Translating a Chart of Accounts

 

You can translate the names of the G/L accounts into the languages you require.

The translation function is especially useful if you a using a chart of accounts in multiple company codes that use various languages. Since you create a chart of accounts in one language, called the maintenance language, the names of the accounts have to be translated into the other required languages.

If the account names have been translated, the accountants in the various countries will see the names displayed in the language in which they logged onto the system.

Note Note

If an account has no translation in the logon language, the maintenance language is displayed.

End of the note.

Activities

To translate the name of a G/L account:

  1. From the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Financial Accounting Next navigation step General Ledger Next navigation step Master Records Next navigation step G/L Accounts Next navigation step Individual Processing Next navigation step In Chart of Accounts End of the navigation path.

  2. Enter the G/L account number and the chart of accounts.

  3. Choose Change.

  4. Select the Keyword/translation tab.

  5. In the Translation field group, enter translations of the short and long text for the languages you require.

    If you don't translate the long text, the short text is copied into the field for the long text.

  6. Save your entry.