Translating a Chart of Accounts  

Use

In addition to the account number of a G/L account master record, the chart of accounts also contains the names of the accounts. With the translation function, you can translate the names of the G/L accounts for the languages you need.

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, the so-called maintenance language, the names of the accounts have to be translated into the other languages needed.

The account names are displayed when posting to G/L accounts and when creating or changing G/L account master records. If the names have been translated, the accountants in various countries will see the names displayed in the language in which they logged onto the system. If there is no translation for a given language, the maintenance language is displayed when posting to the account.

You are using the international chart of accounts INT, which is valid for the corporate group. The corporate language in English. English is thus the maintenance language for your chart of accounts. You translate the names into German for the German-speaking company codes. A German employee, who logs on in German, will have the account names displayed in German when making postings.

Activities

To translate the name of a G/L account, proceed as follows:

  1. From the General ledger menu, choose Master record ® Individual processing ® In chart of accounts.
  2. Enter the G/L account number and the chart of accounts.
  3. Choose Change.
  4. Select the Keyword/translation tab.
  5. Enter translations of the short and long text for the languages you require in the Translation field group.

If you do not translate the long text, the system transfers the short text into the field for the long text.
  1. Save your entry.