Index: libxfce4util/xfce-desktopentry.c
===================================================================
--- libxfce4util/xfce-desktopentry.c	(revision 21998)
+++ libxfce4util/xfce-desktopentry.c	(working copy)
@@ -300,11 +300,11 @@
             in_d_e_section = TRUE;
         }
       else if (**p == '[' && g_ascii_strncasecmp(*p, "[Desktop Entry]", 15))
-        in_d_e_section = FALSE;
-  
+        in_d_e_section = FALSE; 
+#if 0
       if (!in_d_e_section)
         continue;
-      
+#endif 
       if (!parse_desktop_entry_line (*p, &section, &key, &value, &locale))
         continue;
 
@@ -324,13 +324,13 @@
               if (current_locale != NULL && locale != NULL)
                 {
                   gint match = xfce_locale_match (current_locale, locale);
-                  if (match > locale_matched)
+                  if ((match > locale_matched) && (in_d_e_section || !item->translated_value))
                     {
                       g_free (item->translated_value);
                       item->translated_value = g_strdup (value);
                     }
                 }
-              else
+              else if (in_d_e_section || !item->value)
                 {
                   g_free (item->value);
                   item->value = g_strdup (value);