SAP Note 11047 - Display/maintain G/L account name .

Symptom

Customer carries out G/L account master data display (FS03) and
G/L account master data change; he is surprised that the G/L
account name (short text and long text) are different in both
transactions.

Cause and prerequisites

You can allocate a maintenance language and several alternative
languages to a chart of accounts. (Customizing; Master records;
G/L accounts; Chart of accounts)
For G/L account display, the name is displayed in the logon
language if this language is defined as an alternative language.
For G/L account master data change, the name is always displayed
and maintained in the maintenance language.
If the logon language is not equal to the maintenance language,
the different names are held.
By the way: the name is translated with (FST2):
General ledger menu: Master records; Chart of accounts; Maintain
acct name

Solution
See cause

Key word: FS03