Is there a wide fluctuation in word count when translating from English?
Many of the European Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, etc) are more wordy than English and can expand by as much as 25 or even 30 percent. German is also about 30% longer on average. However the Slavonic languages are far more concise and will only expand by a modest amount. There are some languages, like Finnish, which will even contract!
