habacker added a comment.
No, both LC_ALL=C and LC_ALL=en fetches the same english translation ~/src/kf5/kcoreaddons-build> LC_ALL=en strace -e trace=file bin/kformattest 2>&1 | grep \.qm | grep R_OK access("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/kcoreaddons5_qt.qm", R_OK) = 0 ~/src/kf5/kcoreaddons-build> LC_ALL=C strace -e trace=file bin/kformattest 2>&1 | grep \.qm | grep R_OK access("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/kcoreaddons5_qt.qm", R_OK) = 0 The result is shown at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397404#c0 (see below !!and with 'C' locale!!) REPOSITORY R240 Extra CMake Modules REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D14778 To: habacker, #frameworks, apol Cc: aacid, kde-frameworks-devel, kde-buildsystem, michaelh, ngraham, bruns