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?

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  • Hello Paul,

    Thank you very much for your answer. Yes, I use bilingual Excel and it works.

    I have error messages if I exceed the max authorised length. I configured the column C of the file as length limitation column.

    But to see how many characters are authorised I have to move the mouse over the error message or the column in the right part of the editor.

    I would like this info to be visible in the editor as I translate. For example, here in the status bar I see how many characters I input.

    It would be helpful for me if the value of maximum length was displayed here too.

    Like : Characters: 17, Length restriction: 22

    Trados Studio editor status bar showing character count at 17 with a red error icon indicating a length restriction issue.

    So when I start to translate a segment I already know how many characters I can use. I don't have to translate, confirm and see if the error message appears or not. Then go see the tooltip which says: Length restriction: 22, you have input: 30.

    If I saw from the beginning that it was 22 max, I would translate differently and move on faster.

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  • Hello Paul,

    Thank you very much for your answer. Yes, I use bilingual Excel and it works.

    I have error messages if I exceed the max authorised length. I configured the column C of the file as length limitation column.

    But to see how many characters are authorised I have to move the mouse over the error message or the column in the right part of the editor.

    I would like this info to be visible in the editor as I translate. For example, here in the status bar I see how many characters I input.

    It would be helpful for me if the value of maximum length was displayed here too.

    Like : Characters: 17, Length restriction: 22

    Trados Studio editor status bar showing character count at 17 with a red error icon indicating a length restriction issue.

    So when I start to translate a segment I already know how many characters I can use. I don't have to translate, confirm and see if the error message appears or not. Then go see the tooltip which says: Length restriction: 22, you have input: 30.

    If I saw from the beginning that it was 22 max, I would translate differently and move on faster.

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    [edited by: Trados AI at 10:29 PM (GMT 0) on 28 Feb 2024]
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