Translate workflow statuses in Jira
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Summary
Workflow statuses can be configured to have a translation set for each available language in your Jira system.
If no translation has been configured for a particular language, the default name and description are displayed.
Solution
Set workflow translations
For all of the following procedures, you must be logged in as a user with the Administer Jira global permission.
Navigate to ⚙️Settings > Work items
Under Work item Attributes, select Statuses, then Translate statuses
The Translation page displays the translation set for the currently selected language
To view or update a translation set for a specific language, select the required language from the View language translations list at the top of the page and click the View button to preview the translation:
Note that a translated name and description set can be specified for each status
Once all translations have been entered, select Update
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