Alexander Skripnik

You can create a QA rule to handle the length restrictions and receive a warning if you exceed it as you translate.

Some filetypes also provide you with the ability to use variable length checks for QA as well:

- XML if the file contains the values to be used somewhere in the file

- Bilingual Excel if the lengths are written down again in a column

- subtitle translation using the appstore plugin

You can also use AutoHotkey as a neat solution:

https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/autohotkey/12948/counting-characters-in-a-segment

Perhaps something there will help you and if you still want source/target char counts in the Editor status bar raise an idea for it:

http://ideas.sdl.com

Paul, thanks for the reply. The problem is that the length limit may be different for each segment and you need to take on the length of the original text. I think this is a good idea and not difficult to implement. Many users find it difficult to set the correct parameters in the project settings. This solution is simpler and more visual.

Paul, thanks for the reply. The problem is that the length limit may be different for each segment and you need to take on the length of the original text. I think this is a good idea and not difficult to implement. Many users find it difficult to set the correct parameters in the project settings. This solution is simpler and more visual.