@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ file is the human-readable summary of what changed and why.
   session, prompt, token, commit, branch, and agent stay in English (the
   glossary lives in `.codev/glossary/vi.md`).
   ([#307](https://github.com/quickbeard/codev-code/pull/307))
+- **The app menu is translated too** — File, Edit, View, Go, Window and Help
+  and everything inside them stayed English no matter which language the rest
+  of the app was in: the menu was built from fixed English text rather than
+  from the dictionaries. It now follows your language like every other
+  surface, on the macOS menu bar and the Windows/Linux titlebar menu alike,
+  and switching language updates it without a restart. Developer terms stay in
+  English where Vietnamese developers expect them — session, terminal,
+  webview, developer tools.
+  ([#322](https://github.com/quickbeard/codev-code/pull/322))
 
 ### Privacy
 
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./src/index.ts",
     "./desktop-menu": "./src/desktop-menu.ts",
+    "./i18n/*": "./src/i18n/*.ts",
     "./updater": "./src/updater.ts",
     "./wsl/types": "./src/wsl/types.ts",
     "./sandbox/types": "./src/sandbox/types.ts",
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { IconButtonV2 } from "@opencode-ai/ui/v2/icon-button-v2"
 import { Icon as IconV2 } from "@opencode-ai/ui/v2/icon"
 
 import { useCommand } from "@/context/command"
+import { useLanguage } from "@/context/language"
 import {
   DESKTOP_MENU,
   desktopMenuItemDisabled,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export function WindowsAppMenu(props: {
   platform: ReturnType<typeof usePlatform>
   variant?: "legacy" | "v2"
 }) {
+  const language = useLanguage()
   let lastFocused: HTMLElement | undefined
 
   const rememberFocus = () => {
@@ -85,15 +87,15 @@ export function WindowsAppMenu(props: {
           <DropdownMenu.Group>
             <DropdownMenu.GroupLabel class="desktop-app-menu-heading">CoDev</DropdownMenu.GroupLabel>
             {DESKTOP_MENU.filter((menu) => desktopMenuVisible(menu, "windows")).map((menu) => (
-              <DesktopMenuSubmenu label={menu.label}>
+              <DesktopMenuSubmenu label={language.t(menu.labelKey)}>
                 {menu.items
                   ?.filter((entry) => desktopMenuVisible(entry, "windows"))
                   .map((entry) =>
                     entry.type === "separator" ? (
                       <DropdownMenu.Separator />
                     ) : (
                       <DesktopMenuItem
-                        label={entry.label ?? ""}
+                        label={entry.labelKey ? language.t(entry.labelKey) : ""}
                         keybind={entry.command ? props.command.keybind(entry.command) : entry.accelerator?.windows}
                         disabled={desktopMenuItemDisabled(entry, {
                           updaterStatus: props.platform.updater?.state().status,
 
@@ -4,13 +4,31 @@ import { DESKTOP_MENU, desktopMenuItemDisabled, desktopMenuVisible, type Desktop
 describe("desktop menu", () => {
   test("exports logs through the desktop command registry", () => {
     const items = DESKTOP_MENU.flatMap((menu) => menu.items ?? []).filter(
-      (item) => item.type === "item" && item.label === "Export Logs...",
+      (item) => item.type === "item" && item.labelKey === "menu.exportLogs",
     )
 
     expect(items).toHaveLength(2)
     expect(items.every((item) => item.type === "item" && item.command === "logs.export" && !item.action)).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  // The menu is the one surface whose labels are resolved twice — by the
+  // renderer for the Windows/Linux titlebar menu and by the desktop main
+  // process for the macOS menu bar — and neither can fall back to English text
+  // that is no longer in the table. A key missing from a locale renders that
+  // item blank there.
+  test("translates every menu label in every locale", async () => {
+    const keys = DESKTOP_MENU.flatMap((menu) => [
+      menu.labelKey,
+      ...(menu.items ?? []).flatMap((item) => (item.type === "item" && item.labelKey ? [item.labelKey] : [])),
+    ])
+
+    expect(keys.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    for (const locale of ["en", "es", "vi"]) {
+      const { dict } = (await import(`./i18n/${locale}`)) as { dict: Record<string, string> }
+      expect({ locale, missing: keys.filter((key) => !dict[key]) }).toEqual({ locale, missing: [] })
+    }
+  })
+
   test("offers an update check on every platform exactly once", () => {
     for (const platform of ["macos", "windows"] as const) {
       const items = DESKTOP_MENU.filter((menu) => desktopMenuVisible(menu, platform)).flatMap((menu) =>
@@ -45,7 +63,7 @@ describe("desktop menu", () => {
     }
 
     test("defers to the command registry for command entries", () => {
-      const entry = { type: "item", label: "Export Logs...", command: "logs.export" } as const
+      const entry = { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.exportLogs", command: "logs.export" } as const
 
       expect(desktopMenuItemDisabled(entry, { commandDisabled: (id) => id === "logs.export" })).toBe(true)
       expect(desktopMenuItemDisabled(entry, { commandDisabled: never })).toBe(false)
@@ -54,7 +72,7 @@ describe("desktop menu", () => {
     test("leaves link and role entries alone", () => {
       expect(
         desktopMenuItemDisabled(
-          { type: "item", label: "Report a Bug", href: "https://example.test" },
+          { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.reportBug", href: "https://example.test" },
           {
             commandDisabled: never,
           },
 
