Заказчик считает знаки с пробелами.

to count

Breakdown of Заказчик считает знаки с пробелами.

• заказчик: the client (who commissions work)
• знак с пробелами: the character including spaces

Questions & Answers about Заказчик считает знаки с пробелами.

What does заказчик mean exactly? Is it customer, client, or something else?

Заказчик is a broad business word. Depending on context, it can mean:

• client
• customer
• commissioning party
• the person/company that ordered the work

In project, design, writing, translation, or software contexts, client is often the most natural English equivalent.

So in this sentence, заказчик is the person or company requesting the work and checking the character count.

Why does считает mean counts here? I thought считать could also mean to think / consider.

Yes, считать has two common meanings:

1. to count
2. to consider / regard

Here it means to count because of the object знаки and the phrase с пробелами. Together they strongly suggest character counting.

Compare:

• Заказчик считает знаки. = The client counts characters.
• Заказчик считает это важным. = The client considers this important.

So the surrounding words make the meaning clear.

What case is each noun in the sentence?