抄録中の単語数の数えかた

How to count words in abstracts

先輩技飾：前回，私たちは題名や抄録の長さについて話をしました．日本語の場合は専用の原稿用紙があるので，論文の長さを知ることは簡単です．しかし，英語の場合は自分で単語数を数えなければなりません．例えば，相関係数r＝0.887や，回帰式log y＝1.13 log. x－0.59はいくつの単語に数えるのですか？

英文編集者：英語の単語の数えかたについての規則は，私は見たことがありません．私は自分で簡単な規則を作ってそれを使っています．その前後にスペースがあれば全部1個と数えるのです．equals，plus，minus，timesを表す記号などの数学演算記号の前後にはスペースが必要です．それで，r＝0.887は三つに数えます．log yはlogとyの間にスペースを空けて書かれているのを教科書で見たことがあります．あなたが例に示した回帰式は，私の数えかたでいけば8個の単語となります．

Senior technologist:Last time, we talked about the lengths of titles and abstracts. In Japanese, it is easy to know the length of a paper, because we use special manuscript paper. However, in English, we have to count the words by ourselves. For example, how many words are there in the expression for a correlation coefficient,① 'r = 0.887', and in the regression equation,② y = 1.13 log x - 0.59' ?

English editor : I've never seen a rule about how to count words in English. I use a simple rule that I made myself. I count everything with a space③ on either side as one word. There should be a space on either side of mathematical operators④ such as the symbols for 'equals', 'plus', 'minus', 'times', etc.⑤ English for Medical Technologists Therefore, I would count 'r = 0.887' as three words. In the textbooks I've seen, 'log y' is written with a space before the 'y'. The equation you mention has eight words in it, by my calculation.