2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/i18n.cpp b/src/common/i18n.cpp
index 9add06cb9..06b4423a7 100644
--- a/src/common/i18n.cpp
+++ b/src/common/i18n.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static std::map<std::string,std::string> i18n_entries;
 // #define i18n_log(x) do { std::cout << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": " << x << std::endl; std::cout << std::flush; } while(0)
 #define i18n_log(x) ((void)0)
 
-static std::string get_language()
+std::string i18n_get_language()
 {
   const char *e;
 
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ static std::string utf8(const unsigned char *data, uint32_t len)
   return std::string((const char *)data,len);
 }
 
-int i18n_set_language(const char *directory, const char *base)
+int i18n_set_language(const char *directory, const char *base, std::string language)
 {
-  std::string language, filename, contents;
+  std::string filename, contents;
   const unsigned char *data;
   size_t datalen;
   size_t idx;
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ int i18n_set_language(const char *directory, const char *base)
   if (!directory || !base)
     return -1;
 
-  language = get_language();
+  if (language.empty())
+    language = i18n_get_language();
   filename = std::string(directory) + "/" + base + "_" + language + ".qm";
   i18n_log("Loading translations for language " << language);
 
diff --git a/src/common/i18n.h b/src/common/i18n.h
index 2aeac2287..8a1f3cf3d 100644
--- a/src/common/i18n.h
+++ b/src/common/i18n.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 
 #define QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP(context,str) i18n_translate(str,context)
 
-int i18n_set_language(const char *directory, const char *base);
+std::string i18n_get_language();
+int i18n_set_language(const char *directory, const char *base, std::string language = std::string());
 const char *i18n_translate(const char *str, const std::string &context);
 static inline std::string get_default_i18n_context() { return std::string(); }
 static inline const char *tr(const char *str) { return i18n_translate(str,get_default_i18n_context()); }