT] [/quote]
This issue doesn't seem to be discussed much here. Tags slow down the translator when using a CAT. However, this should be compared to your speed when working in the original document (often in Word). In this case you still have to move the cursor around a lot for doing the formatting. Most of the time the formatting is in the form of bolding, italics and numbering. In my experience, normally the time involved is about the same whether using Word or a CAT.
Topic: Are tags/placeholders counted in word counts?
Poster: Edward Potter
Post title: Is it faster using a CAT tool with tags?
[quote]Heloísa Helena Benetton Costa wrote:
Just occurred to me, after a huge job full of placeholders with long texts that scared the hell out of me!
Thank you!
Heloisa
[Edited at 2019-10-16 21:36 GMT] [/quote]
This issue doesn't seem to be discussed much here. Tags slow down the translator when using a CAT. However, this should be compared to your speed when working in the original document (often in Word). In this case you still have to move the cursor around a lot for doing the formatting. Most of the time the formatting is in the form of bolding, italics and numbering. In my experience, normally the time involved is about the same whether using Word or a CAT.