diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts
index 63e3e7050f0..405924b4757 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/navModel.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export interface NavModelItem extends NavLinkDTO {
   highlightId?: string;
   tabSuffix?: ComponentType<{ className?: string }>;
   hideFromBreadcrumbs?: boolean;
+  emptyMessage?: string;
 }
 
 export enum NavSection {
diff --git a/public/app/app.ts b/public/app/app.ts
index 8bbdd55eb1b..53c6e732dd1 100644
--- a/public/app/app.ts
+++ b/public/app/app.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ export class GrafanaApp {
       setPanelDataErrorView(PanelDataErrorView);
       setLocationSrv(locationService);
       setTimeZoneResolver(() => config.bootData.user.timezone);
+
+      // We must wait for translations to load because some preloaded store state requires translating
+      await initI18nPromise;
+
       // Important that extension reducers are initialized before store
       addExtensionReducers();
       configureStore();
@@ -177,12 +181,8 @@ export class GrafanaApp {
       const modalManager = new ModalManager();
       modalManager.init();
 
-      await Promise.all([
-        initI18nPromise,
-
-        // Preload selected app plugins
-        await preloadPlugins(config.apps),
-      ]);
+      // Preload selected app plugins
+      await preloadPlugins(config.apps);
 
       // initialize chrome service
       const queryParams = locationService.getSearchObject();
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/NavLandingPage.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/NavLandingPage.tsx
index 0143eebbaf0..75a069b5bb9 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/NavLandingPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/NavLandingPage.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { useNavModel } from 'app/core/hooks/useNavModel';
 
-import { getNavTitle, getNavSubTitle } from '../NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
-
 import { NavLandingPageCard } from './NavLandingPageCard';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -28,8 +26,8 @@ export function NavLandingPage({ navId }: Props) {
               {children?.map((child) => (
                 <NavLandingPageCard
                   key={child.id}
-                  description={getNavSubTitle(child.id) ?? child.subTitle}
-                  text={getNavTitle(child.id) ?? child.text}
+                  description={child.subTitle}
+                  text={child.text}
                   url={child.url ?? ''}
                 />
               ))}
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx
index 605e196f7ec..476251a9207 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopBar/TopNavBarMenu.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { GrafanaTheme2, NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Menu, MenuItem, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { getNavTitle } from '../../NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
 import { enrichConfigItems, enrichWithInteractionTracking } from '../../NavBar/utils';
 
 export interface TopNavBarMenuProps {
@@ -30,24 +29,23 @@ export function TopNavBarMenu({ node: nodePlain }: TopNavBarMenuProps) {
         // see https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y/blob/main/docs/rules/no-static-element-interactions.md#case-the-event-handler-is-only-being-used-to-capture-bubbled-events
         // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions
         <div onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} className={styles.header}>
-          <div>{getNavTitle(node.id) ?? node.text}</div>
+          <div>{node.text}</div>
           {node.subTitle && <div className={styles.subTitle}>{node.subTitle}</div>}
         </div>
       }
     >
       {node.children?.map((item) => {
-        const itemText = getNavTitle(item.id) ?? item.text;
         const showExternalLinkIcon = /^https?:\/\//.test(item.url || '');
         return item.url ? (
           <MenuItem
             url={item.url}
-            label={itemText}
+            label={item.text}
             icon={showExternalLinkIcon ? 'external-link-alt' : undefined}
             target={item.target}
             key={item.id}
           />
         ) : (
-          <MenuItem icon={item.icon} onClick={item.onClick} label={itemText} key={item.id} />
+          <MenuItem icon={item.icon} onClick={item.onClick} label={item.text} key={item.id} />
         );
       })}
     </Menu>
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts b/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts
index 4fe8177a25f..ff3bd2ca806 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/Breadcrumbs/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 
-import { getNavTitle } from '../NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
-
 import { Breadcrumb } from './types';
 
 export function buildBreadcrumbs(sectionNav: NavModelItem, pageNav?: NavModelItem, homeNav?: NavModelItem) {
@@ -19,10 +17,10 @@ export function buildBreadcrumbs(sectionNav: NavModelItem, pageNav?: NavModelIte
 
