Forum: Japanese / 日本語
Topic: How should I count words in a Japanese text?
Poster: Steven Ritchie
Post title: Half of Japanese word count
Most Japanese translation agencies count the characters in a Japanese text. So, each hiragana/katakana and each kanji is counted as one character.
400 Japanese characters is considered to be approximately 200 English words when translated.
You can count the Japanese characters on each page using a hand-held counter as you count to keep track. It's not so difficult, but a little time-consuming.
Alternatively, you can copy and paste the text into an online character counting tool such as this:
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Topic: How should I count words in a Japanese text?
Poster: Steven Ritchie
Post title: Half of Japanese word count
Most Japanese translation agencies count the characters in a Japanese text. So, each hiragana/katakana and each kanji is counted as one character.
400 Japanese characters is considered to be approximately 200 English words when translated.
You can count the Japanese characters on each page using a hand-held counter as you count to keep track. It's not so difficult, but a little time-consuming.
Alternatively, you can copy and paste the text into an online character counting tool such as this:
[url removed]
