Adding length limits is possible both during project creation and for existing projects.
The segment length monitoring feature counts the number of characters in a segment. When multiple segments form a paragraph in the source document, then XTM limits the length of a paragraph as a whole.
1. When you are creating a new project and have specified the key project details and options, scroll to the Settings section. Select Monitor target length and decide how to set the length limit.
If you want the translation to be longer by no more than 20 characters compared to the source, enter number 20 in the Source plus X characters.
If you want your translation to have no more than a specific number of characters, such as 100, enter 100 in the X characters.
You can also use the fields below Target cannot be shorter than to specify that translation has to be shorter than the source text.