System Translation- Export

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Below are explained:

Transaction: /DBME/TMA_EXP - Translations – Export

System Translation – Transaction Menu

Translation Languages

The Export transaction allows to choose source language and up-to two target translation languages:

Export parameters – Translation Languages

Translation Objects

One of three types of the translation objects can be selected:

Export parameters – Translation Objects

Development Objects

Selection of Development Objects can be done based on combination of the following parameters:

• Package,
• Request/Task,
• Object Type (using lookup Help),
• Name of Translation Object (ex. Report name),
• Type of Translation Object (using lookup Help).

Export parameters – Development Objects

Also, it is possible make selection through Application-Tree by clicking on the “Application-Tree” button and selection of the Application Components:

Export parameters – Application-Tree

Customizing Objects

There are four possibilities to select Customizing Objects:

• Selection from Application-Tree:

Export parameters – Selection of Customizing from Application-Tree

• Selection from IMG:

Export parameters – Selection of Customizing from IMG

• Selection of Customizing Object by Name:

Export parameters – Selection of Customizing by Name

• selection of Customizing Object by Request / Task:

Export parameters – Selection of Customizing by Request/Task

Fiori File

To export fiori fields for translation, provide a path to fiori properties source file and/or fiori target files. Source file is obligatory.

Export parameters – Fiori file

Parameters

It is possible to choose whether “All texts” or “Non-translated only” texts will be translated. Also, there is an option to mark ‘Take proposals’:

Export parameters – Control parameters

“All texts” or “Non-translated only”

Parameters (Radio buttons):      All texts (default)

                                                Non-translated only

By default the transaction exports All texts – including the already translated. It is possible to export “Non-translated only” texts.

“Take proposals”

Parameter (Checkbox):              Take proposals

Texts from ‘Proposal Text’ column in the excel file (if there are any) will be copied into the ‘Translation’ column.

Execute transaction

After selecting the data, it should be possible to execute the transaction. The Excel screen with run result will be shown:

Export Translations – Excel screen

The data can be saved into File:

Export Translations – Save export

Export Translations – Save export as ...

Before passing to translator the saved file can be opened and edited using MS Excel.

Please see Data Extraction Procedure for more details.