1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/electron/src/lib/i18n.js b/electron/src/lib/i18n.js
index 886fd654..4f9395d7 100644
--- a/electron/src/lib/i18n.js
+++ b/electron/src/lib/i18n.js
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
-module.exports.selectLanguage = function () {
-  ['LANGUAGE', 'LC_ALL', 'LC_MESSAGES', 'LANG'].forEach(language => {
+module.exports.selectLanguage = function (translations) {
+  // get a list of available translations
+  var availableTranslations = ['en_US'];
+  for(var k in translations) availableTranslations.push(k);
+
+  var lang = undefined;
+
+  // get system language / Inkscape language
+  ['LANG', 'LC_MESSAGES', 'LC_ALL', 'LANGUAGE'].forEach(language => {
     if (process.env[language]) {
-      return process.env[language].split(":")[0]
+      // split encoding information, we don't need it
+      var current_lang = process.env[language].split(".")[0];
+      if (current_lang.length == 2) {
+        // current language has only two letters (e.g. en),
+        // compare with available languages and if present, set to a long locale name (e.g. en_US)
+        lang = availableTranslations.find(elem => elem.startsWith(current_lang));
+      } else {
+        lang = current_lang;
+      }
     }
   })
-
-  return "en_US"
+  // set default language
+  if (lang === undefined) {
+    lang = "en_US"
+  }
+  return lang
 }