How to display maximum number of characters available for the segment

Hello,

I translate Excel files. For each cell I have maximum authorised length in number of characters. I configured the legth check in Studio, so when I exceed the maximum number of characters an error is displayed.

But I have a different legth value for each cell in my file. So I would like this value to be displayed permanently in Studio for each segment.

It would help me to see how many characters I can use in my translation without clicking anywhere. I would like to see this info for each segment and and see in real-time in the status bar how many characters I have already input. It would help me to decide from the very beginning of my translation if I have space or if I should pay attention and shorten my words.

Is it possible ? Maybe a plugin exists ?

Thank you so much for your help.

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  • This is only possible if you use the Bilingual Excel filetype:

    Trados Studio options menu with Bilingual Excel file type settings. A red arrow points to the 'Target column' field.

    I absolutely think we should have a length limitation capability in monolingual Excel files as well, but we don't.  So you need to see whether you can work with the Bilingual Excel file.

    If your file doesn't naturally fit the usecase for a bilingual Excel can you "easily" adapt it so it does?  So for example, if you don't have the source and target columns in your source Excel files does the format of the file lend itself towards inserting a column into the file so you can work with it using this filetype and then remove the unwanted column afterwards?

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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    [edited by: Trados AI at 10:29 PM (GMT 0) on 28 Feb 2024]
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  • This is only possible if you use the Bilingual Excel filetype:

    Trados Studio options menu with Bilingual Excel file type settings. A red arrow points to the 'Target column' field.

    I absolutely think we should have a length limitation capability in monolingual Excel files as well, but we don't.  So you need to see whether you can work with the Bilingual Excel file.

    If your file doesn't naturally fit the usecase for a bilingual Excel can you "easily" adapt it so it does?  So for example, if you don't have the source and target columns in your source Excel files does the format of the file lend itself towards inserting a column into the file so you can work with it using this filetype and then remove the unwanted column afterwards?

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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    Design your own training!

    You've done the courses and still need to go a little further, or still not clear? 
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    [edited by: Trados AI at 10:29 PM (GMT 0) on 28 Feb 2024]
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