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If you do not have the time to set up the translation environment, create translation graphs, create translators and assign collections to translators, and run regular evaluations, you can use the “on-the-fly” translation functions in transaction SE63 to access the objects that you want to translate.

Integration

The system calls up a mini worklist of the objects that match the criteria you enter here, without you having to perform major setup work.

You can then call up the objects and translate them. For more information, see Translating Objects via a Worklist.

Prerequisites

  • On-the-fly translation should only be used when you have a small number of objects to translate into a few languages. If you have a large translation project, for multiple languages, we recommend that you define the translation environment as described in this documentation, and evaluate the objects that you want to translate.

  • To use the objects in an object list as the basis for on-the-fly translation, you need to create an object list.

  • To use the objects in a transport request as the basis for on-the-fly translation, you need to identify the transport request that contains the objects that you want to translate, or create a transport request that contains the objects that you want to translate.

Activities

On-The-Fly Translation for Objects in an Object List

  1. First of all create an object list that contains the objects you want to translate.

  2. Call up transaction SE63 and choose   Worklist   Standard  .

  3. Under Language Pair, set the Source Language and Target Language and choose Enter.

  4. On the Object List tab page, choose F4 on the Object List field and double-click the object list whose objects you want to translate.

  5. To call up all objects in this object list, flag the Deactivate Selection checkbox.

    Otherwise, to call up a subset of objects in this object list leave this checkbox blank and proceed as follows:

    • If you only want to call up objects that belong to specific collections (called packages in the development environment), choose the Collections pushbutton and select the collections whose objects you want to translate. For more information on how to select collections in the dialog box that appears, see Selecting Collections.

    • If you only want to call up objects of specific object types, choose the Object Types pushbutton and make sure that the object types that you want to translate are highlighted in yellow. Choose Execute (Execute).

    • If you only want to call up objects that contain a specific text string in their name, enter this string as a wildcard in the Object Name field.

      Example Example

      To access only those objects in the object list whose name contains the string CRM, enter *CRM* in the Object Name field.

      End of the example.

  6. Choose Load Objects.

    The system calls up the objects from the object list that match your selection criteria and makes them available in a temporary worklist. This worklist is not stored in the system, so you need to repeat this procedure the next time you log on to the system.

On-The-Fly Translation for Objects in a Transport Request

  1. Call up transaction SE63 and choose   Worklist   Standard  .

  2. Under Language Pair, set the Source Language and Target Language and choose Enter.

  3. On the Transport Request tab page, enter the name of the transport request whose objects you want to translate in the Transport Request field.

    Alternatively enter the name of a transport object (e.g. R3TR PROG ZZFIN002) in the Transport Object field.

  4. To call up all objects in this transport request, flag the Deactivate Selection checkbox.

    Otherwise, to call up a subset of objects in this transport request leave this checkbox blank and proceed as follows:

    • If you only want to call up objects that belong to specific collections (called packages in the development environment), choose the Collections pushbutton and select the collections whose objects you want to translate. For more information on how to select collections in the dialog box that appears, see Selecting Collections.

    • If you only want to call up objects of specific object types, choose the Object Types pushbutton and make sure that the object types that you want to translate are highlighted in yellow. Choose Execute (Execute).

    • If you only want to call up objects that contain a specific text string in their name, enter this string as a wildcard in the Object Name field.

      Example Example

      To access only those objects in the transport request whose name contains the string ZFIN, enter *ZFIN* in the Object Name field.

      End of the example.

  5. Choose Load Objects.

    The system calls up the objects from the object list that match your selection criteria and makes them available in a temporary worklist. This worklist is not stored in the system, so you need to repeat this procedure the next time you log on to the system.

More Information

Translating Objects via a Worklist

Sections Proposal Pool and Short Text Editor in Quick Start for Translators