Monte Hurd, 30/05/2014 22:55:
Is there a standard way to indicate in a qqq file that a particular translation should try to be as few characters as possible?
No, because when this is needed it means you're doing something wrong. :) Of course in mobile it's trickier, just add some details in free text. Cf. https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38486
Nemo