Field labels are the names that appear on forms and lists to describe the type of information the field contains.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

The following procedure works best for translating individual field labels, such as those added with a customization. To translate large numbers of field labels, use the procedure described in Export and edit translation records.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the field on the form.
  2. Right-click the field label and select Configure Label.
  3. In the Field Label form, replace the English text with the text of the target language in the Label, Plural, and Hint fields.
  4. Enter the BCP 47 code of the target language.
  5. Right-click the header bar and select Insert.
    Selecting Insert creates a new record in the Field Label [sys_documentation] table for this field label in the selected language. For more information about this table, see Field Label table.