How to: Set Up and Use Item Translations
You can use alternative item descriptions if you sell to foreign customers and want to print the item descriptions in the appropriate languages on invoices to these customers.
After you have set up language codes, assigned them to customers, and set up item translations, the correct translation is used when you invoice a customer with a language code.
To set up item translations
In the Search box, enter Items, and then choose the related link.
Open the card for an item that needs a translation.
On the Navigate tab, in the Item group, choose the Translations button.
Fill in the lines for each language you want to create a translation for. After you have entered the information, choose the OK button.
To use item translations
In the Search box, enter Sales Invoice, and then choose the related link.
Create a new sales invoice and give it a number.
In the Sell-to Customer No field, open the Customer List.
Select the customer you want, and then choose the OK button.
On the first invoice line, in the Type field, select Item. In the No. field, select an item number, and then choose the OK button.
If the customer has a language code, and a translation for that language code has been set up on the Item card, the correct translation will be inserted in the Description field. The text is copied from the Item Translations window.
Note
You can also assign language codes to vendors and the correct translation is used when you pay a vendor with a language code.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Set Up Unit of Measure Translations