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+class IncreaseColumnLength < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    change_table(:translations) do |t|
+      t.change   :source,         :string, limit: 500, null: false
+      t.change   :target,         :string, limit: 500, null: false
+      t.change   :target_initial, :string, limit: 500, null: false
+    end
+  end
+end