--- xdg_menu
+++ xdg_menu
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Encode;
 use I18N::Langinfo qw(langinfo CODESET);
+use Locale::gettext;
 use POSIX qw(locale_h);
 
 my $Version = "0.2";
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 my $language = '';
 my $charset = 'iso-8859-1';
 my $root_cmd = 'xdg_menu_su';
+my $default_textdomain;
 
 my $die_on_error = 0;
 my $verbose = 0;
@@ -1228,7 +1230,23 @@
 		return $desktop->{$loc_entry} if defined $desktop->{$loc_entry} && $desktop->{$loc_entry} !~ /^\s*$/;
 	}
 	
-	return $desktop->{$entry};
+	my $textdomain = $default_textdomain;
+	
+	if ($desktop->{'X-SUSE-Gettext-Domain'}) {
+		$textdomain = Locale::gettext->domain_raw($desktop->{'X-SUSE-Gettext-Domain'});
+		$textdomain->codeset('UTF-8');
+	}
+	
+	my $key = $desktop->{$entry};
+	my $file = $desktop->{'id'};
+	my $key_context = "$entry($file): $key";
+	
+	my $translated = $textdomain->get($key_context);
+	if ($translated eq $key_context) {
+		$translated = $textdomain->get($key);
+	}
+	
+	return $translated; 
 }
 
 sub preprocess_menu ($)
@@ -2094,6 +2113,16 @@
 	   "help" => \$help
 	   );
 
+if (!setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, $language))
+	{
+	print STDERR "WARNING: invalid language '$language'\n";
+	$language = setlocale(LC_MESSAGES);
+	print STDERR "Falling back to '$language'\n";
+	}
+
+$default_textdomain = Locale::gettext->domain_raw("desktop_translations");
+$default_textdomain->codeset('UTF-8');
+
 @language_keys = prepare_language_keys($language);
 
 $desktop_name = $format unless defined $desktop_name;