Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Translation Manager

> ## Length and width of text phrases

> When you plan to translate an application, the developer should keep in mind not only the text-expansion factor of the target language, but also the font in which the target language will be displayed.

> When you translate an application, you affect both the length and the width of the text phrases in the application. Translation Manager stores translations in terms of their length in bytes, but displays them in terms of their font’s width. For example, if a button has the label “Hello,” Translation Manager stores the label in a text segment that is five bytes long and uses 33 pixels to display “Hello” in Sans Serif 8-point font.

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