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In the recent Tridion Docs 15.2 version, with the updated Translation Jobs feature, the translation comments field is not mandatory
This behaviour can be adopted using MetadataConfig.xml.
The same applied to 15.1.x versions where the Comments field is mandatory by default. MetadataConfig.xml can be adjusted to meet customer needs.