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taking down the language barrier - "The World is Flat!" (Thomas Friedman)

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How to analyze missing translations / missing texts

How to analyze missing translations / missing texts

Symptom

Texts are not displayed in logon language. It is assumed that the respective translation is missing.

Reason and Prerequisites

SAP products are translated into more than 30 languages. Additional languages are supported. If a language is supported by SAP, it does not necessarily mean that SAP delivers translations for this particular language for a particular product and /…

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Make hard-coded text in SAP ABAP translatable

Make hard-coded text in SAP ABAP translatable

You want to translate hard-coded strings? Here is how you should proceed!

I was tasked to replace hard-coded texts with text elements to output them in different languages. Now I have the following problem.

Example:

Hard-coded text

WRITE 'PO Number'.

from this I tried to replace the hard-coded text ‘PO Number’ with a text element in the form

WRITE:/ Text-210 (101).  /// Text-210 is PO Number

but…

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openSAP Certification "STH SAP Translation Hub"

Today our Chief SAP Translation Consultant, Matthias Caesar, was handed the Certificate of Achievement for openSAP exam “SAP Translation Hub“.

Course Summary

In today’s world, successful applications must target a global audience. And this global audience expects software to speak its language. But developing UIs in multiple languages can be costly and complicated. With SAP Translation Hub, you…

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New STH - SAP Translation Hub Demo

New STH – SAP Translation Hub Demo

Simple, Automatic One-Click Translation with STH SAP Translation Hub

In today’s posting we describe how to get automatic translations for your On-Premise SAP System via STH SAP Translation Hub – a new SAP Cloud Service for Translation.

Situation

You have developed a new ABAP development in your SAP System in English. Since you also support your subsidiary in France with your new solution, you are…

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Übersetzungseinstell. exportieren (LXE_MASTER-Customizing)

Note 1523210

1523210 – Export translation settings (LXE_MASTER customizing) Symptom

It is necessary to transfer the translation administration settings (done in transaction LXE_MASTER) to another system or to back them up for later use.

Other Terms

LXE_MASTER customizing, translation settings

Reason and Prerequisites

The LXE_MASTER settings are considered local so they are…

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SAP Note 508854 - SAPGUI: How to use Unicode

SAP Note 508854 – SAPGUI: How to use Unicode

This note contains the document SAPGUI for Windows – I18N User’s Guide as an attachment.

Cause and Prerequisits

This guide is intended for the users of SAPGUI who logon to Unicode systems and those who logon to non-Unicode systems whose code-page is not limited to Latin-1.

It replaces the former contents of the notes below.

508854 – SAPGUI: How to use Unicode 451694 – SAPGUI: How to use RTL layout

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PAK_TRANSLATION_DEPTH_TEXT | Translation relevance of packages in SAP

PAK_TRANSLATION_DEPTH_TEXT | Translation relevance of packages in SAP

PAK_TRANSLATION_DEPTH_TEXT – Translation-Relevance

This documentation is copyright by SAP AG.

Internal SAP classification of the translation depth (number of target languages) of the texts in a development package

Meaning

The classification of translation-relevance determines the amount of translation required in follow-on translation systems for the repository objects in a development package.

T…

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110910 - Deleting the language load

110910 – Deleting the language load

110910 – Löschen der Sprachenload

  Symptom

The language load must be deleted.

Cause

Language-dependent texts were imported, supplemented or deleted (for example, data element texts, screen texts, menu options and so on). However, the outdated or deleted texts are still displayed when you display the relevant screens, menus and so on. This occurs because only the texts were changed in the…

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SAP SRM Workflows: Translation of Task and Work item description

SAP SRM Workflows: Translation of Task and Work item description

Work item Description works fine in PFTC (Workflow Task)

Work item Text

Call SE63

Use SE63-Shortcut TLGS in command line (like RPT4 for ABAP text)

Search for PDTS<workitem-ID> via F4-help Example: – Workitem ID = 91000123 – search for ‘PDTS91000123*’ (the * is important!)

Double-click on one of the search results (most of the time 3 elements)

Change language (from / to) and click “Maintain”.

  See…

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Changing Translation-Relevance of Packages

Changing Translation-Relevance of Packages

Use Case – Changing Translation-Relevance of Packages Situation

Let us assume that you as a project lead responsible for a set of ABAP packages have to ensure that text elements, such as UI texts, message texts, or F1 help texts, are translated into the correct set of languages. When checking the package properties, you may realize that the translation relevance is not classified correctly…

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Important Customizing Tables

 CABN/CABNT Characteristics/Characteristics Texts CAWN/CAWNT Characteristics Values/Characteristics Values Texts CECUSDT Configuration Editor: Design: Descr. CSKU Cost Types / Cost Element Texts (CSKB shows the mapping!) DD02L Table of All Tables! E070 / 1 Table listing all Transport Requests E071K Table containing logged transport request details KLAH/KLAT Classes Header/Classes: Long Texts KSML…

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System Access via RFC

System Access via RFC

There might be cases where you are using e.g. RAS to connect to your corp network, but for whatever reason you can not connect to the desired system with SAP Logon directly (you maybe get a system not reached error message). Other system work though.

A workaround is to use TA SM59 to remote logon to the system in question via another system which you are able to connect to with SAP Logon.

Here is…

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Changing Translation-Relevance of Packages

Changing Translation-Relevance of Packages

Use Case – Changing Translation-Relevance of Packages Situation

Let us assume that you as a project lead responsible for a set of ABAP packages have to ensure that text elements, such as UI texts, message texts, or F1 help texts, are translated into the correct set of languages. When checking the package properties, you may realize that the translation relevance is not classified correctly…

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SAPGUI for Windows - I18N User’s Guide

SAPGUI for Windows – I18N User’s Guide

SAPGUI for Windows – I18N User’s Guide

Introduction

This guide is intended for the users of SAPGUI who logon to Unicode systems and those who logon to non-Unicode systems whose code-page is not limited to Latin-1.

Source of this article :

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/405a83e3-0132-2a10-d3ad-a94a604a0469?overridelayout=true

Content

PART 1 – Basics. 1

1.1.…

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Pseudo Localization of SAP Applications

Pseudo Localization of SAP Applications

Pseudo Localization is a concept in Software development which has become increasingly visible over the past years. Not so in SAP / ABAP development. Here the question of “Is my code properly internationalized remains unanswered until a pretty late state in the project. Sometimes, the question is not even asked at all.

SAP recently introduced a new “language”: 2Q

The Advantage of this language is…

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Translation of SAP FIORI

Translation of SAP FIORI

Translating SAP Fiori Tiles, Catalogs, and Groups in the Customizing Layer

You want to translate the text of your custom tiles, catalogs, or group titles in the SAP Fiori launchpad. This is possible using the standard SAP translation tools.

Context

The translation follows the standard ABAP translation process. This is the same process as for translating Web Dynpro Customizing.

To translate…

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