Comment 10 for bug 885086

Correction: I do see it in the live session, and I think the explanation is that the ~/Desktop directory is created before xdg-user-dirs-update is executed via autostart, and that in turn is because the ubiquity.desktop file (for starting the installation) is located there.

One way to fix it may be to change the installer (casper?) so ubiquity.desktop is placed in "xdg-user-dir DESKTOP" only after it has been created via xdg-user-dirs-update.

However, if I complete a non-English installation, the ~/Desktop folder is translated properly for me. So @Yousuf, if you see it on an installed system, please provide details.