Enable Translation Plugin in SAP WEB IDE (Neo environment)
You will learn in this tutorial how to enable and use the translation plugin in SAP WEB IDE
Overview
You will learn
- How to enable and use the translation plugin in SAP WEB IDE
- How to translate a project in SAP WEB IDE
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
- You have created and deployed a project in SAP WEB IDE as described in this tutorial group: Create and Translate an SAP Fiori App with SAP Translation Hub
- Or you have created a project in SAP WEB IDE as described in this tutorial for GitHub: Collaborate with GitHub and SAP Web IDE
Steps
Open your SAP Cloud Platform Neo account e.g. https://account.eu1.hana.ondemand.com/

Choose Services and locate the SAP Web IDE tile by searching for web. Then choose the tile.
In the service description for SAP Web IDE, choose Go to Service
Select on the left side in SAP Web IDE the Preference icon and select Extensions
To enable the SAP Translation Hub Plugin, search for transla and enable it by clicking on the off/on button.
Select the Development area via the menu on the left and open your project in SAP WEB IDE.
Now you can start the translation with a right click on the source properties file in your project with Generate Translation Files (plugin)
If not yet done in your project settings โ select the domain and target languages and start the translation with a click on the Generate button.
Enter your Git password and click on the Submit button.
The translation starts in the background and a new translation project is created automatically in SAP Translation Hub. After the translation is finished you will get a notification in right side Pull files from git.
Open the Git Pane and select Pull.
You can find the new i18n.properties files for the selected target languages in your project
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