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As far as I know, there is no way to do a word count in AutoCAD. I do it manually. Maybe someone knows a workaround, such as a text export routine. I'll watch the thread.
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Tobi
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Olga Judina Latvia Local time: 20:43 Latvian to Russian + ...
Try charging per sheet or applying hourly rate
Feb 18, 2004
I did AutoCAD translation only once as a freelancer (I'm an in-house translator now and word count doesn't really matter), and I charged per sheet. After choosing and doing one 'average small' and one 'average large' drawing I was able to set price per sheet (I was client's only chance and didn't have to give my rates upfront). Of course, some of the drawings had more words, but some almost none, so on average it was OK. Another thing to take into account is whether the customer needs draw... See more
I did AutoCAD translation only once as a freelancer (I'm an in-house translator now and word count doesn't really matter), and I charged per sheet. After choosing and doing one 'average small' and one 'average large' drawing I was able to set price per sheet (I was client's only chance and didn't have to give my rates upfront). Of course, some of the drawings had more words, but some almost none, so on average it was OK. Another thing to take into account is whether the customer needs drawings in two languages or you can simply replace the source text. Replace function makes it much easier since normally drawings have many repetitions , but if each sheet should be in two languages, using replace function can be a bit of a headache. Large text fragments can be translated in Word and inserted into AutoCAD drawing, it's easy and no problems with word count. I suppose if you're an experienced AutoCAD user and don't waste time wondering "what the hell was that???" you can charge per hour.
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