Defining Object Groups for Translation (SAP Library - Setting Up and Coordinating Translation (BC-DOC-TTL))

Defining Object Groups for Translation

Use

Object groups enable you to define the scope of translation for each target language. For example, you can define that a "major" language (such as English) translates all object types, and a "minor" language (such as Korean) only translates selected short text object types. For more information, see Object Groups and Object Types for Translation.

The default status of an object group is Locked. If you want an object group (and all object types contained in it) to be translated, you need to set the status to Translated for the target language you require.

Prerequisites

The target language must be set up in this system. For more information, see Setting Up the Target Language.

Your translator profile must contain authorization A3 (Object groups administration) with value 1.

Procedure

Call up transaction SLWA.

Select your target language under the tab title Target language.

Choose the tab title Object Groups.

The system displays a table containing the object groups. The object groups with status Translated are marked in black. The object groups with status Locked are highlighted in blue.

To assign object groups for translation, select the object group(s) you require and choose Translate from the application toolbar.

To lock object groups for translation, select the object group(s) you require and choose Lock from the application toolbar.

Result

The object groups you selected are now assigned for translation. The next time an evaluation runs, it will evaluate the object types belonging to the object groups you assigned for this target language.

You can see exactly which object types are now locked and assigned for your target language by choosing Details from the application toolbar in this screen. The Object types screen appears. The assigned object types are highlighted in yellow.

Example

You want to define the object groups for French so that this target language will translate short texts only. Long texts and Online Text Repository (OTR) objects are to remain locked.

Call up transaction SLWA.
Enter FR in the Target language field.
Choose the tab title Object Groups.
Select the following object groups: AS_1, AS_2, AS_3, AS_4, AS_5, AS_6, and CA_1.
Choose Translate from the application toolbar.