Translation Management

Phrase Strings Limits

Content is machine translated from English by Phrase Language AI.

File Size Upload Limits

  • Maximum import size for one translation file during upload: 120MB

  • Maximum screenshot size: 10MB

  • In projects with more than 10,000 keys, unmentioned keys will not be calculated in further uploads.

Content Size Limits

  • Max characters per translation: theoretical limit is 4,294,967,295 characters

  • Max characters per key name: 65,535 characters

  • Max characters per translation key description field: 65,535 characters

API Limits: Async Requests

The most resource demanding actions in Phrase are called Async Requests as they are executed asynchronously. This includes the creation of new branches, pre-translations, analyses, uploads, QA, etc.

  • The time it takes to create, compare or merge a branch depends on the size of the project. The bigger the project the longer it takes.

  • Exporting files from Phrase Strings to GitHub is done asynchronously. The bigger the project the longer it takes.

  • Importing files to Phrase Strings from GitHub is done asynchronously. The bigger the project the longer it takes.

Search Limits

  • Results are limited to 10,000 results if full text or state filtered search is used.

  • A maximum of 65,536 keys can be returned when searching for tags, custom metadata, notifications, or uploads.

  • The maximum number of allowed keys in an array for search is 1,024.

  • A minimum of 3 characters is required for wildcard searches.

  • A maximum of 5 search values is allowed per IN and OR queries.

  • For both search and query builder, a single query can include a maximum of:

    • 3 tag entities

    • 3 content entities

    • 3 key entities

    • 3 custom metadata entities

    • 3 upload entities

    • 3 notification entities

  • A maximum of 3 fields for each search entity can be added in the query builder.

Rate Limit

  • 4 parallel requests per user.

Limits for the maximum number of requests per user every 5 minutes:

Plan

Limit

Basic

100

Advanced

1000

Enterprise

Custom

Over-the-Air (OTA) Limits

  • Requests for native SDK and Web

    Plan

    Limit

    Basic

    50,000

    Advanced

    1,000,000

    Enterprise

    Custom

  • MAU for mobile

    Plan

    Limit

    Basic

    50,000

    Advanced

    1,000,000

    Enterprise

    Custom

Machine Translation Limits

  • Machine-translated characters

    Plan

    Limit

    Basic

    N/A

    Advanced

    1,000,000

    Enterprise

    Custom

Editor Limits

Search list limitations

  • 10 000 keys are returned by search in pages of 10.

  • Basic search: Tag suggestions return 25 first matching based on query after tag: (not paginated).

  • Advanced search: Tag suggestions return 25 first matching based on query (not paginated).

Locale selector limitations

  • Shows all locales in the project.

Workspace limitations

  • All locales can be selected and will be shown in a key card.

  • Continuous workspace is scrollable until search results end (10 000 keys).

  • Continuous workspace is available when less than 5 target locales are selected.

    • If 5 or more target locales are selected, single key view is forced.

Project overview context page

  • Shows 5 draft or in progress jobs.

Job overview context page

  • Shows only 25 first target locales of the job.

  • Shows only 25 first assigned to people.

  • Shows only 25 first reviewers.

Key overview context page

  • Shows only 1 MT suggestion.

  • Shows only 25 first TM suggestions.

  • Shows only 25 first draft or in progress jobs of the key.

Batch actions

  • Can take some time to process in busy hours.

  • Batch actions that select every key are done async while incomplete selections are done sync.

Limits for new Phrase Platform pricing plans

Rate Limit

  • 4 parallel requests per user.

Limits for the maximum number of requests per user every 5 minutes:

Plan

Limit

Starter

100

Freelancer (LSP)

N/A

Team/Professional (LSP)

500

Business/Business (LSP)

1000

Enterprise/Enterprise (LSP)

Custom

Over-the-Air (OTA) Limits

  • Requests for native SDK and Web

    Plan

    Limit

    Starter

    500,000

    Freelancer (LSP)

    N/A

    Team/Professional (LSP)

    2,500,000

    Business/Business (LSP)

    25,000,000

    Enterprise/Enterprise (LSP)

    Custom

  • MAU for mobile

    Plan

    Limit

    Starter

    10,000

    Freelancer (LSP)

    N/A

    Team/Professional (LSP)

    50,000

    Business/Business (LSP)

    500,000

    Enterprise/Enterprise (LSP)

    Custom

Machine Translation Limits

  • Machine-translated characters

    Plan

    Limit

    Starter

    10,000

    Freelancer (LSP)

    N/A

    Team/Professional (LSP)

    100,000

    Business/Business (LSP)

    1,000,000

    Enterprise/Enterprise (LSP)

    Custom

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