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# Codeunit 3711 "Translation"

> Codeunit 3711 "Translation" in System Application (System.Globalization). 15 public procedures. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC27.

System Application · System.Globalization · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/System%20Application/App/Translation/src/Translation.Codeunit.al) · facts from BC29

## Properties

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Access | Public |

## Procedures

- `Any(): Boolean`: Checks if there any translations present at all.
- `Get(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer): Text`: Gets the value of a field in the global language for the record.
- `Get(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer; LanguageId: Integer): Text`: Gets the value of a field in the language that is specified for the record.
- `Set(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer; Value: Text[2048])`: Sets the value of a field to the global language for the record.
- `Set(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer; LanguageId: Integer; Value: Text[2048])`: Sets the value of a field to the language specified for the record.
- `Delete(RecVariant: Variant)`: Deletes all translations for a persisted (non temporary) record.
- `Delete(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer)`: Deletes the translation for a field on a persisted (non temporary) record.
- `Delete(TableID: Integer)`: Deletes all the translation for a table ID.
- `Copy(FromRecVariant: Variant; ToRecVariant: Variant)`: Copies the translation for a field from one record to another record on a persisted (non-temporary) record.
- `Copy(FromRecVariant: Variant; ToRecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer)`: Copies the translation for a field from one record to another record on a persisted (non-temporary) record.
- `Copy(FromRecVariant: Variant; FromFieldId: Integer; ToRecVariant: Variant; ToFieldId: Integer)`: Copies the translation from one record's field to another record's field on a persisted (non-temporary) record.
- `Show(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer)`: Shows all language translations that are available for a field in a new page.
- `Show(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer; CheckFieldLength: Boolean)`: Shows all language translations that are available for a field in a new page.
- `ShowForAllRecords(TableId: Integer; FieldId: Integer)`: Shows all language translations available for a given field for all the records in that table in a new page.
- `GetTranslations(RecVariant: Variant; FieldId: Integer; var TranslationBuffer: Record "Translation Buffer"): Boolean`: Gets all available translations for a record into a temporary buffer. If FieldId is 0, it retrieves translations for all fields.

## Calls

From the extracted call graph of BC29 (graphify-al on the snapshot checkout): calls whose target is known from a declared type or an `Object::"Name"` argument. Interface dispatch and calls through events are not counted, so the list is not complete.

- [Codeunit 3712 "Translation Implementation"](../codeunit/3712.md) (7 calls: `Any → Any`, `Copy → Copy`, `Delete → Delete`, …)

## Called by

- [Codeunit 1991 "Guided Experience Impl."](../codeunit/1991.md) (7 calls: `AddGuidedExperienceItemDimensions → Get`, `AddTranslationForSetupObject → Set`, `InsertExistingTranslationsForSpotlightTour → Copy`, …)
- [Codeunit 1999 "Guided Experience Upgrade"](../codeunit/1999.md) (2 calls: `DeleteTranslationsForGuidedExperienceItemsAndSpotlightTours → Delete`, `UpdateTourDescriptions → Set`)
- [Codeunit 1996 "Checklist Banner Impl."](../codeunit/1996.md) (1 call: `GetTranslatedSpotlightTourText → Get`)
- [Codeunit 3712 "Translation Implementation"](../codeunit/3712.md) (1 call: `ShowForAllRecords → (object)`)

## Across versions

- Present in: BC23-30
- Changed (declaration) in: BC27

Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10).

## Ask your agent

Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). The call sections above are our own, per object, from the BC29 call graph. For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: `bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "codeunit", object_name: "Translation")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.