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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 ABAP objects. They 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 entry, such as R3TR PROG ZZ_CREATE_INVOICE. For more information, see Translating Transport Objects.

Activities

Translating Individual Objects

For more information, see Translating Objects Directly.

Translating Several Objects via a Worklist

For more information on translating 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 My Worklist.

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  User Settings End of the navigation path.

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

    • Make sure that the Source Language and Target Language fields contain the correct 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 Translation Administration from Transaction SE63

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

Accessing the Proposal Pool Analysis Tool from Transaction SE63

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

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