diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
index f53463998383591b8c7b78f46dee7c397ba2f045..6432255b3e44ab252ff7aa1373d3055f0e610a83 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
@@ -270,6 +270,13 @@
     "find": {
       "placeholder": "Suche im Patch"
     },
+    "menu": {
+      "props": "Einstellungen",
+      "open": "Öffnen",
+      "help": "Hilfe",
+      "front": "Nach vorne",
+      "back": "Nach hinten"
+    },
     "prop": {
       "heading": {
         "gop": "Erscheinungsbild",
@@ -364,8 +371,8 @@
       "sr_tt": "Anzahl von Samples pro Sekunde",
       "advance": "Verzögerung",
       "advance_tt": "Verzögerung (msec)",
-      "callback": "callback dinge",
-      "callback_tt": "benutzen der callback API von Pd für diesen Audio-Backend",
+      "callback": "Verwende Callbacks",
+      "callback_tt": "Callback-API von Pd für dieses Audio-Backend verwenden",
       "blocksize": "Blockgröße",
       "blocksize_tt": "Anzahl von Samples in einem Block, der an die Audio-API gesendet oder von dort empfangen wird",
       "channels": "Kanäle",
diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
index 2cce921943f0c09964dbb53422fc397fda1c2250..4f27fa6aacdd5334d40b83ca9eafcfa35c1e2198 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -270,6 +270,13 @@
     "find": {
       "placeholder": "Search in Canvas"
     },
+    "menu": {
+      "props": "Properties",
+      "open": "Open",
+      "help": "Help",
+      "front": "Bring to Front",
+      "back": "Send to Back"
+    },
     "prop": {
       "heading": {
         "gop": "appearance",
diff --git a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
index d90f8c5b874762db7a7ee96d6bcb7595086fab97..0cf4f270df43d8f4481c270422fdc2e90ec51633 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
@@ -788,19 +788,19 @@ function create_popup_menu(name) {
     pdgui.add_popup(name, popup_menu);
 
     popup_menu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
-        label: "Properties",
+        label: l("canvas.menu.props"),
         click: function() {
             pdgui.popup_action(name, 0);
         }
     }));
     popup_menu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
-        label: "Open",
+        label: l("canvas.menu.open"),
         click: function() {
             pdgui.popup_action(name, 1);
         }
     }));
     popup_menu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
-        label: "Help",
+        label: l("canvas.menu.help"),
         click: function() {
             pdgui.popup_action(name, 2);
         }
@@ -809,13 +809,13 @@ function create_popup_menu(name) {
         type: "separator",
     }));
     popup_menu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
-        label: "Bring to Front",
+        label: l("canvas.menu.front"),
         click: function() {
             pdgui.popup_action(name, 3);
         }
     }));
     popup_menu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
-        label: "Send to Back",
+        label: l("canvas.menu.back"),
         click: function() {
             pdgui.popup_action(name, 4);
         }