Run a Qt app in a different language?

Question

I'm working on a Qt application that used to be a KDE application. In the old days, I just had to use some syntax like: ``` KDELANG=de ./my_app ``` That ran my_app in German, and only my_app. It might not have been KDELANG, but it was some environment variable like that. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to coax this answer out of Google, and I give up. There must be some way to run a Qt (4.5 if that matters) application in some other language without switching over my entire locale to get there.

Accepted Answer

I tried it with the KDE game Kolf and

```
(export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8; kolf)
(export LANG=en_US.UTF-8; kolf)
```

did the trick for me to switch it into German or English.

I verified it with the QT application qtparted

```
(export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8; qtparted)
```

also comes up in German on my English desktop. Obviously I had to install the German language files to get the translated app working.

Run a Qt app in a different language?

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