     if (!foundHome && !node.hideFromBreadcrumbs) {
       if (homeNav && urlToMatch === homeNav.url) {
-        crumbs.unshift({ text: getNavTitle(homeNav.id) ?? homeNav.text, href: node.url ?? '' });
+        crumbs.unshift({ text: homeNav.text, href: node.url ?? '' });
         foundHome = true;
       } else {
-        crumbs.unshift({ text: getNavTitle(node.id) ?? node.text, href: node.url ?? '' });
+        crumbs.unshift({ text: node.text, href: node.url ?? '' });
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuItemWrapper.tsx b/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuItemWrapper.tsx
index edfc7b8e4d1..7d76bb6be4c 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuItemWrapper.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuItemWrapper.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { GrafanaTheme2, NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import { toIconName, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { getNavTitle } from '../NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
 import { isMatchOrChildMatch } from '../NavBar/utils';
 
 import { NavBarMenuItem } from './NavBarMenuItem';
@@ -21,12 +20,11 @@ export function NavBarMenuItemWrapper({
 }) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
-  if (link.emptyMessageId && !linkHasChildren(link)) {
-    const emptyMessageTranslated = getNavTitle(link.emptyMessageId);
+  if (link.emptyMessage && !linkHasChildren(link)) {
     return (
       <NavBarMenuSection link={link}>
         <ul className={styles.children}>
-          <div className={styles.emptyMessage}>{emptyMessageTranslated}</div>
+          <div className={styles.emptyMessage}>{link.emptyMessage}</div>
         </ul>
       </NavBarMenuSection>
     );
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ export function NavBarMenuItemWrapper({
                   target={childLink.target}
                   url={childLink.url}
                 >
-                  {getNavTitle(childLink.id) ?? childLink.text}
+                  {childLink.text}
                 </NavBarMenuItem>
               )
             );
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuSection.tsx b/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuSection.tsx
index 1e7e863c3b1..a5569873fc1 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuSection.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/MegaMenu/NavBarMenuSection.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { Button, Icon, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { NavBarItemIcon } from '../NavBar/NavBarItemIcon';
 import { NavFeatureHighlight } from '../NavBar/NavFeatureHighlight';
-import { getNavTitle } from '../NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
 import { hasChildMatch } from '../NavBar/utils';
 
 import { NavBarMenuItem } from './NavBarMenuItem';
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ export function NavBarMenuSection({
             <FeatureHighlightWrapper>
               <NavBarItemIcon link={link} />
             </FeatureHighlightWrapper>
-            {getNavTitle(link.id) ?? link.text}
+            {link.text}
           </div>
         </NavBarMenuItem>
         {children && (
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItem.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItem.tsx
index c92405ed793..906840fb9d8 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItem.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItem.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { NavBarItemMenuTrigger } from './NavBarItemMenuTrigger';
 import { getNavBarItemWithoutMenuStyles } from './NavBarItemWithoutMenu';
 import { NavBarMenuItem } from './NavBarMenuItem';
 import { useNavBarContext } from './context';
-import { getNavTitle } from './navBarItem-translations';
 import { getNavModelItemKey } from './utils';
 
 export interface Props {
@@ -53,14 +52,12 @@ const NavBarItem = ({ isActive = false, className, reverseMenuDirection = false,
     }
   };
 
