diff --git a/locale/expectedTranslations.js b/locale/expectedTranslations.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e3fa00ec5..000000000
--- a/locale/expectedTranslations.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-export default [
-    'contact.language',
-    'confirm.save',
-    'confirm.dismiss',
-    'calendar.events.mspec_lesbian_day',
-    'calendar.events.mspec_lesbian_week',
-    'calendar.events.mspec_gay_day',
-    'calendar.events.mspec_gay_week',
-    'calendar.events.masc_lesbian_day',
-    'calendar.events.masc_lesbian_week',
-    'user.login.domainPlaceholder',
-    'user.login.deprecated',
-    'user.login.depreciationNotice',
-    'profile.flagsAsterisk',
-    'profile.verifiedLinks.header',
-    'profile.verifiedLinks.info',
-    'sources.submit.spoiler',
-    'translationMode.header',
-    'translationMode.action',
-    'translationMode.welcome',
-    'translationMode.logIn',
-    'translationMode.changes',
-    'translationMode.commit',
-    'translationMode.revert',
-    'translationMode.pause',
-    'contact.contribute.header',
-    'contact.contribute.intro',
-    'contact.contribute.entries.header',
-    'contact.contribute.entries.description',
-    'contact.contribute.translations.header',
-    'contact.contribute.translations.description',
-    'contact.contribute.version.header',
-    'contact.contribute.version.description',
-    'contact.contribute.technical.header',
-    'contact.contribute.technical.description',
-    'contact.contribute.technical.footer',
-    'footer.stats.header',
-    'footer.stats.overall',
-    'footer.stats.current',
-    'footer.stats.keys.users',
-    'footer.stats.keys.cards',
-    'footer.stats.keys.visitors',
-    'footer.stats.keys.pageviews',
-    'footer.stats.keys.realTimeVisitors',
-    'footer.stats.keys.visitDuration',
-    'footer.stats.keys.uptime',
-    'footer.stats.keys.responseTime',
-    'footer.using',
-    'footer.version',
-    'privacy.header',
-    'user.avatar.failed',
-    'user.qr.header',
-    'user.qr.download',
-    'footer.stats.month',
-    'profile.wordsColumnHeader',
-    'profile.opinions.header',
-    'profile.opinions.description',
-    'profile.opinions.colours._',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.pink',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.red',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.orange',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.green',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.blue',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.grey',
-    'profile.opinions.styles._',
-    'profile.opinions.styles.bold',
-    'profile.opinions.styles.italics',
-    'profile.opinions.styles.small',
-    'profile.opinions.validation.missingIcon',
-    'profile.opinions.validation.missingDescription',
-    'profile.opinions.validation.duplicateIcon',
-    'profile.opinions.validation.duplicateDescription',
-    'profile.opinions.validation.invalidOpinion',
-    'profile.opinions.custom',
-    'mode.reducedColours',
-    'crud.loadAll',
-    'crud.validation.genericForm',
-    'crud.validation.listMaxLength',
-    'profile.circles.header',
-    'profile.circles.info',
-    'profile.circles.relationship',
-    'profile.circles.mutual',
-    'profile.circles.yourMentions.header',
-    'profile.circles.yourMentions.description',
-    'profile.circles.validation.userNotFound',
-    'profile.circles.validation.required',
-    'profile.timezone.header',
-    'profile.timezone.placeholder',
-    'profile.timezone.info',
-    'profile.timezone.detect',
-    'profile.timezone.publishArea',
-    'profile.timezone.publishLocation',
-    'profile.timezone.time',
-    'profile.timezone.approximate',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Africa',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.America',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Antarctica',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Arctic',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Asia',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Atlantic',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Australia',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Europe',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Indian',
-    'profile.timezone.areas.Pacific',
-    'profile.sensitive.header',
-    'profile.sensitive.info',
-    'profile.sensitive.display',
-    'profile.sensitive.hide',
-    'profile.sensitive.email.subject',
-    'profile.sensitive.email.content',
-    'crud.validation.invalidLink',
-    'profile.flagsCustomForm.label',
-    'profile.flagsCustomForm.description',
-    'profile.flagsCustomForm.link',
-    'profile.flagsCustomForm.alt',
-    'profile.flagsCustomForm.altExample',
-    'crud.alt',
-    'profile.circles.removeSelf.action',
-    'profile.circles.removeSelf.confirm',
-    'calendar.events.aplatonic_visibility_day',
-    'calendar.events.aromantic_visibility_day',
-    'mode.accessibility',
-    'mode.reducedItems',
-    'user.socialLookup',
-    'user.socialLookupWhy',
-    'footer.source',
-    'error.invalidImage',
-    'profile.banner',
-    'profile.example',
-    'calendar.onlyFirstDays',
-    'calendar.start',
-    'calendar.events.nonmonogamy_visibility_day',
-    'profile.backup.header',
-    'profile.backup.export.action',
-    'profile.backup.export.success',
-    'profile.backup.import.action',
-    'profile.backup.import.success',
-    'profile.backup.error.signature',
-    'profile.share.customise',
-    'profile.share.local',
-    'profile.share.atAlternative',
-    'profile.share.pronouns',
-    'profile.expendableList.more',
-    'profile.expendableList.show',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.yellow',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.teal',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.purple',
-    'profile.opinions.colours.brown',
-    'profile.markdown.enable',
-    'profile.markdown.features',
-    'profile.markdown.examples',
-    'profile.calendar.header',
-    'profile.calendar.info',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.header',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.disclaimer',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.name',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.month',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.day',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.comment',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.validation.missingName',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.validation.missingDate',
-    'profile.calendar.customEvents.validation.invalidDate',
-    'profile.calendar.publicEvents.header',
-    'profile.pronunciation.ipa',
-];
diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index 14e83b86b..7f3800cca 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const deepGet = (obj, path) => {
     let value = obj;
     for (const part of path.split('.')) {
         value = value[part];
-        if (value === undefined) {
+        if (value === undefined || value === null) {
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ export const deepGet = (obj, path) => {
     return value;
 };
 
