Saving Long Texts as a Raw/Active Version (SAP Library - Translation Tools for Translators (BC-DOC-TTL))

Saving Long Texts as a Raw/Active Version

Use

To avoid the problem of long text disappearing from your worklist before you have finished translating them, there is now a new function which enables you to save a half-finished long text as a raw version.

This function ensures that the long text remains in your worklist the next time you call it up.

Integration

To save a long text as a raw version, choose Save.

To save a long text as an active version choose Save active.

Prerequisites

We recommend that you always save long texts as raw version (using the normal Save function) until you are completely sure that you have finished translating the long text in question. This means:

You have translated the entire long text
You have ensured that no source language remains in the long text
You have tested the links in the object and they all function correctly
You have performed a syntax check to ensure that your long text does not contain any syntax errors

Once you have fulfilled these criteria, you can then save your long text as an active version.

Features

When you save a text as a raw version (using the normal Save icon), the system will display a warning message in blue at the top of your text saying " Target text in raw version ".

You will also see status "R" in the technical information for the target text. To view the technical information, you need to make the appropriate setting in your Long Text Editor Settings.

When you are absolutely sure you have finished translating the long text, you can then choose Save active and save your long text as an active version. The blue warning text will disappear and the status will change to "A" in the technical information for the target text.

If you translate and save your changes in the fullscreen editor, your text will automatically be saved as a raw version. The system will display the message " Target text in raw version " when you return to the splitscreen editor and the target text will have status R, until you save the text as an active version.

Even after you have saved a long text as an active version, you can always save it as a raw version again if you change your mind - as long as the long text is still in your worklist.

Activities

If you try to exit a long text without saving your changes, a dialog box will appear prompting you to decide whether you want to:

Save the text as an active version (choose Save active). Only select this option if you are sure you have finished translating the long text.
Save the text as a raw version (choose Save (raw)). Select this option if you want to call up this object again from your worklist to finish translating it, to check the links, to correct it, etc.

If you do save a long text as a raw version and exit the long text editor, this has the following consequences:

The object will remain in your worklist.
The total number of lines of the object will now be displayed as new lines in your worklist and in your statistics.

Example

Before you translate data element BEISPIEL it has a total of 10 lines, of which 2 are new and 3 are modified. You start to process this object, save it as a raw version, and then leave the object. The system will now display data element BEISPIEL as having 10 new lines in the statistics and in your worklist.

Once you save the object as an active version, the system will display the total number of lines as translated lines. After the next worklist run, it will disappear from your worklist and from your statistics.