How to have an About... menu item in german on a Mac?

[giansuana]

Hi,
I'd like to have german translations of the default "About..." and "Help" menu items in my projects. I've read in this forum that placing an empty German.lproj in the app bundle would be sufficient to have these menu items translated by the OS itself. Well, that's just not working with LC 6.5.1 and OS X 10.9.1 this way.
If I open a new mainstack and add a default menu in the menu builder (attached), I end up with an english speaking application. There are a lot of empty .lproj folders in the standalone application, so the OS should be aware of the different languages, but the application's menu stays in english on my german machine (OS 10.9.1). No, that's not quite correct: there are some automatically added items in german (Settings and Services), but "About..." and "Help" stay in english.

Can someone please explain a beginner in simple words how to change the "About..." and "Help" menu items in LC 6.5.1 into German?

Multilingual.livecode.zip

minimalistic project: mainstack with default menu added

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[Klaus]

Hi giansuana,

no idea when this automatic behavior has changed and if it is an APPLE or LC issue,
check the attached stack for a localized Help/About menu

You need to modify the menu buttons content that were created with the menubuilder!


Best

Klaus

[giansuana]

Hi Klaus,
now I've got it, thank you! After working just with the Menu Builder I feel there could be a more intuitive way...