you can set language to german and see german context-menu on right- clicking the desktop? and your home-icon is named "Persönlicher Ordner" like in gnome-panel?
for me it looks like on desktop the language-"file" is not loaded/used. i tried your step with Parts of the Context-Menu-Entries and most of them are not translated frank@frank-G5-U20:~ $ echo $(gettext -d desktop-icons 'Home') Home frank@frank-G5-U20:~ $ echo $(gettext -d desktop-icons 'New Folder') Neuer Ordner frank@frank-G5-U20:~ $ echo $(gettext -d desktop-icons 'Placement') Placement frank@frank-G5-U20:~ $ echo $(gettext -d desktop-icons 'Sort by') Sort by frank@frank-G5-U20:~ $ echo $(gettext -d desktop-icons 'Open Terminal') Open Terminal maybe "Display Settings" is used from another application? but context- menu is also not translated...like the "New Folder" where gettext shows translation -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882531 Title: desktop context not localized To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/1882531/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs