diff --git a/src/CMakeL10n.txt b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
index 35af26a..77fc98c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 ##### create translation templates ##############
 
 tde_l10n_create_template( "messages/ksensors" )
+
+tde_l10n_create_template(
+    CATALOG "desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/"
+    SOURCES ksensors.desktop
+)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f841d12..99d7c03 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,12 +50,9 @@ install(
     DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}
 )
 
-install(
-    FILES ${PROJECT_NAME}.desktop
-    DESTINATION ${AUTOSTART_INSTALL_DIR}
-)
+tde_create_translated_desktop( ${PROJECT_NAME}.desktop )
 
 install(
-    FILES ${PROJECT_NAME}.desktop
-    DESTINATION ${XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR}
+    FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.desktop
+    DESTINATION ${AUTOSTART_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/src/ksensors.desktop b/src/ksensors.desktop
index ed505ef..06f5d27 100644
--- a/src/ksensors.desktop
+++ b/src/ksensors.desktop
@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@ Icon=ksensors
 Type=Application
 
 Comment=Monitoring of temperatures, voltages and fan speeds
-Comment[de]=Überwachung von Temperaturen, Spannungen und Lüfterdrehzahlen
-Comment[fr]=Surveillance de la temperature, du voltage et de la vitesse des ventilateurs
 
 GenericName=Lm-Sensors Frontend
-GenericName[de]=Grafische Oberfläche für LM-Sensors
-GenericName[fr]=Interface graphique pour lm-sensors
 
 X-DocPath=ksensors/index.html
 X-TDE-autostart-after=panel
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/de.po b/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/de.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd91a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/de.po
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# This file is put in the public domain.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-05-02 15:23+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Name
+#: ksensors.desktop:3
+msgid "KSensors"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: ksensors.desktop:8
+msgid "Monitoring of temperatures, voltages and fan speeds"
+msgstr "Überwachung von Temperaturen, Spannungen und Lüfterdrehzahlen"
+
+#. GenericName
+#: ksensors.desktop:10
+msgid "Lm-Sensors Frontend"
+msgstr "Grafische Oberfläche für LM-Sensors"
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/fr.po b/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/fr.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0365bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/fr.po
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# This file is put in the public domain.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-05-02 15:23+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Name
+#: ksensors.desktop:3
+msgid "KSensors"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: ksensors.desktop:8
+msgid "Monitoring of temperatures, voltages and fan speeds"
+msgstr ""
+"Surveillance de la temperature, du voltage et de la vitesse des ventilateurs"
+
+#. GenericName
+#: ksensors.desktop:10
+msgid "Lm-Sensors Frontend"
+msgstr "Interface graphique pour lm-sensors"
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/ksensors.desktop.pot b/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/ksensors.desktop.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b584624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/ksensors.desktop/ksensors.desktop.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# This file is put in the public domain.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-05-02 15:23+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Name
+#: ksensors.desktop:3
+msgid "KSensors"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: ksensors.desktop:8
+msgid "Monitoring of temperatures, voltages and fan speeds"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. GenericName
+#: ksensors.desktop:10
+msgid "Lm-Sensors Frontend"
+msgstr ""