Show TOC

Component documentationTranslation & Language Support

 

SAP POS supports a number of languages that can be set at installation. To implement a language strategy, you can choose a language for each of the following:

  • Main store language — This is the operational language of the store. SAP POS supports one main language per store.

  • Cashier language — Cashiers can override the main language of the store in certain screens and choose a different language for the POS application while they work with it. This feature only impacts screens or information that a customer would not see.

  • Customer language — This is the language that the customer sees on any screens or print media that is presented to them. This is the same as the store language.

For the most current list of supported languages by SAP POS, refer to the SAP Product Availability Matrix (PAM).

Implementation Considerations

To run SAP POS in another language you must run the system on a platform specific to or supporting the language you want to use. For example, to run it in the Thai language, you must be running a Thai language version of Windows and you must have the Courier_Mono_Thai font installed. This version uses code page 1252 and the languages supported by this code page.

Features

The SAP POS translation and language support function allows you to do the following:

  • Configure a main store language at installation with access to other defined languages provided that these have been loaded to the system language databases

  • Designate an employee’s main language, which may be different from the main store language, with the ability to display the application interfaces to them in their preferred language. This feature also allows the employee to override the language set for them and choose a different language at signon or while working in the application. (Relevant for the POS application only)

  • Translate POS-bound configuration description fields. The target language does not need to be one that is loaded in the language database but it must be registered in the Xpress Languages screen. (Relevant for the Configurator application only.)

  • Maintain or edit translated texts to suit the retail environment. SeeTranslate POS Application Texts or Translate Store Manager Application Texts for more information.

  • Access the language files when disconnected from the language database

  • Use text extraction utilities to create text files for translation and use text import utilities to apply translated files back into the system. (Utilities vary by component)

These capabilities represent the overall language support features of the SAP POS components and differ from component to component. Distinctions in the implementation of the language features are addressed per component where relevant.