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Use

Transaction SE63 enables you to perform the following activities:

  • Call up individual objects directly for translation

  • Call up a worklist to find and translate objects that need translating in the collections assigned to you. The prerequisite is that the translation environment has been set up already. For more information, see Setting Up and Coordinating Translation (BC-DOC-TTL) .

  • Define your settings to suit the way you want to work with the translation tools

Integration

You can use transaction SE63 to access the following translation tools:

Features

Transaction SE63 enables you to translate texts in the following three kinds of objects:

  • ABAP objects:

    ABAP objects are classic objects created in an SAP system. ABAP objects are primarily divided into the following main categories:

    • Short texts

      Short texts consist of text fragments that appear on the user interface (for example, Save , Print , and Create Order .) The text elements for data elements and programs are examples of short text objects.

    • Long texts (documentation)

      Long text objects are documentation objects written in transaction SE61, such as message documentation and program documentation.

    • Other long texts

      These objects include SAPscript forms, styles, and SAP Smart Forms.

    • Special texts XSS area pages

      These are table texts from the XSS area, which are technically defined as STRING types.

    • Transport objects

      Transport objects enable you to translate objects that belong to a transport request, such as R3TR PROG ZZ_CREATE_INVOICE. For more information, see Translating Transport Objects .

  • Non-ABAP objects

    These objects have been created outside an ABAP system using a programming language other than ABAP. Non-ABAP objects are primarily divided into three main categories:

    • Interface texts (fragments)

      These are short, independent texts that consist of just a few words (such as pushbuttons and column headers.) They do not contain any continuous text.

    • Interface texts (sentences)

      These sentences belong together to form continuous text (for example, a short set of instructions). Formatting is only possible at the end of a sentence (end of paragraph).

    • Objects with own formatting

      This text type contains continuous text and information on how each individual line is formatted.

Activities

Translating Individual Objects

For more information, see Translating Objects Directly .

Translating Several Objects via a Worklist

For more information on translating ABAP objects and non-ABAP objects via a worklist, see Worklists and Translating Objects via a Worklist .

Calling Up an Existing Worklist

If you have already reserved objects in a worklist, you can access the worklist directly from the initial screen of transaction SE63 by choosing the My Worklist pushbutton. If you have not reserved any objects in a worklist, the My Worklist: Parameters dialog box appears.

Defining Your Translator Settings

If you are translating in an SAP system for the first time, you need to define the following settings. From the initial screen of transaction SE63, choose Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step  Settings End of the navigation path.

  1. On the Languages tab page, define your translation area, source language, and target language.

    • The translation area for ABAP objects is 999999 . This is the default setting. Leave this standard setting unchanged.

    • Make sure that the Source Language and Target Language fields contain the correct four-character keys for the required source and target languages. The default settings are source language deDE (German) and target language enUS (English).

    • The Text Display in Other Language field enables you to specify the language in which translations or proposals are displayed whenever you use display functions for other languages. This field is empty by default.

  2. On the Short Text Editor tab page, maintain your short text editor settings . We recommend that you use the standard settings.

  3. On the Long Text Editor tab page, maintain your long text editor settings . We recommend that you use the standard settings.

  4. On the Worklist tab page, maintain your worklist settings . We recommend that you use the standard settings.

Accessing the Statistics from Transaction SE63

On the initial screen of transaction SE63, choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Statistics End of the navigation path.

Accessing the Proposal Pool from Transaction SE63

On the initial screen of transaction SE63, choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Proposal Pool End of the navigation path.

Accessing the Translation Environment from Transaction SE63

On the initial screen of transaction SE63, choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Administration End of the navigation path.

Activating Information Display

This function relates to user messages. Transaction LXE_MASTER enables you to control how they are displayed. When a user message is displayed, a Suppress Display of Info Message? popup appears. If your answer to this question was Yes , you can choose Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Activate Infos End of the navigation path on the initial screen of transaction SE63 to reactivate such messages, so that they are displayed again.

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