diff -u b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php
--- b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
     \Drupal::logger('tmgmt_smartling')->info('Check status for file: @filename found @approved approved words and @completed completed ones',
       ['@filename' => $filename, '@approved' => @$request_result['approvedStringCount'], '@completed' => @$request_result['completedStringCount']]);
 
-    return $request_result['approvedStringCount'] === 0 ? FALSE : $request_result['approvedStringCount'] === $request_result['completedStringCount'];
+    return $request_result['approvedStringCount'] > 0 && $request_result['approvedStringCount'] === $request_result['completedStringCount'];
   }
 
   public function convertHTML2XML($data) {