2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18n.java b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18n.java
index 42a1707e182..ae746c6580b 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18n.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18n.java
@@ -226,8 +226,14 @@ public class DefaultI18n implements I18n, Startable {
     return propertyToBundles.keySet();
   }
 
+  public Locale getEffectiveLocale(Locale locale) {
+    Locale bundleLocale = ResourceBundle.getBundle(BUNDLE_PACKAGE + "core", locale, this.classloader, this.control).getLocale();
+    locale.getISO3Language();
+    return bundleLocale.getLanguage().isEmpty() ? Locale.ENGLISH : bundleLocale;
+  }
+
   @CheckForNull
-  private String formatMessage(@Nullable String message, Object... parameters) {
+  private static String formatMessage(@Nullable String message, Object... parameters) {
     if (message == null || parameters.length == 0) {
       return message;
     }
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18nTest.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18nTest.java
index 409d7d94eaf..985810e8cb6 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18nTest.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/i18n/DefaultI18nTest.java
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ public class DefaultI18nTest {
     assertThat(underTest.message(Locale.CHINA, "checkstyle.rule1.name", null)).isEqualTo("Rule one");
     assertThat(underTest.message(Locale.CHINA, "any", null)).isEqualTo("Any");
     assertThat(underTest.message(Locale.CHINA, "sqale.page", null)).isEqualTo("Sqale page title");
+    assertThat(underTest.getEffectiveLocale(Locale.CHINA)).isEqualTo(Locale.ENGLISH);
   }
 
   @Test