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Analysis updated 2026-07-20 · repo last pushed 2015-01-30

1Audience · writerComplexity · 1/5DormantSetup · easy

TL;DR

Logerman is a static dataset of LibreOffice comments translated into German. It serves as a reference for translators, developers, and language learners who need to look up German interface text.

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  root((repo))
  What it does
    German LibreOffice comments
    Static reference dataset
  Tech stack
    Plain text files
    No code or build
  Use cases
    Translation consistency checks
    German term lookup
    Language learning reference
  Audience
    Translators
    LibreOffice contributors
    Developers
    Language learners
  Scope
    Narrow data collection
    Not runnable software

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Check whether a German translation is consistent across LibreOffice modules.

REASON 2

Look up how technical office terms are rendered in German.

REASON 3

Import the comment list into a localization tool as a reference dataset.

What's in the stack?

Plain text

How it stacks up

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Stars111
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last pushed2015-01-30
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasyhardeasy
Complexity1/54/52/5
Audiencewriterdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Static data collection with no build or dependencies, just open or import the files directly.

Wtf does this do

Logerman is a collection of comments from LibreOffice that have been translated into German. LibreOffice is a popular free office suite, an alternative to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and its interface and help text are available in many languages. This project gathers the German-language comments used throughout the software, likely as a reference or resource for anyone working on localization. The repository is essentially a list or dataset rather than a working application. It pulls together the short explanatory notes and labels that appear inside LibreOffice and presents them in German. Based on the README, the project doesn't go into detail about the file format, how the comments were extracted, or how someone would programmatically use the data, so it is best understood as a simple compiled reference. The people who would find this useful are translators, contributors to the German localization of LibreOffice, or developers building tools that need to reference German interface text. For example, someone checking whether a particular German translation is consistent across the suite, or a language learner studying how technical terms are rendered in German office software, could use this list as a lookup resource. What is notable about the project is its narrow scope. It does not appear to be a tool, library, or interactive app, it is a static collection meant to be read or imported rather than run. The README is quite brief, so anyone wanting to use the data in an automated way would need to inspect the repository contents directly to understand the structure and format.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
I have a CSV of English LibreOffice comments. Can you map each entry to the matching German comment from the Logerman dataset so I can review translation consistency?
Prompt 2
Build a simple Python script that loads the Logerman German comments file and lets me search for a term to see how it is translated in LibreOffice.
Prompt 3
Create a glossary table comparing common English office terms with their German translations as found in the Logerman dataset.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is logerman?

Logerman is a static dataset of LibreOffice comments translated into German. It serves as a reference for translators, developers, and language learners who need to look up German interface text.

Is logerman actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2015-01-30).

How hard is logerman to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is logerman for?

Mainly writer.

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