Table 1.
New multidimensional framework of the linguistic readability of health translations in Chinese.
| Category | Features |
| Morphology | Two-character words, three-character words, average strokes per character, high-stroke characters (above 21 strokes), low-stroke characters, middle-stroke characters (11-20 strokes) |
| Sentences structure | Average sentences per paragraph, average words per sentence, simple sentences |
| Semantics | Type-token ratio, content words, density of content words, difficult words (beyond the most common 3000 words), ratios of noun phrases, normalized frequency of noun phrases, sentences with complex semantic categories (polysemes) |
| Logic and coherence | Conjunctions, positive conjunctions, negative conjunctions, personal pronouns, pronouns, adverbs of negation |