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You must translate SAPterm terminology entries in SAPterm itself. However, when you translate glossary entries, you have two options:

Translating Glossary Entries in SE63 Translation Worklists

Prerequisites

In order for the definition text to appear for translation in SE63, you must first translate the term's designation in SAPterm. The definition will not appear in your worklist for translation if the designation is not available for the header information.

Note

Translate the term's designation as early as possible. If you translate it too late in the release cycle, the definition may not be included in the final worklist run.

Procedure

  1. On the initial SAPterm screen, check the source and target language settings.
  2. Find the source language term and choose Maintain entry.
  3. On the Maintain Entry screen, choose Translate entry.
  4. On the Maintain Translation of "<Term>" screen, enter the translation of the term and all required information, and save your entries.
  5. Exit the translation and maintenance screens.

Result

The definition text will appear in your worklist after the next worklist run. You can use the split screen editor to translate the definition more easily, without running the risk of changing or deleting the source text. For more information, see Structure link Functions in the Split Screen Editor.

Translating Glossary Entries in SAPterm Manually

Use

If a glossary entry was not included in a worklist run or needs to be translated quickly, translate the definition text manually. You can copy and paste the source text into the definition field for the translation, then overwrite the source text with the translation.

Procedure

  1. On the initial SAPterm screen, check the source and target language settings.
  1. Find the source language term and choose Maintain entry.
  1. On the Maintain Entry screen, choose Maintain glossary.
  1. On the Change: GLOSSAR <term> Language <source language key> screen, select the definition text and copy it to your clipboard.

Caution

Do not make any changes or deletions to the definition text itself without the consent of the author.
  1. Return to the Maintain Entry screen, and then choose Translate entry.
  1. On the Maintain Translation of "<Term>" screen, enter the translation of the term, if you have not already done so, along with all the required information, and save your entries.

Note

You cannot create a glossary entry without saving the term first. The term and its application component ID serve as the header for the definition text.

  1. Once the term exists in the target language, choose Maintain glossary.
  1. Paste the definition text that you copied to your clipboard into the SAPscript editor field.
  1. Translate the text by overwriting the source text. Ensure the paragraph format commands correspond to those used in the source definition text.
  1. Save the glossary entry to return to the Maintain Translation of "<Term>" screen. Save the entry again and exit.

Result

The definition text is translated and will not appear in your translation worklist unless it is changed between worklist runs. It then appears as a modified long text.

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