I would like to be able to count Asian characters in Trados exactly the same way as MS Word (including punctuation, excluding non-Asian words).
I always quote this way for my direct clients who do not have any knowledge of CAT tools because it is more transparent. If the client sends me a Word doc, it’s easy to check the MS Word count, but it’s less convenient if they send me some other file format like Excel or Powerpoint.
Thanks for considering this idea!