diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89b973ec4ac..788c6472e60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ node_modules
 .vuepress/dist/
 npm-debug.log
 .DS_Store
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/i18n-meta.json b/i18n-meta.json
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+[
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+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "aliases.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "coloring_and_theming.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "coming_from_bash.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "command_reference.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "configuration.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
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+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "creating_errors.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "custom_commands.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
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+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "dataframes.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "environment.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
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+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "escaping.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "installation.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
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+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "loading_data.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
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+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "math.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "metadata.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "modules.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "moving_around.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "nushell_map.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "nushell_map_functional.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "nushell_map_imperative.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "nushell_operator_map.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "operators.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "parallelism.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "pipeline.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "plugins.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "regular_expressions.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "scripts.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "shells_in_shells.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "stdout_stderr_exit_codes.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "strings.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "table_of_contents.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "types_of_data.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "variables_and_subexpressions.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "working_with_lists.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "working_with_tables.md",
+    "en": "In progress",
+    "de": "-",
+    "zh-cn": "-",
+    "ja": "-",
+    "es": "-",
+    "pt-BR": "-"
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/i18n.nu b/i18n.nu
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2402bf25c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+
+let meta = open 'i18n-meta.json'
+
+def update-i18n-status [] {
+
+    print 'This table holds the overview of the nushell docs writing and translation status. Welcome to participate in the translation of the docs. You can update the `i18n-meta.json` file when you have finished writing or translating the doc. Thanks'
+    print ''
+    print '---'
+    print ''
+
+    ls -s book
+        | where type == file && name != README.md
+        | select name
+        | update en {|it| get-cell $it.name en } | default en 'In progress'
+        | update de {|it| get-cell $it.name de } | default de '-'
+        | update zh-cn {|it| get-cell $it.name zh-cn } | default zh-cn '-'
+        | update ja {|it| get-cell $it.name ja } | default ja '-'
+        | update es {|it| get-cell $it.name es } | default es '-'
+        | update pt-BR {|it| get-cell $it.name pt-BR } | default pt-BR '-'
+        | to md --pretty
+
+    print ''
+    print 'Possible status values: `-`,`Completed`,`In Progress`,`Being translated by @ABC`'
+}
+
+def get-cell [
+    name: string
+    lng: string
+] {
+    ($meta | where name == $name | get $lng | get 0)
+}
+
+def gen-i18n-meta [] {
+    ls -s book
+        | where type == file && name != README.md
+        | select name
+        | update en 'In progress'
+        | update de '-'
+        | update  zh-cn '-'
+        | update ja '-'
+        | update es '-'
+        | update pt-BR '-'
+        | to json -i 2
+        | save -r i18n-meta.json
+}
+
+def main [
+    task: string    # Avaliable task: `gen`, `update`
+] {
+    if $task == 'gen' {
+        gen-i18n-meta
+    } else if $task == 'update' {
+        update-i18n-status
+    }
+}
+