diff --git a/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php
index 1ccf788..57ba3b9 100755
--- a/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/tmgmt/Translator/SmartlingTranslator.php
@@ -346,7 +346,14 @@ class SmartlingTranslator extends TranslatorPluginBase implements ExtendedTransl
     \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'] === $request_result['completedStringCount'];
+    if ($request_result['approvedStringCount'] === 0) {
+      $result = FALSE;
+    }
+    else {
+      $result = $request_result['approvedStringCount'] === $request_result['completedStringCount'];
+    }
+
+    return $result;
   }
 
   public function convertHTML2XML($data) {