+export function* deepListKeys(obj) {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
+        if (value instanceof Object && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+            for (const subkey of deepListKeys(value)) {
+                yield `${key}.${subkey}`;
+            }
+        } else {
+            yield key;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export const head = ({ title, description, banner, noindex = false, keywords }) => {
     const meta = { meta: [] };
 
diff --git a/src/missingTranslations.js b/src/missingTranslations.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b96d0822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/missingTranslations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { deepGet, deepListKeys } from './helpers.js';
+
+export function listMissingTranslations(translations, baseTranslations, config) {
+    const expectedTranslations = [...deepListKeys(baseTranslations)];
+
+    return expectedTranslations.filter((k) => {
+        function keyMatches(...pats) {
+            for (const pat of pats) {
+                if (pat.endsWith('.')) {
+                    if (k.startsWith(pat)) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if (k === pat) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        function has(k) {
+            return deepGet(translations, k) !== undefined;
+        }
+
+        if (has(k)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // FAQ entries are fully customizable for a language version.
+        if (keyMatches('faq.')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // optional keys
+        if (keyMatches(
+            'home.welcome',
+            'contact.faq',
+            'contact.technical',
+            'contact.hate',
+            'contact.team.extra',
+            'contact.team.join.',
+            'user.login.help',
+        )) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!has('home.welcome') && keyMatches('home.intro')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.pronouns.enabled && keyMatches(
+            'pronouns.',
+            'home.header',
+            'home.headerLong',
+            'home.pronouns',
+            'home.generator.',
+            'profile.pronouns',
+            'profile.pronounsInfo',
+            'profile.pronounsNotFound',
+            'profile.share.pronouns',
+        )) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.pronouns.comprehensive && keyMatches('pronouns.comprehensive.')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.links.enabled && keyMatches('links.')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.sources.enabled && keyMatches('sources.')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.nouns.enabled && keyMatches('nouns.')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.terminology.enabled && keyMatches('terminology.')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.calendar?.enabled && keyMatches('calendar.')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/stats.js b/src/stats.js
index 327af6481..70057ab64 100644
--- a/src/stats.js
+++ b/src/stats.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { decodeTime, ulid } from 'ulid';
 import mailer from './mailer.js';
 import Plausible from 'plausible-api';
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
-import expectedTranslations from '../locale/expectedTranslations.js';
-import { deepGet } from './helpers.js';
+import { listMissingTranslations } from './missingTranslations.js';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import Suml from 'suml';
 
