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 Jiraglobal permission.

  1. Navigate to ⚙️Settings > Issues

  2. Under Issue Attributes, select Statuses, then Translate statuses

    1. screenshot of the statuses list in Jira. the translate statuses button is highlighted

  3. The Translation page displays the translation set for the currently selected language

  4. 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:

    1. screenshot of the status translations page. statuses are being translated from english to brazilian portuguese with the name and description boxes available to edit the translated text.

    2. Note that a translated name and description set can be specified for each status

  5. Once all translations have been entered, select Update

Updated on April 8, 2025
Platform
Cloud and Data Center
Products
Jira Software Cloud
Jira Software Data Center
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