-  const linkText = getNavTitle(link.id) ?? link.text;
-
   return (
     <li className={cx(styles.container, { [styles.containerHover]: section.id === menuIdOpen }, className)}>
       <NavBarItemMenuTrigger
         item={section}
         isActive={isActive}
-        label={linkText}
+        label={link.text}
         reverseMenuDirection={reverseMenuDirection}
       >
         <NavBarItemMenu
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@ const NavBarItem = ({ isActive = false, className, reverseMenuDirection = false,
           onNavigate={onNavigate}
         >
           {(item: NavModelItem) => {
-            const itemText = getNavTitle(item.id) ?? item.text;
             const isSection = item.menuItemType === NavMenuItemType.Section;
             const iconName = item.icon ? toIconName(item.icon) : undefined;
             const icon = item.showIconInNavbar && !isSection ? iconName : undefined;
@@ -83,7 +79,7 @@ const NavBarItem = ({ isActive = false, className, reverseMenuDirection = false,
                   isDivider={!isSection && item.divider}
                   icon={icon}
                   target={item.target}
-                  text={itemText}
+                  text={item.text}
                   url={item.url}
                   onClick={item.onClick}
                   styleOverrides={cx(styles.primaryText, { [styles.header]: isSection })}
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItemMenu.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItemMenu.tsx
index 82a1d36e040..caeda7e2f8e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItemMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarItemMenu.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { CustomScrollbar, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { NavBarItemMenuItem } from './NavBarItemMenuItem';
 import { useNavBarItemMenuContext } from './context';
-import { getNavTitle } from './navBarItem-translations';
 import { getNavModelItemKey } from './utils';
 
 export interface NavBarItemMenuProps extends SpectrumMenuProps<NavModelItem> {
@@ -58,11 +57,10 @@ export function NavBarItemMenu(props: NavBarItemMenuProps): ReactElement | null
     <NavBarItemMenuItem key={getNavModelItemKey(item.value)} item={item} state={state} onNavigate={onNavigate} />
   ));
 
-  if (itemComponents.length === 0 && section.value.emptyMessageId) {
-    const emptyMessageTranslated = getNavTitle(section.value.emptyMessageId);
+  if (itemComponents.length === 0 && section.value.emptyMessage) {
     itemComponents.push(
       <div key="empty-message" className={styles.emptyMessage}>
-        {emptyMessageTranslated}
+        {section.value.emptyMessage}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.tsx
index ce3e58679c2..d39ab6a4680 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/NavBarMenu.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { NavBarItemWithoutMenu } from './NavBarItemWithoutMenu';
 import { NavBarMenuItem } from './NavBarMenuItem';
 import { NavBarToggle } from './NavBarToggle';
 import { NavFeatureHighlight } from './NavFeatureHighlight';
-import { getNavTitle } from './navBarItem-translations';
 import { isMatchOrChildMatch } from './utils';
 
 const MENU_WIDTH = '350px';
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ export function NavItem({
                   }}
                   styleOverrides={styles.item}
                   target={childLink.target}
-                  text={getNavTitle(childLink.id) ?? childLink.text}
+                  text={childLink.text}
                   url={childLink.url}
                   isMobile={true}
                 />
@@ -266,12 +265,11 @@ export function NavItem({
         </ul>
       </CollapsibleNavItem>
     );
-  } else if (link.emptyMessageId) {
-    const emptyMessageTranslated = getNavTitle(link.emptyMessageId);
+  } else if (link.emptyMessage) {
     return (
       <CollapsibleNavItem onClose={onClose} link={link} isActive={isMatchOrChildMatch(link, activeItem)}>
         <ul className={styles.children}>
-          <div className={styles.emptyMessage}>{emptyMessageTranslated}</div>
+          <div className={styles.emptyMessage}>{link.emptyMessage}</div>
         </ul>
       </CollapsibleNavItem>
     );
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ export function NavItem({
                 <NavBarItemIcon link={link} />
               </FeatureHighlightWrapper>
             </div>
-            <span className={styles.linkText}>{getNavTitle(link.id) ?? link.text}</span>
+            <span className={styles.linkText}>{link.text}</span>
           </div>
         </NavBarItemWithoutMenu>
       </li>
@@ -398,7 +396,7 @@ function CollapsibleNavItem({
           contentClassName={styles.collapseContent}
           label={
             <div className={cx(styles.labelWrapper, { [styles.primary]: isActive })}>
-              <span className={styles.linkText}>{getNavTitle(link.id) ?? link.text}</span>
+              <span className={styles.linkText}>{link.text}</span>
             </div>
           }
         >
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/navBarItem-translations.ts b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/navBarItem-translations.ts
index c6fc386dce6..3ee3af1ef6b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/navBarItem-translations.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/navBarItem-translations.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+
 // Maps the ID of the nav item to a translated phrase to later pass to <Trans />
 // Because the navigation content is dynamic (defined in the backend), we can not use
 // the normal inline message definition method.
 
