SAP is looking into ways to make text creation and localization easier.
For SAP HANA Cloud, a BETA of the so-called SAP Translation Hub already exists. What this video to get a first impression of what Translation Hub does and how it works.
Another initiative is to make parts or all of Translation Hub also available to SAP customers who did not migrate to HANA yet. In July I was invited to a workshop to design Translation Hub for ABAP in Eclipse.
See also: ABAP and SAP Translation Hub
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