Hack nav menu to add gettext() to menu items?
Retrieved menu items pass through wp_get_nav_menu_items filter, as well as few others in wp_get_nav_menu_items() and around. — EDIT – This is what I used: function translate_menu( $items, $menu, $args ) { foreach ( $items as $key => $item ) { $items[$key]->title = _($items[$key]->title); } return $items; }