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Re:A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen to You by julenx on Friday January 16, 2015 @02:59AM (#8897703)
> Another pain point is that we have a certain space where text needs to be displayed and everything is fitted using English but after translating to other languages, some strings are much longer than the allotted space.

As a rule of thumb, if you're using English strings to design your UI, you should account for 30% more space so other languages can fit in. Of course, sometimes this might not be enough.

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