This is actually three general problems in kdelibs with the langpack- desktopfiles-kde spec.
1) it looks up the wrong string, value when it should look up key=value 2) some apps set their own catalogue in klocale and this needs to be ignored 3) langpack translations should override those already in .desktop files further strings from guidance are not translated because of http://launchpad.net/bugs/67614 ** Changed in: kde-systemsettings (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: kde-systemsettings => kdelibs Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- systemsettings won't load the desktop_kde-systemsettings.mo translation in Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/63325 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs