diff -r 0e32e2110b42 code/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp	Fri Mar 11 18:40:06 2011 +0100
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp	Mon Mar 14 12:09:03 2011 +0100
@@ -183,7 +183,14 @@
 	// check if console supports utf-8
 	std::string lang = toLower(std::string(setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "")));
 	useUtf8 = (lang.find("utf8") != string::npos || lang.find("utf-8") != string::npos);
-	lang = lang.substr(0, 2);
+	// get language code (often it comes with country code too)
+	lang = lang.substr(0, lang.find('.'));
+	std::string country = "";
+	if (lang.find('_') != string::npos)
+	{
+		country = lang.substr(lang.find('_') + 1);
+		lang = lang.substr(0, lang.find('_'));
+	}
 
 	// check if console supports colors
 	std::string term = toLower(std::string(getenv("TERM") ? getenv("TERM"):""));
@@ -263,6 +270,16 @@
 #ifdef RYZOM_SHARE_PREFIX
 		CPath::addSearchPath(RYZOM_SHARE_PREFIX"/patcher", true, false);
 #endif
+		// first try find translation with country code (if we have country code)
+		if ((!country.empty()) && (CPath::exists(lang + "_" + country + ".uxt")))
+		{
+			lang = lang + "_" + country + ".uxt";
+		}
+		// if translation file still not found, use English translation as a default
+		if (!CPath::exists(lang + ".uxt"))
+		{
+			lang = "en";
+		}
 	}
 
  	// load translation