[BUG] German UI (Cowork): permission mode "Manual" is rendered as "Handbuch" (= printed handbook) — misleading, not just a wording slip

Summary

In the German UI of the Claude desktop app (Cowork mode), the permission-mode
control in the composer toolbar is labeled "Handbuch".

The English source string is "Manual", meaning manual approval. In German,
that adjective is "Manuell". "Handbuch" is the unrelated noun for a
printed manual / handbook — i.e. the ambiguous English word was translated in
the wrong word class, without UI context.

Why this is more than a cosmetic string bug

The label does not merely read oddly, it points users at the wrong concept:

• It sits directly next to the "Projekt oder Ordner" (project or folder)

picker, so a control reading "Handbuch" parses as *"open the documentation /
the handbook"* — a help affordance, not a security setting.

• Nothing in the label suggests that this switch decides **whether Claude asks

for approval before acting**. That is exactly the setting a user most needs to
understand correctly, since the alternative mode lets the agent act without
per-step confirmation.

• A user who wants to turn on manual approval has no way to find it by name,

and a user who sees "Handbuch" has no reason to click it at all.

So the practical effect is a discoverability/comprehension bug on a
permission-related control, which is why I'd rate it above the usual
typo-in-translation category.

Steps to reproduce

1. Claude desktop app, UI language set to German (de)
2. Switch to Cowork
3. Look at the composer toolbar, to the right of "Projekt oder Ordner"
4. The permission-mode control (hand icon) reads "Handbuch"

Expected

"Manuell" — or, clearer for this control:
"Manuelle Freigabe" / "Manuell bestätigen".

Actual

"Handbuch"

Additional notes

• Present for several weeks at least (noticed since roughly July 2026 and still

in the current build), so it does not look like a one-off regression in a
single release.

• Root cause is presumably a context-free translation of the ambiguous source

string Manual. Two follow-ups worth doing beyond fixing the German string:

1. Add translator context / a description to that string key (e.g.

"adjective: manual approval mode, not a document"), otherwise the same
error can come back on the next re-translation.

1. Audit the other locales for the same noun/adjective confusion on this key,

and audit the sibling labels of the same selector (the automatic /
autonomous mode) in German for related issues.

Environment

• Claude desktop app, Cowork mode
• UI language: German (de)
• OS: macOS
• App version: Claude 1.32885.1 (a757f5) 2026-08-18T19:00:11.000Z