Index: modules/field/field.api.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/field/field.api.php,v
retrieving revision 1.98
diff -u -p -r1.98 field.api.php
--- modules/field/field.api.php	21 Nov 2010 19:09:18 -0000	1.98
+++ modules/field/field.api.php	1 Dec 2010 02:10:35 -0000
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ function hook_field_prepare_view($entity
  * @param $items
  *   $entity->{$field['field_name']}[$langcode], or an empty array if unset.
  * @param $errors
- *   The array of errors, keyed by field name and by value delta, that have
+ *   The array of errors (keyed by field name, langcode, and delta) that have
  *   already been reported for the entity. The function should add its errors
  *   to this array. Each error is an associative array, with the following
  *   keys and values:
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ function hook_field_validate($entity_typ
   foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
     if (!empty($item['value'])) {
       if (!empty($field['settings']['max_length']) && drupal_strlen($item['value']) > $field['settings']['max_length']) {
-        $errors[$field['field_name']][$delta][] = array(
+        $errors[$field['field_name']][$langcode][$delta][] = array(
           'error' => 'text_max_length',
           'message' => t('%name: the value may not be longer than %max characters.', array('%name' => $instance['label'], '%max' => $field['settings']['max_length'])),
         );