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# Character Limits

## Overview

LILT enforces character limits across all verified workflows to ensure translated segments meet length requirements defined by source files. Character limits are supported for existing character-limited file types via connector and XLSX files.

## How Character Limits Work

### Pretranslation

* **100% TM matches that exceed the character limit** are populated but unlocked for editing, and considered new words.
* Instant translations which exceed the character limit will also always be unlocked.

### In the CAT Editor

* Linguists **cannot confirm a segment** that exceeds the character limit. A warning is displayed when attempting to confirm an oversized segment.
* The character limit is visible in the segment metadata in the field `max_char_limit` so linguists can adjust translations accordingly.
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## What's Out of Scope

* **Multi-segment character limits** (a single limit shared across multiple segments in a paragraph) are not currently supported.
* **Setting character limits at the domain level** is not supported.
* **Tag inclusion/exclusion** from character count calculations is not configurable at this time.