Alan: rpm -e specspo

I don't see the connection - I'm not running translated descriptions. 

Ok, more verbose then: Specspo overrides the untranslated
descriptions, too, and I'm certain you've run into it. Example:

# rpm -q specspo gnome-games
specspo-9.0.92-1.1
gnome-games-2.5.5-1

# rpm -q --qf "%{description}\n" gnome-games
The gnome-games package includes games for the GNOME GUI desktop
environment, including GnomeScott, ctali, freecell, gataxx, glines,
gnibbles, gnobots2, gnome-stones, gnomine, gnotravex, gtali, gturing,
iagno, mahjongg, same-gnome, and sol.

# rpm -e specspo

# rpm -q --qf "%{description}\n" gnome-games

The gnome-games package includes some small games that come with the
GNOME desktop environment but can be used under any desktop.
The games are mostly puzzle or solitaire games.

I just committed an updated list to specspo/dist/dist.pot (version 1.100).