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Use

The short text editor includes functions that enable you to directly access information in the SAPterm terminology database.

Procedure

Finding Terminology

To search SAPterm for entries for a specific source text, proceed as follows:

  1. Place your cursor on a source text that you want to find in the terminology database, and choose Start of the navigation path Terminology Next navigation step Find Terminology in SAPterm End of the navigation path.

  2. This takes you to the SAPterm: Search Term Query dialog box in which you can change the search string. You can also change the source and target languages.

  3. Choose Continue.

    This takes you to the Terminology Database: screen, in which the system displays all of the entries in the terminology database that satisfy your search criteria.

  4. To return to the SAPterm: Search Term Query dialog box, choose Back. To close the SAPterm: Search Term Query dialog box and return to the short text editor, choose Cancel.

Maintaining Terminology

If you want to change or create an entry in SAPterm for a specific source text, proceed as follows:

  1. Place your cursor on the source text that you want to change or create in the terminology database, and choose Start of the navigation path Terminology Next navigation step Maintain Terminology in SAPterm End of the navigation path.

  2. The SAPterm screen appears. For more information on how to maintain terminology in the SAPterm terminology database, see Creating Terms and Editing Terms.

  3. To return to the short text editor, choose Back.

Finding Source Texts in SAPterm

If you want to find out if an entry exists in SAPterm for any of the source texts in the short text object you are currently translating, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Find Source Texts in SAPterm Find Source Texts in SAPterm or Start of the navigation path Terminology Next navigation step Find Source Texts in SAPterm End of the navigation path.

  2. If a source text exists in SAPterm, the system displays a book icon in the status bar. If you want to display the terminology entry and the translations, click this book icon.

    A dialog box appears containing the following information:

    • The components for which the terminology entry was created

    • The entry class, such as A for system texts

    • The status, such as 3 for released

  3. To call up an entry, double-click it.

    The system displays the SAPterm entry.

Note

The Find Source Texts in SAPterm function scans the SAPterm terminology database for the entire source text string, not for individual terms in the string. For example:

  • You are translating from German to English.
  • One German source text in the short text object you are currently translating is Sprachenschlüssel.
  • The SAPterm terminology database contains the entry Sprachenschlüssel with the English translation language key.
  • When you execute the Find Source Texts in SAPterm function, the book icon is displayed for the source text Sprachenschüssel.
  • Another German source text in the same short text object is Sprachenschlüssel anlegen.
  • The SAPterm terminology database contains:
    • The entry Sprachenschlüssel with the English translation language key.
    • The entry anlegen with the English translation create.
  • However, the SAPterm terminology database does not contain the entry Sprachenschlüssel anlegen.
  • When you execute the Find Source Texts in SAPterm function, the book icon is not displayed for the source text Sprachenschüssel anlegen because this entry does not exist in SAPterm.
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