-import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
-
+// see pkg/api/index.go
 export function getNavTitle(navId: string | undefined) {
   // the switch cases must match the ID of the navigation item, as defined in the backend nav model
   switch (navId) {
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ export function getNavTitle(navId: string | undefined) {
       return t('nav.snapshots.title', 'Snapshots');
     case 'dashboards/library-panels':
       return t('nav.library-panels.title', 'Library panels');
+    case 'dashboards/public':
+      return t('nav.public.title', 'Public dashboards');
     case 'dashboards/new':
       return t('nav.new-dashboard.title', 'New dashboard');
     case 'dashboards/folder/new':
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/PageHeader/PageHeader.tsx b/public/app/core/components/PageHeader/PageHeader.tsx
index dcd2d188fe0..0b151e99f57 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/PageHeader/PageHeader.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/PageHeader/PageHeader.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import React, { FC } from 'react';
 
 import { NavModelItem, NavModelBreadcrumb, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Tab, TabsBar, Icon, useStyles2, toIconName } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { getNavTitle, getNavSubTitle } from 'app/core/components/NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
 import { PanelHeaderMenuItem } from 'app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelHeader/PanelHeaderMenuItem';
 
 import { PageInfoItem } from '../Page/types';
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ const Navigation = ({ children }: { children: NavModelItem[] }) => {
           return (
             !child.hideFromTabs && (
               <Tab
-                label={getNavTitle(child.id) ?? child.text}
+                label={child.text}
                 active={child.active}
                 key={`${child.url}-${index}`}
                 icon={child.icon}
@@ -97,18 +96,19 @@ export const PageHeader: FC<Props> = ({ navItem: model, renderTitle, actions, in
   const renderHeader = (main: NavModelItem) => {
     const marginTop = main.icon === 'grafana' ? 12 : 14;
     const icon = main.icon && toIconName(main.icon);
-    const sub = subTitle ?? getNavSubTitle(main.id) ?? main.subTitle;
-    const text = getNavTitle(main.id) ?? main.text;
+    const sub = subTitle ?? main.subTitle;
 
     return (
       <div className="page-header__inner">
         <span className="page-header__logo">
           {icon && <Icon name={icon} size="xxxl" style={{ marginTop }} />}
-          {main.img && <img className="page-header__img" src={main.img} alt={`logo of ${text}`} />}
+          {main.img && <img className="page-header__img" src={main.img} alt="" />}
         </span>
 
         <div className={cx('page-header__info-block', styles.headerText)}>
-          {renderTitle ? renderTitle(text) : renderHeaderTitle(text, main.breadcrumbs ?? [], main.highlightText)}
+          {renderTitle
+            ? renderTitle(main.text)
+            : renderHeaderTitle(main.text, main.breadcrumbs ?? [], main.highlightText)}
           {info && <PageInfo info={info} />}
           {sub && <div className="page-header__sub-title">{sub}</div>}
           {actions && <div className={styles.actions}>{actions}</div>}
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/PageNew/PageHeader.tsx b/public/app/core/components/PageNew/PageHeader.tsx
index beaabaac0ce..55fcdd552d4 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/PageNew/PageHeader.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/PageNew/PageHeader.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { NavModelItem, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { getNavSubTitle, getNavTitle } from '../NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
 import { PageInfoItem } from '../Page/types';
 import { PageInfo } from '../PageInfo/PageInfo';
 
@@ -18,10 +17,9 @@ export interface Props {
 
 export function PageHeader({ navItem, renderTitle, actions, info, subTitle }: Props) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const sub = subTitle ?? getNavSubTitle(navItem.id) ?? navItem.subTitle;
+  const sub = subTitle ?? navItem.subTitle;
 
