<p>It is not acceptable to break up 100 to 1 00 in any language</p>
<p>line break between 一百 is acceptable, but from a graphic designer's standpoint, it doesn't look professional</p>
<p>breaking up non-digit/non-Chinese characters. Such as &quot;Steam&quot; with a line break is also unacceptable</p>

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2020-09-24T13:06:37.170Z
2020-09-24T13:06:37.170Z
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<p><strong>Context:</strong></p>
<p>I am working on a video game with a Simplified Chinese translation. I'm not handling the translation myself, but I am working on importing the translated strings into the game's engine.</p>
<p>I know that there are certain characters that cannot start or end a line in Simplified Chinese, as I have found on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_breaking_rules_in_East_Asian_languages#Simplified_Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this Wikipedia page</a>. However, this page doesn't confirm or deny if this applies to non-Chinese characters mixed with Chinese characters in the same string.</p>
<p><strong>Question:</strong></p>
<p>One of the strings in the game renders like so:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ShNSp.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ShNSp.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>The question I have is about the text below the black line:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/r62JZ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/r62JZ.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>被消除后能给予100枚&lt;coin_icon&gt;。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Is it gramatically correct for non-Chinese characters (in this case &quot;100&quot;) to be broken up by a line break?</p>
<p>If this is gramatically correct, is it also okay for non-Chinese/non-digit characters to be broken up by a line break? For example:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>添加到Steam愿望单！</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Would a line break be okay between &quot;St&quot; and &quot;eam&quot; ?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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How to do line breaks when mixing in Simplified Chinese characters and non-Chinese characters?
# How to do line breaks when mixing in Simplified Chinese characters and non-Chinese characters?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-24)

**Context:**

I am working on a video game with a Simplified Chinese translation. I'm not handling the translation myself, but I am working on importing the translated strings into the game's engine.

I know that there are certain characters that cannot start or end a line in Simplified Chinese, as I have found on [this Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_breaking_rules_in_East_Asian_languages#Simplified_Chinese). However, this page doesn't confirm or deny if this applies to non-Chinese characters mixed with Chinese characters in the same string.

**Question:**

One of the strings in the game renders like so:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ShNSp.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ShNSp.png)

The question I have is about the text below the black line:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/r62JZ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/r62JZ.png)

> 被消除后能给予100枚<coin\_icon>。

Is it gramatically correct for non-Chinese characters (in this case "100") to be broken up by a line break?

If this is gramatically correct, is it also okay for non-Chinese/non-digit characters to be broken up by a line break? For example:

> 添加到Steam愿望单！

Would a line break be okay between "St" and "eam" ?

Thanks so much!

**Tags:** grammar, simplified-characters, syntax


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-24. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It is not acceptable to break up 100 to 1 00 in any language

line break between 一百 is acceptable, but from a graphic designer's standpoint, it doesn't look professional

breaking up non-digit/non-Chinese characters. Such as "Steam" with a line break is also unacceptable


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