I'm using the Danish language pack. In a text document the status bar shows "Ord (tegn) $1 ($2)" It seems that the variables doesn't render.
Hello Leif, *, I can confirm it with LO Version: 4.2.0.0.beta1 Build-ID: f4ca7b35f580827ad2c69ea6d29f7c9b48ebbac7 and installed Germanophone lang- as well as helppack ... :( I see the text "Wörter (Zeichen): $1 ($2)" instead, but I think it means the same ... ;) Therefor I set the status to "New" and change the subject to "Word count in status bar doesn't work in localised version" ... ;) HTH Thomas.
That string has recently changed: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=01af3e2efd4f7e0994340cb5b09c252323de63d9 . I think the problem is just that the translations are not up to date. Please reopen if this problem persists with the final release.