This appendix contains abbreviations of certain terms, product names, and acronyms approved for use as boilerplate. In addition, a list of common terms with known translation lengths is provided.
If possible avoid using abbreviations. If you must abbreviate always leave as much room as possible within the window layout. The following tables include the minimum required length for each of the approved abbreviations.
In addition, always leave extra space when combining words as there may be connector words required in other languages. For example, Item Number cannot be only 5+4 tenths of an inch as in some languages it will translate to Number of Item.
If you must abbreviate a word, always use the abbreviations listed in this appendix. Never abbreviate if sufficient space exists in English to use the full word, except the symbol "%" which should always be used in prompts rather than spelling out the word "percent". Make sure you leave at least enough space for the minimum length listed and the translators will abbreviate in other languages if necessary. If you have multiple uses of a term and some must be abbreviated, you should still fully spell out those with enough room for the full word. Do not abbreviate every usage in pursuit of consistency.
The following table lists abbreviations you can use for some of the Oracle E-Business Suite product names and the minimum length you must allow for translation.
| Product Name | Abbreviation | Min. Length |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts Payable | AP | .4" |
| Accounts Receivable | AR | .4" |
| Capacity Requirements Planning | CRP | .6" |
| Engineering | Eng | .6" |
| Fixed Assets | FA | .5" |
| General Ledger | GL | .4" |
| Human Resources | HR | .4" |
| Material Demand Scheduling | MDS | .6" |
| Manufacturing | Mfg | .4" |
| Master Production Scheduling | MPS | .6" |
| Material Requirements Planning | MRP | .6" |
| Order Entry | OE | .4" |
| Project Accounting | PA | .6" |
| Purchasing | PO | .4" |
| Rough Cut Capacity Planning | RCCP | .6" |
| Work In Process | WIP | .4" |
The following table lists abbreviations you can use for specific terms and the minimum length you must allow for translation.
| Complete Term | Abbreviation | Min. Length |
|---|---|---|
| Percent (Always use % in prompts) | % | .1" |
| Account | Acct | .5" |
| Cumulative Qty this model year | CUM | .5" |
| Currency | Curr | .6" |
| Customer | Cust | .7" |
| Depreciation | Depr | .7" |
| Department | Dept | .7" |
| Description | Desc | .6" |
| Expenditure | Expnd | .7" |
| Extension | Ext | .5" |
| ID / Identification | ID | .4" |
| Inter-organization | Interorg | .9" |
| Maximum | Max | .4" |
| Minimum | Min | .4" |
| Number | Num | .4" |
| Operation | Op | .5" |
| Organization | Org | .5" |
| Quantity | Qty | .5" |
| Reclassification | Reclass | .9" |
| Reference | Ref | .5" |
| Release | Rel | .6" |
| Resource | Res | .7" |
| Revision | Rev | .4" |
| Sequence | Seq | .4" |
| Shipment Documents | Ship Docs | .10" |
| Shipment Set | Ship Set | .10" |
| Specification | Spec | .7" |
| Subinventory | Subinv | .8" |
| Transaction | Trans | .5" |
| Unit of Measure | UOM | .4" |
| Warehouse | Whse | .8" |
The terms in the following table do not have an approved abbreviation; however, the maximum length required for translation is less than the rule equivalent (term plus 30%, minimum of 1").
| Prompts with Known Translation Lengths | Translation Length |
|---|---|
| Company | .7" |
| Item | .5" |
| Line | .5" |
| Original | .8" |
| Probability | .11" |
| Rank | .5" |
| Revaluation | .11" |
| Task | .6" |
| Time | .5" |
The following table lists acronyms you can use for specific terms and the minimum length you must allow for translation.
| Complete Term | Approved Acronym | Min. Length |
|---|---|---|
| Assemble To Order | ATO | .7" |
| Available to Promise | ATP | .4" |
| Construction-In-Process | CIP | .4" |
| Cost of Goods Sold | COGS | .5" |
| Engineering Change Order | ECO | .5" |
| Free On Board | FOB | .9" |
| General Services Admin | GSA | .4" |
| Investment Tax Credit | ITC | .4" |
| Return Material Auth | RMA | .5" |
| Return to Supplier | RTV | .4" |
| Year-to-Date | YTD | .4" |