I use Opencart for my main activity. And I am regularly updating Opencart that's why if there are new fields to translate quickly.
From the default installation (in English)
Navigation: Go to System -> Localization -> Languages
2 - Click the Add New button
3 - Enter the following values:
Language Name: German Code: de-DE Local: from, de-DE, de_DE.UTF-8, german
Status: Enabled
Sort Order: 1
4 - Save changes
5 - Navigation: Go to the topic System -> Settings
6 - On your store Store Name, Edit then click on the Local tab and change the settings of Language and Administration Language for German
7 - Save changes
8 - Installation completed
Locale Setting de,de-de,de-DE,de_DE,german,de_DE.UTF-8,de-de.UTF-8,german.UTF-8