Providing Context Information

Access the Context Information page (PeopleTools, Translations, Provide Context, Context Information).

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Context Information page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Context Information page

When translating field labels in translation factory, a context description sometimes is needed to help translators determine the right way to translate the field label. During the translation process, the Context field displays text entered by the software development team to assist the translation team determine the context of the field label to be translated.

Field or Control

Definition

Context

Enter context information in the Context field to assist the translation team when they are translating the text that appears in any of the translatable fields such as the .

In this example based on the PSMSGCATDEFN table, the values in the MESSAGE_TEXT field and the Descr Long field are translatable. The Context field could be used to provide context information on either of or both of these fields.