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Prerequisites

  • The translation environment has been set up completely.

  • At least one evaluation run has taken place.

  • Your translator profile has authorization object TRW1 with the value 01.

  • In transaction LXE_MASTER, you have been defined as a translator for the required target language.

  • Collections from this worklist have been assigned to you for translation.

  • You know the number of the worklist that contains the objects you need to translate. Ask your translation coordinator if you do not know the worklist number.

Before you call up a worklist, you can maintain the worklist settings to suit the way you work. You can also maintain standard values for the language direction so that you do not have to maintain it every time you call up a worklist. For more information on how to maintain standard values for the language direction, see Transaction SE63 and refer to the section Defining Your Translator Settings.

Note

If you are a translation coordinator with the relevant authorizations then you can also choose to call up objects via the worklist pool.

Context

You can use transaction SE63 to call up objects to be translated in a worklist. You can then edit these objects, either individually or sequentially, directly from the worklist. Translators can only call up objects in a worklist if they belong to collections assigned to them for translation, and if no other translator has already reserved them in his or her worklist. You have various options for determining the contents and scope of your worklist. You do not need to know the object types and technical names of the objects to be translated.

Procedure

  1. In the initial screen of transaction SE63, choose Start of the navigation path Worklist Next navigation step Create End of the navigation path.
    This takes you to the My Worklist: Parameters dialog box.
  2. If no active worklist is available, check the source language, target language, and worklist number. These values are taken from your translation settings.
  3. If an active worklist is already available and you want to reset it before accessing a new worklist, select the Reset active worklist and create new worklist radio button.
  4. Choose Copy (Enter).

    The system displays the Create Worklist screen. A reservation number for accessing a worklist is created for your user. This reservation number prevents you from calling up worklists for several language directions at the same time, which can lead to technical problems.

  5. On the Standard Worklist tab page, you can see your user name, the source and target language, the reservation number, and the worklist number. Make the required settings on this tab page:
    Note

    This documentation deals only with translating in a standard worklist, however, if you have the appropriate authorizations then you can also choose to translate via the worklist pool or using an on-the-fly worklist.

    • Collections

      On the pushbutton next to Collections, the system displays the number of collections that are assigned to you. If you only want to call up a worklist for some of the collections assigned to you, choose the pushbutton next to Collections and select the required collections. Otherwise, leave the default collections as they are.

      We recommend that you call up a worklist for one collection at a time. You can use the statistics to decide which collections to take into account when calling up a worklist.

    • Domains

      All domains are selected by default. If you only want to call up a worklist for objects belonging to particular domains, choose the pushbutton next to domains. This takes you to a dialog box that enables you to double-click domains to select or deselect them. The selected domains are highlighted in yellow. After you have made your selections, choose Execute to return to the Create Worklist screen.

    • Object Types

      All of the object types that are defined for translation into your target language are selected by default. If you only want to call up a worklist for particular object types, choose the pushbutton next to object types. This takes you to a dialog box that enables you to expand the object group nodes and then double-click individual object types to select or deselect them. The selected object types are highlighted in yellow. After you have made your selections, choose Execute to return to the Create Worklist screen.

    • Object Name

      The Object Name field enables you to enter some or all of the name of a particular object if you want to reserve something very specific in your worklist. Wildcard entries are possible. For example, you can call up a worklist for all collections assigned to you, all domains and all object types, but only for objects whose technical names include the string *SXE*.

    • Number per Object Type

      The value displayed in this field is taken from your worklist settings. To change this value on the Standard Worklist tab page, your translator profile must include authorization object TRWC with the value 01.

      Note

      An object can only be reserved in one standard worklist at a time. If you call up a worklist with a large number of objects per object type for collections that are assigned to more than one translator for the same target language, this reduces the number of objects that your colleagues can reserve in their worklists. We therefore recommend that you restrict the number of objects per object type to the number that you can translate on one day. Note that if you enter 25 in the Number per Object Type field in a system where 150 object types are defined for translation into your target language, you could then reserve up to 3750 objects in your worklist.

    • Status of Objects

      The Status of Objects checkboxes enable you to determine whether you want to reserve objects with new, modified, or translated status in your worklist. The New and Modified checkboxes are selected by default. We recommend that you only call up 100% translated objects in your worklist if you have a specific reason for doing so, for example, because you want to change particular translations.

    • Add Related Objects

      If you want your worklist to include related objects, select the Add Related Objects checkbox. Objects that are related to each other are then reserved in your worklist, such as the interface texts, Screen Painter texts, and text elements for the program SAPLPROG. For more information, see Adding Related Objects to a Worklist.

  6. Choose Reserve Objects.

Results

The system takes you to the Standard Worklist: Objects for <User Name> from <Source Language> to <Target Language> screen. The system reserves objects in your worklist in accordance with your settings. If you selected several collections, the system calls up as many objects as possible from the first collection before calling up objects from the next collection.

Next Steps

Translating Objects via a Worklist

Removing Objects from a Worklist

Leaving a Worklist

Resetting a Worklist