If you have a long unit name combined with a unit that takes many turns to build, then the number of turns it takes to build the unit is obscured by the name of the unit. I personally find the number of turns more important than the unit name, so I think the unit name should be truncated with an (...) if it is too long.
http://www.screencast.com/users/Cristofyr/folders/Jing/media/abd27e86-2436-4e9a-b850-8058b6094923