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import { DOCS_URL } from "@codev/brand"
+import type { dict } from "./i18n/en"
 import type { UpdaterState } from "./updater"
 
+// Menu labels are dictionary keys, not text: this table is read by the macOS
+// native menu in the desktop main process and by the Windows/Linux titlebar
+// menu in the renderer, and both resolve it against the app dictionaries. A
+// literal here is a label that never translates.
+export type DesktopMenuLabelKey = keyof typeof dict
+
 export type DesktopMenuPlatform = "macos" | "windows"
 
 export type DesktopMenuAction =
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ export type DesktopMenuRole =
 
 export type DesktopMenuItem = {
   type: "item"
-  label?: string
+  labelKey?: DesktopMenuLabelKey
   command?: string
   action?: DesktopMenuAction
   role?: DesktopMenuRole
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ export type DesktopMenuEntry = DesktopMenuItem | DesktopMenuSeparator
 
 export type DesktopMenu = {
   id: string
-  label: string
+  labelKey: DesktopMenuLabelKey
   role?: DesktopMenuRole
   items?: DesktopMenuEntry[]
   platforms?: DesktopMenuPlatform[]
@@ -76,17 +83,17 @@ export type DesktopMenu = {
 export const DESKTOP_MENU: DesktopMenu[] = [
   {
     id: "app",
-    label: "CoDev",
+    labelKey: "menu.app",
     platforms: ["macos"],
     items: [
       { type: "item", role: "about" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Check for Updates...", action: "app.checkForUpdates", enabled: "updater" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Settings", command: "settings.open", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+," } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Log in/Configure", command: "gateway.apiKey.new" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Upload Session Logs", action: "upload.sessions" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Reload Webview", action: "view.reload" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Restart", action: "app.relaunch" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Export Logs...", command: "logs.export" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.checkForUpdates", action: "app.checkForUpdates", enabled: "updater" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.settings", command: "settings.open", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+," } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.login", command: "gateway.apiKey.new" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.uploadSessionLogs", action: "upload.sessions" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.reloadWebview", action: "view.reload" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.restart", action: "app.relaunch" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.exportLogs", command: "logs.export" },
       { type: "separator" },
       { type: "item", role: "hide" },
       { type: "item", role: "hideOthers" },
@@ -97,18 +104,18 @@ export const DESKTOP_MENU: DesktopMenu[] = [
   },
   {
     id: "file",
-    label: "File",
+    labelKey: "menu.file",
     items: [
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "New Session",
+        labelKey: "menu.newSession",
         command: "session.new",
         accelerator: { macos: "Shift+Cmd+S" },
       },
-      { type: "item", label: "Open Project...", command: "project.open", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+O" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.openProject", command: "project.open", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+O" } },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Settings",
+        labelKey: "menu.settings",
         command: "settings.open",
         accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+," },
         platforms: ["windows"],
@@ -117,41 +124,41 @@ export const DESKTOP_MENU: DesktopMenu[] = [
       // Windows/Linux menu does not render — same split Settings itself uses.
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Log in/Configure",
+        labelKey: "menu.login",
         command: "gateway.apiKey.new",
         platforms: ["windows"],
       },
       // macOS carries this in the app menu below its sign-in sibling.
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Upload Session Logs",
+        labelKey: "menu.uploadSessionLogs",
         action: "upload.sessions",
         platforms: ["windows"],
       },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "New Window",
+        labelKey: "menu.newWindow",
         action: "window.new",
         accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+Shift+N", windows: "Ctrl+Shift+N" },
       },
       { type: "separator" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Close Window", action: "window.close", role: "close" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.closeWindow", action: "window.close", role: "close" },
     ],
   },
   {
     id: "edit",
-    label: "Edit",
+    labelKey: "menu.edit",
     items: [
-      { type: "item", label: "Undo", action: "edit.undo", role: "undo", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+Z" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Redo", action: "edit.redo", role: "redo", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+Y" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.undo", action: "edit.undo", role: "undo", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+Z" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.redo", action: "edit.redo", role: "redo", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+Y" } },
       { type: "separator" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Cut", action: "edit.cut", role: "cut", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+X" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Copy", action: "edit.copy", role: "copy", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+C" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Paste", action: "edit.paste", role: "paste", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+V" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Delete", action: "edit.delete" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.cut", action: "edit.cut", role: "cut", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+X" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.copy", action: "edit.copy", role: "copy", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+C" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.paste", action: "edit.paste", role: "paste", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+V" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.delete", action: "edit.delete" },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Select All",
