Translating Texts (SAP Library - Executive Information System and Business Planning)

Translating Texts

Under Tools ® Translation tool, you can translate user-defined or user-generated EC-EIS and EC-BP-specific texts, which are language dependent, into another language. This is necessary if these texts are to be used in the other language, for example in a report,. You can find and translate these texts directly in your system using the translation tool. To do this, proceed as follows:

Enter the source and target languages.

Select the object type you wish to translate and enter the name of the object.

Choose option Selected object only or Object + all dependent objects.

If you choose Selected object only, the system searches for the texts belonging to that object only. If you enter an aspect, for example, the system searches for the aspect texts only.

If you choose Object + all dependent objects, the system searches for all subobjects which can be assigned to this object. For example, if you enter an aspect, the system searches not only for the aspect texts but also for the for the key figure texts, the characteristic texts and the characteristic value texts belonging to the aspect.

Note

The system may take some time to search, especially if you choose Object + all dependent objects, as it may have to search many EC-EIS objects for texts.

On the following screen, the system displays a list of the object classes found. These classes are listed according to their translation status:

not translated	no objects of this class are translated
partly translated	some objects of this class are translated
translated	all objects of this class are translated (objects of this class are also highlighted)

Select the object classes that you wish to translate. Choose Object list.

In the object list, all the objects in the object classes you selected are displayed with the object class, the name and the text of the object in the source language. For translated objects, the text of the object in the target language also appears.

Select the objects you wish to process.

If you wish to change the target text of an object which has already been translated, choose this object also.

Choose option Translate or Fast translation.

If you choose option Fast translation, the system attempts to find proposals from the SAP proposal pool. If it finds a proposal, the proposal is entered automatically. If the system cannot find a proposal, the text in the source language is copied to the text in the target language. This option is only available for texts which have not been translated.

If you choose option Translate, you can enter translations for all the selected objects yourself.

If you chose Translate, the selected objects are displayed on the next screen. Attempt to find proposals for the texts by choosing Get proposals. If no proposal exists for a text, enter the translation in the field beneath the source text.

Save your entries.