Joshua: no, you completely misunderstood the working of gettext. Identical strings are represented only once in po files, and the comment line is only informational, the mo files do not contain them.
On the other hand, I think I have found the problem. This untranslated string does not come from the nm-applet connection wizard, but from network-manager itself: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/network-manager/oneiric/view/head:/src/settings/nm-settings-utils.c I have only guesses on why does it not appear translated. i18n support seems to be all good in NM, but obviously it isn't. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875017 Title: Translation for "Wired Connection %s" not displayed Status in Ubuntu Translations: Triaged Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The string "Wired Connection %d" (where %d is a number) which is displayed when you connect to the Internet using an ethernet cable does show up in English, although there is a translation available and has been submitted in time. If you have an ethernet cable connected the string also appears when you click the network-icon. You'll find the affected string here: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/network-manager-applet/+pots/nm-applet/de/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=wired+connection ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden Date: Sat Oct 15 15:15:51 2011 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.124 metric 1 192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.121 metric 2 Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/875017/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp