Previous Line to be Processed/Next Line to be Processed

To access the next or previous line that needs to be processed because its translation status is new or modified, choose (Previous Line to be Processed)/ (Next Line to be Processed) in the application toolbar. Lines with translated status are skipped.

Delete Target Text

To delete a translation in a translation line, place the cursor in the line and choose (Delete Target Text) or  Edit Delete Target Text This Line .

To delete all the translations in a short text object, choose  Edit Delete Target Text All Lines .

Undo

To undo the last change made in a translation line, place the cursor in the line and choose (Undo) or  Edit Undo This Line .

If you want to undo all of the actions that you performed since you last saved for all of the texts in the object you are currently editing, choose  Edit Undo All Lines .

Copy Source Text

To copy a source text into the translation line for one text line, place the cursor in the translation line and choose (Copy Source Text) or  Edit Copy Source Text This Line . Alternatively, you can double-click the source text to copy it to the translation line.

To copy all of an object’s source texts into their translation lines, choose  Edit Copy Source Text All Lines .

Find / Find and Replace in Target Text

To find a text or character string, choose (Find) in the standard toolbar. The system displays a dialog box listing the first one hundred lines that contain the text you searched for. (One hundred is the default value.) If you select the character string that you require in this dialog box, the system takes you directly to the text line in the short text editor that contains this character string.

To find specific short texts in the translation lines, and then replace them with a different text, choose (Find and Replace in Target Text) or  Edit Find and Replace in Target Text . For more information on this function, see Finding and Replacing in the Target Text.

Comment for Object

To enter remarks on a text, choose (Comment for Object) or  Edit Comment for Object . The comments dialog box enables you to enter several lines of text, change existing comments, or delete the entire comment. The comment applies to the entire object and is displayed at the top of the screen. If the comment consists of several lines, the system only displays the first line. To call up the entire comment, choose Comment for Object.

Test

After translating some short text object types, you can choose (Test) or  Utilities Test in the short text editor to display the texts you have just translated exactly as the end users will see them. For more information, see Simulating Short Text Objects.

Find Full Texts for Abbreviations

If an abbreviation has been used in the source or target text, you can display the full text for the abbreviation, providing that a full text has been defined in the proposal pool. Choose (Find Full Texts for Abbreviations) or  Utilities Find Full Texts for Abbreviations . For more information, see Displaying Full Texts for Abbreviations.

Distribute Proposals

To distribute proposals in the object you are currently translating, choose (Distribute Proposals) or  Proposal Pool Distribute Proposals . For more information, see Distributing Proposals.

System Standards With Status S for All Modified Lines

You can create the translation in every modified line in the object as a system standard with quality status S. Choose (System Standards With Status S for All Modified Lines) or  Proposal Pool Proposal for All Modified Lines . To confirm the confirmation prompt in the Create Proposals dialog box, choose Yes. If you want to use this function, your user profile in transaction LXE_MASTER needs authorization object PPQ3 with the value 01. This authorization object is included in the following standard profiles: TR, TS, VG, VJ, VK, XT, and XX. For more information on user profiles in transaction LXE_MASTER, see Translator Profiles.

Display Proposal Pool for Source Text

To display proposals for a source text that exist in the proposal pool of a different target language, choose (Display Proposal Pool for Source Text) or  Proposal Pool Display Proposal Pool for Source Text . If you have not maintained the Text Display in Other Language field in your language settings, the Target Language dialog box appears. It enables you to choose a target language with a double-click. A separate window appears in which the contents of the proposal pool are displayed for the source text in the selected target language. To close this window, choose Continue. For more information on the language settings, refer to Transaction SE63 and read the section "Defining Your Translator Settings".

Problem Letter Box

To record problems with the object you are currently translating, choose (Problem Letter Box). A dialog box is displayed, in which you can double-click the appropriate problem description. This information is recorded in the system, together with your user name, the source and target languages, and the date.

You can display the problems recorded via this function as follows: