--- a/svghmi/i18n.py	Tue Feb 09 08:11:22 2021 +0100
+++ b/svghmi/i18n.py	Tue Feb 09 17:09:08 2021 +0100
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 import ast
 import wx
 
+# to have it for python 2, had to install 
+# https://pypi.org/project/pycountry/18.12.8/
+# python2 -m pip install pycountry==18.12.8 --user
+import pycountry
+
 def open_pofile(pofile):
     """ Opens PO file with POEdit """
     
@@ -92,7 +97,18 @@
         translated_messages.append((msgid,translated_message))
     langs = []
     for lang,translation in translations:
-        langs.append(lang)
+        try:
+            l,c = lang.split("_")
+            language_name = pycountry.languages.get(alpha_2 = l).name
+            country_name = pycountry.countries.get(alpha_2 = c).name
+            langs.append("{} ({})".format(language_name, country_name))
+        except:
+            try:
+                language_name = pycountry.languages.get(alpha_2 = lang).name
+                langs.append(language_name)
+            except:
+                langs.append(lang)
+
         broken = False
         for msgid, msg in translation.iteritems():
             broken = True

--- a/svghmi/i18n.ysl2	Tue Feb 09 08:11:22 2021 +0100
+++ b/svghmi/i18n.ysl2	Tue Feb 09 17:09:08 2021 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 emit "preamble:i18n" {
     const "translations", "ns:GetTranslations($translatable_strings)";
-    > var langs = [
+    > var langs = [ "default",
     foreach "$translations/langs/lang" {
         > "«.»"
         if "position()!=last()" > ,

--- a/svghmi/widget_dropdown.ysl2	Tue Feb 09 08:11:22 2021 +0100
+++ b/svghmi/widget_dropdown.ysl2	Tue Feb 09 17:09:08 2021 +0100
@@ -337,11 +337,17 @@
     param "hmi_element";
     labels("text box button highlight");
     // It is assumed that list content conforms to Array interface.
-||
-    content: [
-    /* TODO : Support HMI:List */
-    ``foreach "arg" | "«@value»",
-    ],
-
-||
+    >   content:
+    choose{
+        // special case when used for language selection
+        when "count(arg) = 1 and arg[1]/@value = '#langs'" {
+            > langs
+        }
+        otherwise {
+            > [\n
+            foreach "arg" | "«@value»",
+            >   ]
+        }
+    }
+    > ,\n
 }

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