diff --git a/lib/tasks/i18n_stats.rake b/lib/tasks/i18n_stats.rake
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+require 'yaml'
+
+desc "show the current translation status"
+task "i18n:stats" => :environment do
+
+  def to_dotted_hash(source, target = {}, namespace = nil)
+    prefix = "#{namespace}." if namespace
+    if source.kind_of?(Hash)
+      source.each do |key, value|
+        to_dotted_hash(value, target, "#{prefix}#{key}")
+      end
+    else
+      target[namespace] = source
+    end
+    target
+  end
+
+  def compare(a, b)
+    locale1 = /.*\.([^.]{2,})\.yml$/.match(a)[1]
+    locale2 = /.*\.([^.]{2,})\.yml$/.match(b)[1]
+
+    a = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/locales/#{a}")[locale1]
+    b = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/locales/#{b}")[locale2]
+    a = to_dotted_hash(a)
+    b = to_dotted_hash(b)
+
+    plus = []
+    minus = []
+    same = []
+    total = a.count
+
+    a.each do |key,value|
+      if b[key] == nil
+        minus << key
+      end
+      if a[key] == b[key]
+        same << key
+      end
+    end
+
+    b.each do |key,value|
+      if a[key] == nil
+        plus << key
+      end
+    end
+
+    return plus,minus,same,total
+  end
+
+  puts "Discourse Translation Status Script"
+  puts "To show details about a specific locale (e.g. 'de'), run as:"
+  puts "    rake i18n:stats locale=de"
+  puts ""
+
+  filemask = "client.*.yml"
+  details = false
+  if ENV['locale'] != nil
+    filemask = "client.#{ENV['locale']}.yml"
+    details = true
+  end
+
+  puts "   locale |  cli+  |  cli-  |  cli=  | cli tot|  srv+  |  srv-  |  srv=  | srv tot"
+  puts "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+  Dir["#{Rails.root}/config/locales/#{filemask}"].each do |f|
+    locale = /.*\.([^.]{2,})\.yml$/.match(f)[1]
+    next if locale == "en"
+    next if !File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/config/locales/client.#{locale}.yml")
+    next if !File.exists?("#{Rails.root}/config/locales/server.#{locale}.yml")
+
+    plus1, minus1, same1, total1 = compare("client.en.yml", "client.#{locale}.yml")
+    plus2, minus2, same2, total2 = compare("server.en.yml", "server.#{locale}.yml")
+    puts "%10s %8s %8s %8s %8s %8s %8s %8s %8s" % [locale, plus1.count, minus1.count, same1.count, total1,
+                                                   plus2.count, minus2.count, same2.count, total2]
+
+    if details
+      puts ""
+      puts "Equal keys:"
+      same1.each { |k| puts "client: #{locale}.#{k}" }
+      same2.each { |k| puts "server: #{locale}.#{k}" }
+      puts ""
+      puts "Missing keys:"
+      minus1.each { |k| puts "client: #{locale}.#{k}" }
+      minus2.each { |k| puts "server: #{locale}.#{k}" }
+      puts ""
+      puts "Surplus keys:"
+      plus1.each { |k| puts "client: #{locale}.#{k}" }
+      plus2.each { |k| puts "server: #{locale}.#{k}" }
+    end
+  end
+
+end