-  const title = getNavTitle(navItem.id) ?? navItem.text;
-  const titleElement = renderTitle ? renderTitle(title) : <h1 className={styles.pageTitle}>{title}</h1>;
+  const titleElement = renderTitle ? renderTitle(navItem.text) : <h1 className={styles.pageTitle}>{navItem.text}</h1>;
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.pageHeader}>
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/PageNew/SectionNavItem.tsx b/public/app/core/components/PageNew/SectionNavItem.tsx
index 0a54d12dd3e..7abf0634e6a 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/PageNew/SectionNavItem.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/PageNew/SectionNavItem.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { useStyles2, Icon } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { getNavTitle } from '../NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
-
 export interface Props {
   item: NavModelItem;
   isSectionRoot?: boolean;
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ export function SectionNavItem({ item, isSectionRoot = false }: Props) {
         aria-selected={item.active}
       >
         {isSectionRoot && icon}
-        {getNavTitle(item.id) ?? item.text}
+        {item.text}
         {item.tabSuffix && <item.tabSuffix className={styles.suffix} />}
       </a>
       {children?.map((child, index) => (
diff --git a/public/app/core/internationalization/index.tsx b/public/app/core/internationalization/index.tsx
index fa9c0d2988c..87f7c06fa37 100644
--- a/public/app/core/internationalization/index.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/internationalization/index.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ const loadTranslations: BackendModule = {
 export function initializeI18n(language: string) {
   const validLocale = VALID_LANGUAGES.includes(language) ? language : DEFAULT_LANGUAGE;
 
-  i18n
+  // This is a placeholder so we can put a 'comment' in the message json files.
+  // Starts with an underscore so it's sorted to the top of the file
+  t(
+    '_comment',
+    'Do not manually edit this file, or update these source phrases in Crowdin. The source of truth for English strings are in the code source'
+  );
+
+  return i18n
     .use(loadTranslations)
     .use(initReactI18next) // passes i18n down to react-i18next
     .init({
@@ -37,13 +44,6 @@ export function initializeI18n(language: string) {
 
       pluralSeparator: '__',
     });
-
-  // This is a placeholder so we can put a 'comment' in the message json files.
-  // Starts with an underscore so it's sorted to the top of the file
-  t(
-    '_comment',
-    'Do not manually edit this file, or update these source phrases in Crowdin. The source of truth for English strings are in the code source'
-  );
 }
 
 export function changeLanguage(locale: string) {
diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
index bd47059bf3c..49951bd181b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/navBarTree.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,30 @@ import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
+import { getNavSubTitle, getNavTitle } from '../components/NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
+
 export const initialState: NavModelItem[] = config.bootData?.navTree ?? [];
 
+function translateNav(navTree: NavModelItem[]): NavModelItem[] {
+  return navTree.map((navItem) => {
+    const children = navItem.children && translateNav(navItem.children);
+
+    return {
+      ...navItem,
+      children: children,
+      text: getNavTitle(navItem.id) ?? navItem.text,
+      subTitle: getNavSubTitle(navItem.id) ?? navItem.subTitle,
+      emptyMessage: getNavTitle(navItem.emptyMessageId),
+    };
+  });
+}
+
 // this matches the prefix set in the backend navtree
 export const ID_PREFIX = 'starred/';
 
 const navTreeSlice = createSlice({
   name: 'navBarTree',
-  initialState,
+  initialState: () => translateNav(config.bootData?.navTree ?? []),
   reducers: {
     setStarred: (state, action: PayloadAction<{ id: string; title: string; url: string; isStarred: boolean }>) => {
       const starredItems = state.find((navItem) => navItem.id === 'starred');
diff --git a/public/app/core/reducers/navModel.ts b/public/app/core/reducers/navModel.ts
index 5110af5c7af..18f0699d461 100644
--- a/public/app/core/reducers/navModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/reducers/navModel.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { NavIndex, NavModel, NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import config from 'app/core/config';
 
