okay... i re-installed fw 6.39, installed ME-9.4, installed xmbctrl for ME, worked great.
then i put it_mesettings.txt in SEPLUGINS folder, restart vsh, result: psp randomly crashes when i open xmbctrl menu in Settings.
installed PRO -> installed xmbctrl for PRO after deleting the ME one, worked; put it_prosettings.txt, restarted vsh, the result is the same... with a difference:
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original xmbctrl

italian translation
but i translated the language file line by line... i only added the TM symbol here and there but saved with UTF-8 option, i suppose it's an error with translation file but i can't see how (in ANSI that line is normal, but psp still crashes

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(btw ME loads language from SEPLUGINS, PRO from SEPLUGINS/xmbcontrol)