Since jms/translation-bundle is only working with sf 2.2 from version 1.1.x-dev, I updated the composer.json file to add the @dev flag to the translation bundle version definition. Now the --dev requirements can be isntalled again.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
"doctrine/common": ">=2.2,<3.0"
},
"require-dev": {
- "jms/translation-bundle": "*",
+ "jms/translation-bundle": "*@dev",
"sonata-project/intl-bundle": "2.1.*"
"suggest": {