Editing a List of Terms in STMP (SAP Library - Translation Tools for Translators (BC-DOC-TTL))

Editing a List of Terms in STMP

Purpose

You can perform the following activities in a list of entries from the proposal pool:

Edit a single target text in the proposal pool.
Edit multiple target texts in the proposal pool using sequential processing.
Display a where-used list to see where specific source texts and target texts occur in the system.
Perform search and replace in your list of proposals to replace target texts with a new translation (for example, during terminology cleanups).

Prerequisites

You have either first generated a list of terms in STMP or in STMA, or you have created a proposal pool worklist.

See also:

Creating a List of Terms in STMP

Proposal Pool Administration: Maintenance

Proposal Pool Administration: Worklists

In order to change a term in this list, you must satisfy one of the following criteria:

Your translator status is higher than the status of the term.
You have Coordinator or Advanced status for proposal pool maintenance (a Coordinator or Advanced translator can change another Coordinator’s/Advanced translator’s translation).

You can change the terms you have entered yourself.

For more information, see Translator Status.

Process Flow

If you want to display the where-used list for a term in your list before you edit it, simply select the term in question and choose the icon .

To edit a term from your list, either double-click the term in question.

The system takes you to the Proposal Pool: Editing screen. The proposal pool appears as a dialog box, enabling you to view the entries in the proposal pool for this term and your list of terms at the same time. An arrow points to the term you are currently editing in the list.

Edit the proposal where necessary. The functions for editing the entries in the proposal pool for this term are available at the bottom of the dialog box. For more information on how to use these functions, see Proposal Pool: Editing.

Once you have edited the entry, either choose Continue to return to the generic list, or choose the icon This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

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to branch directly to the next entry.

A tick will appear next to the entry in the list that you have just edited, and an arrow will now point to the term that you are currently editing. To branch back to the previous entry, choose the icon This graphic is explained in the accompanying text .

To call up the next list that matches your selection criteria, choose the icon This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

. When you reach the last list, the system will display the first list again.

Finding and Replacing Target Texts in a List of Terms

If you need to replace a certain target text string with a new target text string (for example, during terminology cleanups), you can find and replace these target text strings quickly and easily from a list of entries in the proposal pool (for example, a semantic worklist in Proposal Pool Administration).

From your list, choose the icon .

The dialog box Enter Texts for Replacement appears.

In this dialog box you can make the following entries:

Source text (optional)

In this field, you can enter the source text for which you wish to replace the existing translation. This input is optional, but will help to restrict your search.

Old target text

In this field, you need to enter the old, "incorrect" translation that you wish to replace.

New target text (optional)

In this field, you can enter the new translation with which you wish to replace the old string. This input is also optional. You can also choose to replace occurrence of the Old target text individually.

Case-sensitive

If you activate this option, then the system only finds texts where capitalization is exactly how you specified in the Old target text field. Otherwise, the search does not consider capitalization.

"Instring" recognition

If you activate this option, then the system also finds texts where the Old target text is part of a larger word. For example, if you specify Auftrag as your Old target text (without activating the Case-sensitive option), the system also finds texts such as Auftragsnummer and Transportauftrag.

Choose Enter.

A dialog box appears containing the first proposal pool entry in which the old target text string occurs.

If you specified a New target text, a corrected version of the proposal pool entry is proposed in a line below the existing proposal pool entry.
If you did not specify a New target text, then the existing proposal pool entry is displayed twice, and you can correct the proposal pool entry in the second line.

You can now choose between the following options:

If you specified a New target text, you can accept the translation proposed in the second line by choosing Save and next. The system then branches to the next proposal pool entry your list in which the old target text string occurs.
You can correct the proposed proposal pool entry according to your requirements, and then choose Save and next.
You can postpone your decision and branch to the next relevant entry in your list by choosing Next text.
You can return to a previous entry in your list by choosing Previous text.
You can branch to the proposal pool itself to look at this entry and possible additional entries (for example, length variants) by choosing Maintain.

Note

If you try to replace target texts for proposal entries that are locked, flagged for automatic distribution, or that have length variants, a warning appears. You cannot modify the target text in this dialog box. You can, however, choose Maintain to branch to the proposal pool and make your corrections there.

See also:

Proposal Pool: Text Details

Proposal Pool: Editing