Spotlight Search for Application Names

Hello,
I use Mac OS X 10.5.2 localized for the Dutch language; since a few days Spotlight refuses to give any results when I look for the localized application name, e.g. 'Netwerkhulpprogramma' which is the Dutch name for 'Network Utility'. When I look for the latter, I find the program, but when I look for the first, Spotlight returns nothing. I alreay tried rebuilding the index, using 'mdutil -E /' as root, but to no avail.
Any suggestions?

I found the solution by myself: the preference panel 'Localization' seemed to have corrupted settings; by changing these the settings were restored, and now Spotlight is working as it should.

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