1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qt-gui.cpp b/qt-gui.cpp
index ac739ad6f..532d1b509 100644
--- a/qt-gui.cpp
+++ b/qt-gui.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ void init_ui(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 	xslt_path = strdup(getSubsurfaceDataPath("xslt").toAscii().data());
 
 	QLocale loc;
-	if (loc.uiLanguages().first() != "en-US") {
+	// we don't have translations for English - if we don't check for this
+	// Qt will proceed to load the second language in preference order - not what we want
+	// on Linux this tends to be en-US, but on the Mac it's just en
+	if (!loc.uiLanguages().first().startsWith("en")) {
 		qtTranslator = new QTranslator;
 		if (qtTranslator->load(loc,"qt", "_", QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath))) {
 			application->installTranslator(qtTranslator);