Character Limits
8 years 3 months ago - 8 years 3 months ago #1746
by Frank
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Replied by Frank on topic Character Limits
Hi,
Sorry for the delay in answering back, It has been crazy these days and I wanted to give this proper thought as it looks like an interesting idea.
Initially I thought in reusing a maxCharactersPerLine variable that its already been used to cap the Right-To-Left languages, even more given that the same term could be used in different labels, where each of them could have a different with, so a single number will not cut that case.
I also thought in adding a new modifier (aside the ToLower, ToUpper, TitleCase, etc), make one MaxLength. But again, even thought it solves the issue of capping, there is no way to reporting that in the Spreadsheet given that this information is in the Localize component, not the LanguageSource. And the same term could be used in different screens/scenes in labels with different width.
Ultimately, I think the best is to use the built-in description and callback functionality:
If UI designers want to tell the translators the maximum size, they can add a description to the Term in Unity, that will show as a note in the Spreadsheet and as a separate column in the CSV files. Translators could then use that as a guideline.
Is even possible to define custom lengths per language in case the languages use different fonts. so, "MaxLength" could be the default, and then MaxLength(lanCode) is for any language that will override that value.
You can use a script similar to the following one for any text that should be capped.
Basicaly, it just registers itself as a callback, and whenever the text is localized, it checks the description for the MaxLength and caps the translation.
Just attach that script to any Text where you want to enforce the MaxLength, and if the UI artist added the MaxLength tag to the description, then the cap will be enforced
Sorry for the delay in answering back, It has been crazy these days and I wanted to give this proper thought as it looks like an interesting idea.
Initially I thought in reusing a maxCharactersPerLine variable that its already been used to cap the Right-To-Left languages, even more given that the same term could be used in different labels, where each of them could have a different with, so a single number will not cut that case.
I also thought in adding a new modifier (aside the ToLower, ToUpper, TitleCase, etc), make one MaxLength. But again, even thought it solves the issue of capping, there is no way to reporting that in the Spreadsheet given that this information is in the Localize component, not the LanguageSource. And the same term could be used in different screens/scenes in labels with different width.
Ultimately, I think the best is to use the built-in description and callback functionality:
The ability to enter a character limit for the translations for a given term (thus, our UI Designer could enter them while setting up the objects, knowing what would look good).
Make the character limit be saved out into its own column when exporting Localization data to csv (so we can easily pass it long with the terms to our translators)
If UI designers want to tell the translators the maximum size, they can add a description to the Term in Unity, that will show as a note in the Spreadsheet and as a separate column in the CSV files. Translators could then use that as a guideline.
Is even possible to define custom lengths per language in case the languages use different fonts. so, "MaxLength" could be the default, and then MaxLength(lanCode) is for any language that will override that value.
Have that character limit be enforced when localizing at run time (maybe make this optional; I could see folks preferring both enforcement and non-enforcement)
You can use a script similar to the following one for any text that should be capped.
Basicaly, it just registers itself as a callback, and whenever the text is localized, it checks the description for the MaxLength and caps the translation.
namespace I2.Loc
{
[RequireComponent(typeof(Localize))]
public class LocalizationCallback_CapText : MonoBehaviour
{
void OnEnable()
{
// Register itself as a callback
var loc = GetComponent<Localize>();
loc.LocalizeCallBack.Target = this;
loc.LocalizeCallBack.MethodName = "OnModifyLocalization";
}
public void OnModifyLocalization()
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Localize.MainTranslation))
return;
// Get the description of the current localized Term
var termData = LocalizationManager.GetTermData( Localize.CallBackTerm);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(termData.Description))
return;
// Check it has a MaxLength tag
int idx = termData.Description.IndexOf("MaxLength:");
if (idx < 0) return;
// extract the length (could be using regex but this should be faster)
int idx1 = idx;
while (termData.Description.length>idx1 && char.IsDigit(termData.Description[idx1]))
idx1++;
int maxLength;
if (!int.TryParse(termData.Description.Substring(idx, idx1-idx), out maxLength))
return;
if (Localize.MainTranslation.Length>maxLength)
Localize.MainTranslation = Localize.MainTranslation.Substring(0, maxLength);
}
}
}Just attach that script to any Text where you want to enforce the MaxLength, and if the UI artist added the MaxLength tag to the description, then the cap will be enforced
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8 years 3 months ago #1761
by AMobileDeveloper
Replied by AMobileDeveloper on topic Character Limits
Sorry for my own delay in responding; I was on vacation and was delightfully far from anything that could possibly give me internet access.
Thank you for responding so thoughtfully. I see why native support for character limits as I suggested might not be quite ideal. Using the description would be a good way to pass that info along to translators, but alas that info is not natively imported by the translation service that we are using; that said, that issue is on their end, not yours, so maybe I'll go pester them about it
That's a handy script for enforcing character limits; I will definitely reference it should be decide to pursue hard limits like that.
Thank you again for I2 and your active support of it. I'll be sure to add my positive review to the others once we go live.
Cheers,
Jonathan
Thank you for responding so thoughtfully. I see why native support for character limits as I suggested might not be quite ideal. Using the description would be a good way to pass that info along to translators, but alas that info is not natively imported by the translation service that we are using; that said, that issue is on their end, not yours, so maybe I'll go pester them about it
That's a handy script for enforcing character limits; I will definitely reference it should be decide to pursue hard limits like that.
Thank you again for I2 and your active support of it. I'll be sure to add my positive review to the others once we go live.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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