+        labelKey: "menu.selectAll",
         action: "edit.selectAll",
         role: "selectAll",
         accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+A" },
@@ -160,78 +167,95 @@ export const DESKTOP_MENU: DesktopMenu[] = [
   },
   {
     id: "view",
-    label: "View",
+    labelKey: "menu.view",
     items: [
-      { type: "item", label: "Toggle Sidebar", command: "sidebar.toggle" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Toggle Terminal", command: "terminal.toggle", accelerator: { macos: "Ctrl+`" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Toggle File Tree", command: "fileTree.toggle" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.toggleSidebar", command: "sidebar.toggle" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.toggleTerminal", command: "terminal.toggle", accelerator: { macos: "Ctrl+`" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.toggleFileTree", command: "fileTree.toggle" },
       { type: "separator" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Reload", action: "view.reload", role: "reload" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Toggle Developer Tools", action: "view.toggleDevTools", role: "toggleDevTools" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.reload", action: "view.reload", role: "reload" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.toggleDevTools", action: "view.toggleDevTools", role: "toggleDevTools" },
       { type: "separator" },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Actual Size",
+        labelKey: "menu.actualSize",
         action: "view.resetZoom",
         role: "resetZoom",
         accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+0" },
       },
-      { type: "item", label: "Zoom In", action: "view.zoomIn", role: "zoomIn", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl++" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Zoom Out", action: "view.zoomOut", role: "zoomOut", accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+-" } },
+      {
+        type: "item",
+        labelKey: "menu.zoomIn",
+        action: "view.zoomIn",
+        role: "zoomIn",
+        accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl++" },
+      },
+      {
+        type: "item",
+        labelKey: "menu.zoomOut",
+        action: "view.zoomOut",
+        role: "zoomOut",
+        accelerator: { windows: "Ctrl+-" },
+      },
       { type: "separator" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Toggle Full Screen", action: "view.toggleFullscreen", role: "togglefullscreen" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.toggleFullScreen", action: "view.toggleFullscreen", role: "togglefullscreen" },
     ],
   },
   {
     id: "go",
-    label: "Go",
+    labelKey: "menu.go",
     items: [
-      { type: "item", label: "Back", command: "common.goBack", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+[" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Forward", command: "common.goForward", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+]" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.back", command: "common.goBack", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+[" } },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.forward", command: "common.goForward", accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+]" } },
       { type: "separator" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Previous Session", command: "session.previous", accelerator: { macos: "Option+Up" } },
-      { type: "item", label: "Next Session", command: "session.next", accelerator: { macos: "Option+Down" } },
+      {
+        type: "item",
+        labelKey: "menu.previousSession",
+        command: "session.previous",
+        accelerator: { macos: "Option+Up" },
+      },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.nextSession", command: "session.next", accelerator: { macos: "Option+Down" } },
       { type: "separator" },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Previous Project",
+        labelKey: "menu.previousProject",
         command: "project.previous",
         accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+Option+Up" },
       },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Next Project",
+        labelKey: "menu.nextProject",
         command: "project.next",
         accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+Option+Down" },
       },
     ],
   },
   {
     id: "window",
-    label: "Window",
+    labelKey: "menu.window",
     role: "windowMenu",
     items: [
-      { type: "item", label: "Minimize", action: "window.minimize" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Maximize", action: "window.toggleMaximize" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.minimize", action: "window.minimize" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.maximize", action: "window.toggleMaximize" },
       { type: "separator" },
-      { type: "item", label: "Close Window", action: "window.close" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.closeWindow", action: "window.close" },
     ],
   },
   {
     id: "help",
-    label: "Help",
+    labelKey: "menu.help",
     items: [
-      { type: "item", label: "CoDev Documentation", href: DOCS_URL },
-      { type: "item", label: "Export Logs...", command: "logs.export" },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.documentation", href: DOCS_URL },
+      { type: "item", labelKey: "menu.exportLogs", command: "logs.export" },
       { type: "separator" },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Share Feedback",
+        labelKey: "menu.shareFeedback",
         href: "https://github.com/quickbeard/codev-code/issues/new?template=feature-request.yml",
       },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Report a Bug",
+        labelKey: "menu.reportBug",
         href: "https://github.com/quickbeard/codev-code/issues/new?template=bug-report.yml",
       },
       // macOS has this in the app menu, which the Windows/Linux menu does not
@@ -240,7 +264,7 @@ export const DESKTOP_MENU: DesktopMenu[] = [
       { type: "separator", platforms: ["windows"] },
       {
         type: "item",
-        label: "Check for Updates...",
+        labelKey: "menu.checkForUpdates",
         action: "app.checkForUpdates",
         enabled: "updater",
         platforms: ["windows"],