diff --git a/admin/package.json b/admin/package.json
index 9d70c0b06..c94d0a2b0 100644
--- a/admin/package.json
+++ b/admin/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "dev": "yarn run serve",
     "build": "vue-cli-service build",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue .",
-    "test": "jest --coverage"
+    "test": "jest --coverage",
+    "locales": "scripts/missing-keys.sh && scripts/sort.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.15.8",
diff --git a/admin/scripts/missing-keys.sh b/admin/scripts/missing-keys.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6dbaee897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/scripts/missing-keys.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ROOT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")/..
+
+sorting="jq -f $ROOT_DIR/scripts/sort_filter.jq"
+english="$sorting $ROOT_DIR/src/locales/en.json"
+german="$sorting $ROOT_DIR/src/locales/de.json"
+listPaths="jq -c 'path(..)|[.[]|tostring]|join(\".\")'"
+diffString="<( $english | $listPaths ) <( $german | $listPaths )"
+if eval "diff -q $diffString";
+then
+  : # all good
+else
+  eval "diff -y $diffString | grep '[|<>]'";
+  printf "\nEnglish and German translation keys do not match, see diff above.\n"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/admin/scripts/sort.sh b/admin/scripts/sort.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e5c5c41c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/scripts/sort.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ROOT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")/..
+
+tmp=$(mktemp)
+exit_code=0
+
+for locale_file in $ROOT_DIR/src/locales/*.json
+do
+  jq -f $(dirname "$0")/sort_filter.jq $locale_file > "$tmp"
+  if [ "$*" == "--fix" ]
+  then
+    mv "$tmp" $locale_file
+  else
+    if diff -q "$tmp" $locale_file > /dev/null ;
+    then
+      : # all good
+    else
+      exit_code=$?
+      echo "$(basename -- $locale_file) is not sorted by keys"
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+
+exit $exit_code
diff --git a/admin/scripts/sort_filter.jq b/admin/scripts/sort_filter.jq
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d108f8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/scripts/sort_filter.jq
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+def walk(f):
+  . as $in
+  | if type == "object" then
+      reduce keys_unsorted[] as $key
+        ( {}; . + { ($key):  ($in[$key] | walk(f)) } ) | f
+  elif type == "array" then map( walk(f) ) | f
+  else f
+  end;
+
+def keys_sort_by(f):
+  to_entries | sort_by(.key|f ) | from_entries;
+
+walk(if type == "object" then keys_sort_by(ascii_upcase) else . end)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/admin/src/i18n.js b/admin/src/i18n.js
index 7ccfec4c9..b72734d1f 100644
--- a/admin/src/i18n.js
+++ b/admin/src/i18n.js
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ Vue.use(VueI18n)
 
 const loadLocaleMessages = () => {
   const locales = require.context('./locales', true, /[A-Za-z0-9-_,\s]+\.json$/i)
+  console.log(locales)
   const messages = {}
   locales.keys().forEach((key) => {
+    console.log(key)
     const matched = key.match(/([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)\./i)
     if (matched && matched.length > 1) {
       const locale = matched[1]
diff --git a/admin/src/locales/de.json b/admin/src/locales/de.json
index 0967ef424..72d5f685a 100644
--- a/admin/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/admin/src/locales/de.json
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-{}
+{
+    "open_creations":"offene Schöpfungen",
+    "not_open_creations":"keine offene Schöpfungen"
+}
diff --git a/admin/src/locales/en.json b/admin/src/locales/en.json
index 0967ef424..bbde7b043 100644
--- a/admin/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/admin/src/locales/en.json
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-{}
+{
+    "open_creations":"open creations",
+    "not_open_creations":"not open creations"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/admin/src/locales/index.js b/admin/src/locales/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cb375b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/src/locales/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const locales = [
+  {
+    name: 'English',
+    code: 'en',
+    iso: 'en-US',
+    enabled: true,
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Deutsch',
+    code: 'de',
+    iso: 'de-DE',
+    enabled: true,
+  },
+]
+
+export default locales
diff --git a/admin/src/pages/Overview.vue b/admin/src/pages/Overview.vue
index 9b609c3ef..ed7ac8ad7 100644
--- a/admin/src/pages/Overview.vue
+++ b/admin/src/pages/Overview.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <b-card
       v-show="$store.state.openCreations > 0"
       border-variant="primary"
-      header="offene Schöpfungen"
+      :header="$t('open_creations')"
       header-bg-variant="danger"
       header-text-variant="white"
       align="center"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <b-card
       v-show="$store.state.openCreations < 1"
       border-variant="success"
-      header="keine offene Schöpfungen"
+      :header="$t('not_open_creations')"
       header-bg-variant="success"
       header-text-variant="white"
       align="center"