--- a/QTfrontend/campaign.cpp	Fri Mar 23 03:37:07 2018 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/campaign.cpp	Sat Mar 24 00:26:39 2018 +0100
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@
     // get locale
     QSettings settings(dataMgr.settingsFileName(),
     QSettings::IniFormat);
-    QString loc = settings.value("misc/locale", "").toString();
-    if (loc.isEmpty())
-        loc = QLocale::system().name();
+    QString loc = QLocale().name();
     QString campaignDescFile = QString("physfs://Locale/campaigns_" + loc + ".txt");
     // if file is non-existant try with language only
     if (!QFile::exists(campaignDescFile))

--- a/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Fri Mar 23 03:37:07 2018 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Sat Mar 24 00:26:39 2018 +0100
@@ -372,21 +372,31 @@
         if (cc.isEmpty())
         {
             cc = QLocale::system().name();
+            qDebug("Detected system locale: %s", qPrintable(cc));
 
             // Fallback to current input locale if "C" locale is returned
             if(cc == "C")
                 cc = HWApplication::inputMethod()->locale().name();
         }
-        qDebug("Frontend uses locale: %s", qPrintable(cc));
+        else
+        {
+            qDebug("Configured frontend locale: %s", qPrintable(cc));
+        }
+        QLocale::setDefault(cc);
+        QString defaultLocaleName = QLocale().name();
+        qDebug("Frontend uses locale: %s", qPrintable(defaultLocaleName));
 
-        // Load locale files into translators
-        if (!TranslatorHedgewars.load(QString("hedgewars_%1").arg(cc), QString("physfs://Locale")))
-            qWarning("Failed to install Hedgewars translation (%s)", qPrintable(cc));
-        if (!TranslatorQt.load(QString("qt_%1").arg(cc), QString(QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath))))
-            qWarning("Failed to install Qt translation (%s)", qPrintable(cc));
-        app.installTranslator(&TranslatorHedgewars);
-        app.installTranslator(&TranslatorQt);
-        app.setLayoutDirection(QLocale(cc).textDirection());
+        if (defaultLocaleName != "C")
+        {
+            // Load locale files into translators
+            if (!TranslatorHedgewars.load(QLocale(), "hedgewars", "_", QString("physfs://Locale")))
+                qWarning("Failed to install Hedgewars translation (%s)", qPrintable(defaultLocaleName));
+            if (!TranslatorQt.load(QLocale(), "qt", "_", QString(QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath))))
+                qWarning("Failed to install Qt translation (%s)", qPrintable(defaultLocaleName));
+            app.installTranslator(&TranslatorHedgewars);
+            app.installTranslator(&TranslatorQt);
+        }
+        app.setLayoutDirection(QLocale().textDirection());
     }
 
 #ifdef _WIN32

--- a/QTfrontend/model/MapModel.cpp	Fri Mar 23 03:37:07 2018 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/model/MapModel.cpp	Sat Mar 24 00:26:39 2018 +0100
@@ -129,18 +129,19 @@
             {
                 // get locale
                 QSettings settings(datamgr.settingsFileName(), QSettings::IniFormat);
-                QString locale = settings.value("misc/locale", "").toString();
-                if (locale.isEmpty())
-                    locale = QLocale::system().name();
+                QString locale = QLocale().name();
 
                 QSettings descSettings(QString("physfs://Maps/%1/desc.txt").arg(map), QSettings::IniFormat);
                 descSettings.setIniCodec("UTF-8");
                 desc = descSettings.value(locale, QString()).toString();
-                // If not found, try with lanague-only code
+                // If not found, try with language-only code
                 if (desc.isEmpty())
                 {
                     QString localeSimple = locale.remove(QRegExp("_.*$"));
                     desc = descSettings.value(localeSimple, QString()).toString();
+                    // If still not found, use English
+                    if (desc.isEmpty())
+                        desc = descSettings.value("en", QString()).toString();
                 }
                 desc = desc.replace("_n", "\n").replace("_c", ",").replace("__", "_");
             }

--- a/QTfrontend/ui/page/pagemain.cpp	Fri Mar 23 03:37:07 2018 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/ui/page/pagemain.cpp	Sat Mar 24 00:26:39 2018 +0100
@@ -166,9 +166,7 @@
         QSettings settings(dataMgr.settingsFileName(),
                            QSettings::IniFormat);
 
-        QString loc = settings.value("misc/locale", "").toString();
-        if (loc.isEmpty())
-            loc = QLocale::system().name();
+        QString loc = QLocale().name();
 
         QString tipFile = QString("physfs://Locale/tips_" + loc + ".xml");
 

--- a/QTfrontend/ui/page/pagetraining.cpp	Fri Mar 23 03:37:07 2018 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/ui/page/pagetraining.cpp	Sat Mar 24 00:26:39 2018 +0100
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@
     QSettings settings(dataMgr.settingsFileName(),
                        QSettings::IniFormat);
 
-    QString loc = settings.value("misc/locale", "").toString();
-    if (loc.isEmpty())
-        loc = QLocale::system().name();
+    QString loc = QLocale().name();
 
     QString infoFile = QString("physfs://Locale/missions_" + loc + ".txt");