diff --git a/packages/components/src/i18n.ts b/packages/components/src/i18n.ts
index 7b6f337bfa..d8cf4411db 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/i18n.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Generic } from 'adopted-style-sheets';
 import { i18n } from './core/i18n';
 import locale_de from './locales/de';
 import locale_en from './locales/en';
+import { processEnv } from '@public-ui/schema';
 
 type ResourcePrefix = 'Kol';
 type ComponentKeys = keyof typeof locale_de;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ type Options = {
 	placeholders?: { [K: string]: string };
 };
 
-export const translate = (key: `${Lowercase<ResourcePrefix>}-${Lowercase<ComponentKeys>}`, options?: Options) => {
+export let translate = (key: `${Lowercase<ResourcePrefix>}-${Lowercase<ComponentKeys>}`, options?: Options) => {
 	let text = i18n.translate(key, options);
 	if (text === key) {
 		i18n.addTranslations(translations);
@@ -27,3 +28,7 @@ export const translate = (key: `${Lowercase<ResourcePrefix>}-${Lowercase<Compone
 	}
 	return text;
 };
+
+if (processEnv === 'test') {
+	translate = (key): string => key;
+}