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<It seems to me that this sort of comparison can vary wildly according to the source.
Yes, of course.
<Are we talking about well-edited French texts or which translations?
"Internet" French texts.
<Do the electronic files have stray data such as page numbers and running headings? These could make a difference in the "counts".
No.
<In the same way, page count would vary wildly by edition, whether illustrations count in the page numbering, etc.
I'm counting words (or characters).
<You probably need to name exactly which versions of the files you are "counting" and their source.
That's a task out of my reach!
Best regards,
Christian Sánchez
James D. Keeline
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From: Ralf Tauchmann <ralf.tauchmann~at~t-online.de>
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 11:36:00 PM
Subject: Re: Verne's longest novel
"Christian Sánchez" <chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar> schrieb:
Grant: 209,825 words.
IM: 207,802.
Sandorf: 156,241.
Dear Christian, dear all,
my textcount software (TextCount 6.1) gives the following result (with the "word" count not referring to "real" words, but words longer than 8 characters are counted as two words) :
File
Characters
Words
IleMysterieuse.doc
1.222.522
233.013
Grant.doc
1.203.413
227.768
Sandorf.doc
1.119.885
213.431
TOTAL
4.412.990
839.493
Results of the Microsoft Word statistics (characters incl. spaces -- and words as "real" words):
ILE MYSTERIEUSE:
1,214,119 characters
201,625 words
GRANT:
1,198,583 characters
198,452 words
SANDORF
1,120,201 characters
187,731 words
Best regards,
Ralf
Received on Tue 24 May 2011 - 11:32:19 IDT