vlc is shwoing "ctrl" instead of "strg" in the german translation for the shortcuts
Testet on vlc 1.1.13 (ubuntu 12.04)
the menues are showing shortcuts like "ctrl + a" but in germany the key is called "strg" instead of "ctrl" so this should also be translated.
also see http://alpha-unix.de/~iceroot/ubuntu/vlc-using-ctrl-instead-of-strg.png