diff --git a/core/qt-init.cpp b/core/qt-init.cpp
index 9eebd8421..1e74e9b07 100644
--- a/core/qt-init.cpp
+++ b/core/qt-init.cpp
@@ -40,32 +40,27 @@ void init_qt_late()
 	QString uiLang = uiLanguage(&loc);
 	QLocale::setDefault(loc);
 
-	// we don't have translations for English - if we don't check for this
-	// Qt will proceed to load the second language in preference order - not what we want
-	// on Linux this tends to be en-US, but on the Mac it's just en
-	if (!uiLang.startsWith("en") || uiLang.startsWith("en-GB")) {
-		qtTranslator = new QTranslator;
-		QString translationLocation;
+	qtTranslator = new QTranslator;
+	QString translationLocation;
 #if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
-		translationLocation = QLatin1Literal("assets:/translations");
+	translationLocation = QLatin1Literal("assets:/translations");
 #elif defined(Q_OS_IOS)
-		translationLocation = QLatin1Literal(":/translations/");
+	translationLocation = QLatin1Literal(":/translations/");
 #else
-		translationLocation = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath);
+	translationLocation = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath);
 #endif
-		if (qtTranslator->load(loc, "qt", "_", translationLocation)) {
-			application->installTranslator(qtTranslator);
-		} else {
-			qDebug() << "can't find Qt localization for locale" << uiLang << "searching in" << translationLocation;
-		}
-		ssrfTranslator = new QTranslator;
-		if (ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_") ||
-		    ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_", translationLocation) ||
-		    ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_", getSubsurfaceDataPath("translations")) ||
-		    ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_", getSubsurfaceDataPath("../translations"))) {
-			application->installTranslator(ssrfTranslator);
-		} else {
-			qDebug() << "can't find Subsurface localization for locale" << uiLang;
-		}
+	if (qtTranslator->load(loc, "qt", "_", translationLocation)) {
+		application->installTranslator(qtTranslator);
+	} else {
+		qDebug() << "can't find Qt localization for locale" << uiLang << "searching in" << translationLocation;
+	}
+	ssrfTranslator = new QTranslator;
+	if (ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_") ||
+	    ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_", translationLocation) ||
+	    ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_", getSubsurfaceDataPath("translations")) ||
+	    ssrfTranslator->load(loc, "subsurface", "_", getSubsurfaceDataPath("../translations"))) {
+		application->installTranslator(ssrfTranslator);
+	} else {
+		qDebug() << "can't find Subsurface localization for locale" << uiLang;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packaging/ios/Subsurface-mobile/translations.qrc b/packaging/ios/Subsurface-mobile/translations.qrc
index 7a6bade70..43f841814 100644
--- a/packaging/ios/Subsurface-mobile/translations.qrc
+++ b/packaging/ios/Subsurface-mobile/translations.qrc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         <file>translations/subsurface_de_CH.qm</file>
         <file>translations/subsurface_de_DE.qm</file>
         <file>translations/subsurface_en_GB.qm</file>
+        <file>translations/subsurface_en_US.qm</file>
         <file>translations/subsurface_es_ES.qm</file>
         <file>translations/subsurface_et_EE.qm</file>
         <file>translations/subsurface_fi_FI.qm</file>
diff --git a/translations/CMakeLists.txt b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
index effa9812f..64a1e6bed 100644
--- a/translations/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ set(TRANSLATION_FILES
 	subsurface_de_DE.ts
 	subsurface_el_GR.ts
 	subsurface_en_GB.ts
+	subsurface_en_US.ts
 	subsurface_es_ES.ts
 	subsurface_et_EE.ts
 	subsurface_fi_FI.ts
diff --git a/translations/subsurface_en_US.ts b/translations/subsurface_en_US.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d859792c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/subsurface_en_US.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?><!DOCTYPE TS><TS language="en_US" version="2.1">
+<context>
+    <name>LocationFilterDelegate</name>
+    <message numerus="yes">
+        <location filename="../desktop-widgets/modeldelegates.cpp" line="504"/>
+        <source>, %n dive(s) here)</source>
+        <translation><numerusform>, %n dive here)</numerusform><numerusform>, %n dives here)</numerusform></translation>
+    </message>
+</context>
+<context>
+    <name>QObject</name>
+    <message numerus="yes">
+        <location filename="../core/qthelper.cpp" line="997"/>
+        <source>(%n dive(s))</source>
+        <translation><numerusform>(%n dive)</numerusform><numerusform>(%n dives)</numerusform></translation>
+    </message>
+</context>
+</TS>