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Translators can now create worklists in order to translate a number of SAPterm entries in one step. The worklists can be filtered based on individual requirements (for example, all untranslated entries in a specific application component with status 2 or 3 in the source language).

Worklists can be created for term entries, index entries, or both categories. The worklist offers fields for the translation and the part of speech.

Superusers can also maintain the status of each term when they use the worklist, flagging terms for release (status 3) or for review (status 2).

Procedure

  1. Call transaction STERM.

  2. Choose   Utilities   Create   Term Worklist  .

    The Term Worklist screen appears.

  3. In the General Search Criteria group box, ensure that the source and target languages are correct. To translate released terms, the status of the source terms should be set to 3 while the status of the target languages terms is set to 0 as they do not exist yet.

  4. In the Global Attributes group box, select the number of the Project and Component for which you want to translate terms.

  5. Set the number of entries you would like to display at a time in the Maximum Number of Results field.

  6. Choose Execute (Execute).

    The system displays the Term Worklist screen. You can see the number of entries that match your selection criteria in the title bar. The status of each term is displayed as a traffic light icon on the left-hand side of each term entry.

    Note Note

    If you have superuser authorization, you can also maintain the status of the terms in this worklist at the same time, by clicking on traffic light icons for each entry. For more information, see Displaying and Maintaining Term Status.

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  7. Translate the index entries as described under Translating Individual Terms.

  8. You also can use the following functions, which are available as icons next to each index entry in your worklist. To display a list of all the icons displayed in this screen and their meanings, choose the Legend icon from the application toolbar.

    • Display Links to Long Texts

      If the term you are translating is used as an index entry, you can use this function to display the info objects to which this term is assigned as an index entry. The system then displays the info objects in the logon language.

    • Proposal for All Untranslated Entries

      The system inserts the best proposal from the proposal pool (if the source text in your worklist exists in the proposal pool).

      Note Note

      The entry conventions for SAPterm differ from those for texts translated in transaction SE63. Consequently, you may need to change the capitalization of most of the proposals inserted into your SAPterm translation worklist.

      Your translations of terms in SAPterm do not need to match entries in the proposal pool. You should therefore not need to change the proposal pool here. Any changes you do make to the proposal pool will lead to modified texts appearing in translation worklists in transaction SE63.

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    • Compare with Proposal Pool

      This function allows you to display the proposal pool entry for that term. You can then copy the translation you require from the proposal pool to your SAPterm translation worklist.

    • Copy Source Text

      This function allows you to copy the source text to your translation line.

    • SAPterm: Display Identical Entries

      This function allows you to look up terms in SAPterm which have the same source text as the source text in your translation worklist. You can copy a translation from SAPterm by selecting the translation you require and using the Copy translation icon in the dialog box. You can also display the terminology concept by choosing the Display term concept icon.

      Note Note

      If you would like to enter additional information for your target language terms, you can call them up directly in a separate session of transaction STERM. You can then enter synonyms and abbreviations for a specific term.

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  9. Choose Save (Save) to save your entries.

  10. If you would like to call up further term entries matching the selection criteria you entered on the selection screen, choose the Next Entries icon () in the application toolbar.

Result

Once you have saved your worklist, the system uploads the information back into SAPterm.