Understanding Account Translation

If you operate in a multiple language environment, you can translate the descriptions of your accounts. The descriptions correspond to the language that you specify. For example, when you access an account that has a French translation, the description appears in French rather than in the base language.

The translation of account descriptions enables you to see the translated account descriptions only on reports or when you access an inquiry program. You cannot see the translations directly from the Review and Revise Business Units program (P0006) or the Review and Revise Accounts program (P0901), but can from the reports and programs that access text from the Business Unit Master (F0006) and Account Master (F0901) tables.

To track the accounts for which you have translated and verified the translations, generate the Account Translation Report. This report shows the base language and one or all of the alternative languages, depending on what you specify in the Language Preference Code processing option.

You can also translate the descriptions of automatic accounting instructions (AAIs) and user defined codes (UDCs).

The system stores account translation information in the Account Master - Alternate Description table (F0901D).