Translation Quick Guide

The studio provides functions that enable the translation of business configuration content texts and on-screen texts into one of the languages supported by the cloud solution. The translation functions enable you to adapt a solution created using the studio for a specific country or region. You can export the text of specific project items to a file in XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF). After the XLIFF file is translated, you can then import the translated file into the studio and check the result. You can also monitor the translation status of project items.

Availability

Caution

This documentation covers the SAP Cloud Applications Studio (“studio”) as a whole; therefore it describes all features that are available within the studio. Not all of these features are available for every cloud solution from SAP. Before using a particular feature, please consult the Feature Matrix to determine whether the feature is available for the cloud solution from SAP for which you are creating your solution.

For details, see Feature Matrix.

End of the caution

The following table gives an overview of the project items from which you can extract text for translation and the specific text elements that can be translated.

Texts That Can Be Extracted for Translation

Project Item

Text Element

User interface (UI) component (*.uicomponent) based on a custom business object (*.bo)

  • Title of floorplan and group

  • Column and menu header

  • Labels for field, checkbox, and radio button

  • Definition, description, instruction, and information

  • Other on-screen texts such as button text, link text, list item text, explanation text, general text, tab strip text, quick info text, tree node text, bullet list item text, technical text

The system does not support the extraction of message texts to an XLIFF file.

Business object (*.bo)

  • Label of a business object field

  • Tooltip of a business object field

The system does not support the extraction of message texts to an XLIFF file.

Business object extension (*.xbo)

  • Label of an extension field

  • Tooltip of an extension field

The system does not support the extraction of message texts to an XLIFF file.

Business adaptation catalog (BAC) element (business option, business topic)

  • Description of a business topic

  • Description of a business option

  • Scoping question/statement of a business option

  • Details: Overview and Relevance texts

Business configuration (BC) set (*.bcc)

Description of a field value

Code list data type (*.codelist)

Description of code list value

Data mashup, HTML mashup, URL mashup (*.MC.uimashup)

On-screen texts

Business and Technical Background

XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF)
Managing Translation

Tasks

Export Text for Translation
Import Translated Text
Check Translation Status
Translate Message Texts