diff -Naur glib-2.8.3--old/glib/gkeyfile.c glib-2.8.3/glib/gkeyfile.c
--- glib-2.8.3--old/glib/gkeyfile.c	2005-09-14 20:13:46.000000000 +0200
+++ glib-2.8.3/glib/gkeyfile.c	2005-11-05 22:24:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
  *   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
+#define X_GETTEXT_DOMAIN    "X-Gettext-Domain"
+#define X_DESKTOP_ENTRY     "Desktop Entry"
+
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include "gkeyfile.h"
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@
   gchar list_separator;
 
   GKeyFileFlags flags;
+  char          *gettext_domain;
 };
 
 typedef struct _GKeyFileKeyValuePair GKeyFileKeyValuePair;
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@
   key_file->approximate_size = 0;
   key_file->list_separator = ';';
   key_file->flags = 0;
+  key_file->gettext_domain = NULL;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -212,6 +217,7 @@
 
   if (key_file->parse_buffer)
     g_string_free (key_file->parse_buffer, TRUE);
+  g_free(key_file->gettext_domain);
 
   tmp = key_file->groups;
   while (tmp != NULL)
@@ -221,6 +227,7 @@
       g_key_file_remove_group_node (key_file, group_node);
     }
 
+
   g_assert (key_file->groups == NULL);
 }
 
@@ -429,6 +436,8 @@
       return FALSE;
     }
 
+  key_file->gettext_domain = g_key_file_get_string (key_file, X_DESKTOP_ENTRY, X_GETTEXT_DOMAIN, NULL);
+
   return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -533,6 +542,8 @@
       g_propagate_error (error, key_file_error);
       return FALSE;
     }
+  
+  key_file->gettext_domain = g_key_file_get_string (key_file, X_DESKTOP_ENTRY, X_GETTEXT_DOMAIN, NULL);
 
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1581,6 +1592,22 @@
       languages = (gchar **) g_get_language_names ();
       free_languages = FALSE;
     }
+
+  if (key_file->gettext_domain) {
+      char *orig_value = g_key_file_get_string (key_file, group_name, key, NULL);
+      if (orig_value) {
+          /* fprintf (stderr, "Resolved:   '%s'='%s'\n", key, orig_value); */
+          translated_value = dgettext (key_file->gettext_domain, orig_value);
+          /* fprintf (stderr, "Translated: '%s' -(via %s)- '%s'\n", orig_value, key_file->gettext_domain, translated_value); */
+          g_free (orig_value);
+          if (translated_value != orig_value) {
+              translated_value = g_strdup(translated_value);
+              goto done;
+          } else {
+              translated_value = NULL;
+          }
+      }
+  }
   
   for (i = 0; languages[i]; i++)
     {
@@ -1609,6 +1636,8 @@
         g_propagate_error (error, key_file_error);
     }
 
+done:
+
   if (free_languages)
     g_strfreev (languages);