Weblate - Maximum length of translation

[inson1]

Is there way to solve this? Btw the string isnt fully translated yet, but I dont think that it will be smaller

[Darkempire78]

I do not understand how to change that, btw the default length is 10 times the default string, what is the string that you want to translate ?

[inson1]

@Darkempire78 I'm not the only one.

[inson1]

@Darkempire78 It isnt 10x default string, its 500. I think there is more than 50 chars in that text (in english).

Maybe its because of F-droid or Google play? Google play, F-droid has maximum of 500 characters for changelog. https://dgtlmart.com/blog/google-changed-character-limit-for-app-title-in-google-play-store/ https://f-droid.org/en/docs/All_About_Descriptions_Graphics_and_Screenshots/

Is that your or weblate setting? But yea, I guess that doesnt matter much.

How to fix it?

• This string:
  • What should we delete/shorten?
• Future strings:
  • I think we should add info to Readme about maximum Google play F-droid lenght of each "section" (changelogs etc.)
  • Please, dont make so long changelogs, there should be enough characters left for translations - we could debate the %
  • Please, make releases more often, if there are changes

[inson1]

Ok its weblate feature https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/issues/1525#issuecomment-462402371

[inson1]

@Darkempire78 What about to shorten the translations to something like "translations of new languages"? So the translations wont be cut. What about 30% of new texts let for translations? So there are enough characters left.

https://ititranslates.com/blog/size-matters-text-length-when-translating-from-english https://www.star-ts.com/translation-faq/why-is-the-length-of-a-translation-important https://www.atltranslate.com/articles/prepare-for-software-localization https://www.andiamo.co.uk/resources/expansion-and-contraction-factors/

Google + F-Droid Title/Name 30-50 (Google play vs f-droid) (21) Short Description/Summary 80 (56) Full Description/Description 4000 (2800) Changelog 500 (350)

https://dgtlmart.com/blog/google-changed-character-limit-for-app-title-in-google-play-store/ https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Build_Metadata_Reference https://f-droid.org/en/docs/All_About_Descriptions_Graphics_and_Screenshots/

[inson1]

This string is also too long for some languages

[Darkempire78]

changelogs are not very important but yes it would ne cool to fix that

[inson1]

@Darkempire78 well, no but, part of hard worked translations from people are being cut off

[inson1]

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