OTRS/Update Guide @ OTRS Translations

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Language	Approved	Unreviewed	Unfinished	Unfinished words	Unfinished characters	Untranslated	Checks	Suggestions	Comments
English	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

German		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Summary

Project website	otrs.com
Project maintainers1	bmu
Project reviewers2	vp bmu
Translation license	proprietary
Translation process	Translations can be made directly. Translation suggestions can be made. Translations are reviewed by dedicated reviewers. Any authenticated user can contribute. The translation uses bilingual files.
File mask	`documentation/update/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`

09/18/2026

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	Strings percent	Hosted strings	Words percent	Hosted words	Characters percent	Hosted characters
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Source		285		2,661		19,029
Approved	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Waiting for review	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Translated	100%	285	100%	2,661	100%	19,029
Needs editing	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Read-only	100%	285	100%	2,661	100%	19,029
Failing checks	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Strings with suggestions	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Untranslated strings	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0

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