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Transport objects enable you to use transaction SE63 to call up and translate all of the texts in a transport entry directly, without having to know the object types or technical names of the objects to be translated.

If the transport entry only contains one object, the system opens it in the long text editor or short text editor (depending on the object type of the object) for you to process. If the transport entry contains more than one object, the system generates a temporary worklist containing these objects. You can call up and translate the objects in this worklist.

Alternatively, you can call up a worklist on the basis of a transport request. For more information on how to call up a worklist on the basis of a transport request, see On-The-Fly Translation and refer to the section about “On-The-Fly Translation of Objects in a Transport Request”.

Prerequisites

If you want to call up the texts in a transport entry directly for translation, you need to know the exact name of the transport entry.

Procedure

To call up the texts in a transport entry directly in transaction SE63, proceed as follows:

  1. Call up transaction SE63.

  2. Enter the text type ID t in the command field, and choose Enter.

    Alternatively, you can choose the following on the initial screen of transaction SE63:   Translation   ABAP Objects   Transport Object  .

  3. Enter the transport entry whose texts you want to translate in the three Transport Entry of Object fields. For example, R3TR DTEL ZZ_ORDER.

  4. Check that the source and target languages are correct, and choose Edit.

    • If the transport entry only contains one object, the system opens it in the appropriate editor.

    • If the transport entry contains more than one object, the system places them in a temporary worklist. To display the translation status of the objects to be translated, place your cursor on the top node and choose   Utilities   Refresh Status  .

  5. Translate the objects in the usual way. For information on how to translate objects via a worklist, see Translating Objects via a Worklist.

Example

A developer asks you to translate all of the texts in the objects of transport entry R3TR PROG ZZ_CREATE_DOCUMENT. He/she cannot tell you which screens are associated with this program, but needs the German to English translation as soon as possible. Follow the procedure below:

  1. Call up transaction SE63, and enter t in the command field.

  2. Enter R3TR, PROG and ZZ_CREATE_DOCUMENT in the three transport entry fields.

  3. Check that the source and target languages are correct, and choose Edit.

  4. The system generates a temporary worklist. To display the translation status of the objects to be translated, place your cursor on the top node and choose   Utilities   Refresh Status  .

If objects in the transport entry contain at least one line, you can double-click them to call them up for translation.