CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts - German

Would some kind sole lead me in the direction where I can download a list of shortcuts applicable to a German keyboard? Whilst I'm using an English language version of CS4 (in fact my OS (XP Pro) and all applications are also in English) I'm stuck with a German keyboard out of necessity.

Maybe I should start over and explain it a different way.
I do not apply anything via the OS. I do not change my layout or use a different keyboard driver.
I just press the key or keys on my unchanged keyboard that work.
By experimenting I have discovered that it is the position of the keys that counts and not what is printed on the keys.
When English Photoshop says to hit the left bracket ([) key, it really wants you to hit the second key from the right (not counting the return key) in the second row from the top.
When English Photoshop says to hit the forward slash (/) key ("preserve transparency" command), it really wants you to hit the first key on the right in the bottom row (just to the left of the shift key).
On my system (Engl PS CS4) this is the consistent behavior that I have observed (in conjunction with a German keyboard).
To find the key it wants me to use, I look at the picture of the US keyboard layout. I don't have to do that. I could blindly try out all key combinations until I happen to come across the right one. But since Engl Photoshop calls the keys by their English keyboard layout names instead of saying "second key from the right, second row from the top", it makes sense to take advantage of that.

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I did some experimentation, and I stand corrected! Apparently my memory was dodgy. In particular:
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I thought we had tested this from CS3 to CS5, but it looks like maybe we only did it from CS5 to CS5.5. Which are a lot more similar.
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:43:28 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Keyboard shortcuts CS5 differ from CS4.
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