+import { getNavSubTitle, getNavTitle } from '../components/NavBar/navBarItem-translations';
+
 export const HOME_NAV_ID = 'home';
 
 export function buildInitialState(): NavIndex {
@@ -16,22 +18,37 @@ export function buildInitialState(): NavIndex {
     buildNavIndex(navIndex, [homeNav]);
   }
   // set home as parent for the other rootNodes
-  buildNavIndex(navIndex, otherRootNodes, homeNav);
+  // need to use the translated home node from the navIndex
+  buildNavIndex(navIndex, otherRootNodes, navIndex[HOME_NAV_ID]);
 
   return navIndex;
 }
 
 function buildNavIndex(navIndex: NavIndex, children: NavModelItem[], parentItem?: NavModelItem) {
+  const translatedChildren: NavModelItem[] = [];
+
   for (const node of children) {
-    node.parentItem = parentItem;
+    const translatedNode: NavModelItem = {
+      ...node,
+      text: getNavTitle(node.id) ?? node.text,
+      subTitle: getNavSubTitle(node.id) ?? node.subTitle,
+      emptyMessage: getNavTitle(node.emptyMessageId),
+      parentItem: parentItem,
+    };
 
-    if (node.id) {
-      navIndex[node.id] = node;
+    if (translatedNode.id) {
+      navIndex[translatedNode.id] = translatedNode;
     }
 
-    if (node.children) {
-      buildNavIndex(navIndex, node.children, node);
+    if (translatedNode.children) {
+      buildNavIndex(navIndex, translatedNode.children, translatedNode);
     }
+    translatedChildren.push(translatedNode);
+  }
+
+  // need to update the parentItem children with the new translated children
+  if (parentItem) {
+    parentItem.children = translatedChildren;
   }
 
   navIndex['not-found'] = { ...buildWarningNav('Page not found', '404 Error').node };
diff --git a/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json b/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json
index c0625a4f533..63ae38fc535 100644
--- a/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@
       "title": "Einstellungen"
     },
     "profile/switch-org": "Organisation wechseln",
+    "public": {
+      "title": ""
+    },
     "scenes": {
       "title": "Szenen"
     },
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 19c2e183523..719ab734af0 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@
       "title": "Profile"
     },
     "profile/switch-org": "Switch organization",
+    "public": {
+      "title": "Public dashboards"
+    },
     "scenes": {
       "title": "Scenes"
     },
diff --git a/public/locales/es-ES/grafana.json b/public/locales/es-ES/grafana.json
index ed9234f94f3..10d633316f6 100644
--- a/public/locales/es-ES/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/es-ES/grafana.json
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@
       "title": "Preferencias"
     },
     "profile/switch-org": "Cambiar de organización",
+    "public": {
+      "title": ""
+    },
     "scenes": {
       "title": "Escenas"
     },
diff --git a/public/locales/fr-FR/grafana.json b/public/locales/fr-FR/grafana.json
index baf901bae6f..419493a9ce8 100644
--- a/public/locales/fr-FR/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/fr-FR/grafana.json
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@
       "title": "Préférences"
     },
     "profile/switch-org": "Passer à une autre organisation",
+    "public": {
+      "title": ""
+    },
     "scenes": {
       "title": "Scènes"
     },
diff --git a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
index 1c18fcd1207..14c6f1cc369 100644
--- a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@
       "title": "Přőƒįľę"
     },
     "profile/switch-org": "Ŝŵįŧčĥ őřģäʼnįžäŧįőʼn",
+    "public": {
+      "title": "Pūþľįč đäşĥþőäřđş"
+    },
     "scenes": {
       "title": "Ŝčęʼnęş"
     },
diff --git a/public/locales/zh-Hans/grafana.json b/public/locales/zh-Hans/grafana.json
index 5b37684294f..30b70a7c70d 100644
--- a/public/locales/zh-Hans/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/zh-Hans/grafana.json
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@
       "title": "首选项"
     },
     "profile/switch-org": "切换组织",
+    "public": {
+      "title": ""
+    },
     "scenes": {
       "title": "场景"
     },