Thank you for the response, it helped me figure this out.

Adding this here in case someone has the same need later.

Arbitrary item name localisation can be done with this code:

game.item_prototypes["pipe-to-ground"].localised_name

Source: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=211060 ...

I am developing a mod that displays resource objectives. However, pipe-to-ground does not return the localised item name: objective.png


To demonstrate the issue more easily, here's how to replicate it in the command prompt / in-game chat.

When I run this, everything works as expected:
/c game ...