Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

English to Spanish word count ratio

Spanish translation:

20 al 30 % más en español (dependiendo estilo)

Added to glossary by jomasaov (X)
Sep 22, 2004 08:04
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English term

English to Spanish word count ratio

English to Spanish Other Linguistics
I would like to find out what is the English to Spanish word count ratio. For example: a 1000 word Hebrew text translates to about 1,200-1,3500 words in English.

What would be an approximate word count in Spanish for a 1,000 word English document?
Proposed translations (Spanish)
5 +1 20 al 30 % más en español (dependiendo estilo)

Proposed translations

+1
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20 al 30 % más en español (dependiendo estilo)

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Peer comment(s):

disagree Marian Greenfield : should be more like 15%
1 hr
agree Helenka
1 day 1 hr
agree Antonio Vargas : Correct, based on numerous Spanish-English translations, the actual count of words in Spanish is about 15% more than in the original English document.
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