Looks like this is a bug in pyxdg: $ python -c 'from xdg.DesktopEntry import DesktopEntry; import locale; locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, ""); print DesktopEntry("/usr/share/applications/gnome-settings-mouse.desktop").getComment()' Set your mouse preferences
(it should deliver the German translation) ** Package changed: gnome-menus (Ubuntu Lucid) => pyxdg (Ubuntu Lucid) -- items of system menu display english in zh_CN https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs