gnome-control-center cuts long single-word descriptions

Bug #889061 reported by Redmar
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Bug Description

the gnome-control-center (system settings) cuts long single-word descriptions off in its UI, making it harder to figure out what an item refers to. Its important to realize that English is one of the most compact languages around, and translating English to another language almost always results in longer strings. For example in Dutch, the following entries in system settings are too long to be displayed properly: Taalondersteuning, Toetsenbordindeling, Extra stuurprogramma's, Gebruikersaccounts, Softwarebronnen and Systeeminformatie

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 4d622a2daf4715c83324b38deda76e9b
CheckboxSystem: b5acb6c9ca4017b1d44043910f45329d
Date: Fri Nov 11 12:15:21 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 deja-dup 20.1-0ubuntu0.2
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.0-0ubuntu2
 indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu1.1

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