Working With the Proposal Pool (SAP Library - Translation Tools for Translators (BC-DOC-TTL))

Working With the Proposal Pool

How are texts stored in the proposal pool?

Translations are stored in the Proposal Pool, in one of the following ways:

System standard translation or length variant of the system standard

Application standard translation or length variant of the application standard

Exception

What is the best proposal?

The best proposal is the most appropriate translation available in the proposal pool for your source text. The best proposal is either:

The application standard (or best-fitting length variant) of the respective application to which the development class of the object belongs
The system standard (or best-fitting length variant), if no application standard exists.

The best proposal is the node text or the longest length variant of the respective standard that fits into the space available. If none of the proposals fits, the node text is displayed.

If proposals exist for your source text, the best proposal is displayed in blue in a separate line underneath the target text line.

An exception is never displayed as the best proposal.

If only one translation exists for your source text, this will automatically be the system standard.

What do I do if I want to use the best proposal?

You can copy this best proposal into your target text line in one of the following ways:

Press F5 (for all new lines)

Double-click the best proposal

Choose Proposal pool ® Get proposal ® This line (for the current line).

If the best proposal is longer than the space available, you are prompted to create an appropriate length variant when you copy the best proposal as described here.

For more information, see Get Proposal.

How can I tell if more than one proposal exists for this source text?

A number displayed in the field name line indicates the number of all proposals that exist in the proposal pool for this source text.

If 1 is displayed, the best proposal is also the only proposal available, and must therefore be the system standard.

If 5 is displayed, this indicates that five proposals exist in the proposal pool, including system standard, application standards, exceptions and length variants.

If no number is displayed, this indicates that no proposals are available for this source text in the proposal pool. The new translation then automatically becomes the system standard.

How can I see all proposals that exist for a source text?

You can call up all the proposals for a source text from the proposal pool in one of the following ways:

Double-click the number displayed in the field name line that indicates the number of proposals

Press Ctrl + F1

Choose Proposal pool

Select Proposal pool ® Proposal pool

This will take you to the proposal pool display screen showing all proposals for this source text. The system standard is displayed first, followed by all application-specific proposals, sorted by application code. The node text is the first text in each branch of this tree structure, next to the application ID.

See also:

Changing the Proposal