Exception

You should define a translation as an exception in the proposal pool if you only need to use it in exceptional circumstances within a particular domain. See the example below for a more detailed explanation.

The following English translations of German source texts are examples of exceptions:

Source Text	Usual Translation (System Standard)	Exception
Alter	Age	Old
Belege	Documents	Vouchers
Aktion	Action	Promotion
Bild	Screen	Image

Exceptions are domain-specific. Unlike system standards, application standards, and abbreviations, they are never the best proposal and they cannot be automatically distributed.

Note Note

If you translate a source text line with an exception, other source text lines that have already been translated with an application standard or system standard retain their translation status translated.

If you want to use the system standard to translate a source text line, but an application standard exists that differs from the system standard, you must create the translation already defined as a system standard as an additional exception for this domain.

End of the note.

Example Example

The system standard for Auftrag is Order. The translation Request is the application standard for the domain Basis (BC).

This means that Request is the best proposal whenever you translate the source text Auftrag in objects belonging to the domain BC. However, you may also need to use Order as an exceptional translation of Auftrag in some translation lines in objects assigned to the domain BC.

Create Order as an exception for the domain BC. Request is still the best proposal for Auftrag in objects from the domain BC, but now the exception also gives translated status to translation lines in the domain BC that contain the exceptional translation Order.

As a result, the status of all translation lines for the source text Auftrag is translated in objects assigned to domain BC, irrespective of whether you enter Request or Order as your translation, because:

The translation Request agrees with the application standard for the domain BC
The translation Order agrees with the exception for the domain BC.

End of the example.

Integration

Exceptions are never the best proposal, so they are not displayed in the short text editor. To see if exceptions exist for a specific source text, you need to branch to the proposal pool from the short text editor.

To use an exception as a translation for a short text, double-click the exception in the proposal pool. The system inserts the exception into your translation line and returns to the short text editor. The system displays the icon in the status bar of a source text that has been translated with an exception.

Exceptions do not have a quality status. If you create an exception, you therefore do not have to assign a quality status to it.

You cannot create abbreviations for exceptions. If you need to create an abbreviated translation as an exception, you must create it as an additional exception for the domain in question.

You can create as many exceptions as you like for a domain. We recommend that you minimize the number of exceptions you create.

More Information

For more information on proposal pool concepts, see Proposal Pool, Proposal Pool Concepts and the subordinate documents.

For more information on creating, changing, and deleting proposals, and on accessing the entries in the proposal pool, see Proposal Pool Maintenance and the subordinate documents, as well as Transaction SLPP.