How do I change IMAP "special folder" names

For the special folders for "Trash" and "Sent", even though Mail.app displays the names thus, the actual folder names that it creates on the IMAP server are "Deleted Messages" and "Sent Messages". That seems a little absurd to me. If the designers of Mail.app thought that "Trash" and "Sent" were the best names for those folders, why did they make the actual folder names "Deleted Messages" and "Sent Messages"? And why is there not a way in the account settings for me to tell Mail.app which IMAP folders to use for those special folders, a la Thunderbird?
The problem is that, when I'm not on my Mac I have to use either Thunderbird or the Zimbra webmail client--BOTH of which (rationally) use "Trash" and "Sent" for their special trash and sent folders. Thunderbird, of course, lets you choose which IMAP folder to use. But Zimbra doesn't. It would be REALLY nice if Mail.app would allow me to choose which IMAP folders to use for Trash, Sent, Drafts, and Junk, just like Thunderbird does.
(To make matters even worse, if you happen to connect to your IMAP account with MS Outlook, it creates folders called "Deleted Items" and "Sent Items". Now I ask you, WHAT'S WRONG WITH JUST "Trash" and "Sent"???
--Dan

Subject to names the IMAP server creates, you can often tell Mail to use any folder for these purposes. Open a folder, click on Mailbox in the Menubar, choose Use This Mail For and see if the options are in black type or gray. If black you can choose.
However, Trash is a category in the Sidebar. The name given to standard mailboxes used in account folders (each account has its own set), whether POP or IMAP are set in the application. With IMAP there is some ability to alter, depending upon the standards of the IMAP server, I believe.
Ernie

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