About translations, I don't understand if they count or not against the word count.
First it says, "Counts against the 1.000 word limit: ... any additional parallel language / translation" and later on this:
"TRANSLATIONS/DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
In the case that you want to release a game in several languages: the restrictions on 1k words and the one VA would apply to each version.
It is within the rules to:
make a game with several languages, where the text of each version does not surpass 1000 words.
use a different VA for each language."