@@ -124,13 +123,16 @@ export const calculateStats = async (db, allLocales, projectDir) => {
         },
     });
 
+    const baseTranslations = new Suml().parse(fs.readFileSync(`${projectDir}/locale/_base/translations.suml`).toString());
+
     for (const locale in allLocales) {
         if (!allLocales.hasOwnProperty(locale)) {
             continue;
         }
 
         const translations = new Suml().parse(fs.readFileSync(`${projectDir}/locale/${locale}/translations.suml`).toString());
-        const missingTranslations = expectedTranslations.filter((key) => deepGet(translations, key) === undefined).length;
+        const config = new Suml().parse(fs.readFileSync(`${projectDir}/locale/${locale}/config.suml`).toString());
+        const missingTranslations = listMissingTranslations(translations, baseTranslations, config).length;
 
         stats.push({
             locale,
diff --git a/src/translator.js b/src/translator.js
index 6272dcdd6..e1a7c86ae 100644
--- a/src/translator.js
+++ b/src/translator.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { deepGet } from './helpers.js';
+import config from '../data/config.suml';
 import translations from '../data/translations.suml';
 import baseTranslations from '../locale/_base/translations.suml';
-import expectedTranslations from '../locale/expectedTranslations.js';
+import { listMissingTranslations } from './missingTranslations.js';
 
 class Translator {
-    constructor(translations, baseTranslations, expectedTranslations) {
+    constructor(translations, baseTranslations, config) {
         this.translations = translations;
         this.baseTranslations = baseTranslations;
-        this.expectedTranslations = expectedTranslations;
+        this.config = config;
     }
 
     translate(key, params = {}, warn = false) {
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ class Translator {
     }
 
     listMissingTranslations() {
-        return this.expectedTranslations.filter((k) => !this.has(k));
+        return listMissingTranslations(this.translations, this.baseTranslations, this.config);
     }
 }
 
-export default new Translator(translations, baseTranslations, expectedTranslations);
+export default new Translator(translations, baseTranslations, config);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/translations.js b/test/fixtures/translations.js
index 09090a785..40aef504a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/translations.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/translations.js
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ export const mockTranslations = (translations) => {
     jest.unstable_mockModule(`${__dirname}/../../locale/_base/translations.suml`, () => {
         return { default: {} };
     });
+    jest.unstable_mockModule(`${__dirname}/../../data/config.suml`, () => {
+        return { default: {} };
+    });
 };
diff --git a/test/translations.test.js b/test/translations.test.js
index 93a5c75c3..bf996a44f 100644
--- a/test/translations.test.js
+++ b/test/translations.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@jest/globals';
 
 import { loadSumlFromBase } from '../server/loader.js';
-import { deepGet } from '../src/helpers.js';
-import expectedTranslations from '../locale/expectedTranslations.js';
 import locales from '../locale/locales.js';
 
 const baseTranslations = loadSumlFromBase('locale/_base/translations');
@@ -59,9 +57,4 @@ test.each(locales)('translations of $code match schema of base translations', ({
     expect(translations).toMatchBaseTranslationSchema();
 });
 
-test('expected translations are defined in base translations', () => {
-    const undefinedTranslations = expectedTranslations.filter((key) => deepGet(baseTranslations, key) === undefined);
-    expect(undefinedTranslations).toEqual([]);
-});
-
 expect.extend({ toMatchBaseTranslationSchema: toMatchBaseTranslationsSchema });