Qgis does not display menue: Warning: loading of qgis translation failed (also for US English)

[Karl Kastner]

When hovering over a menu icon Qgis displays an empty text box. This is annoying because users have to find the tool they need by trial and error like analphabets.

On start Qgis displays the error:

Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US]
Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US]
Warning: QCss::Parser - Failed to load file "/style.qss"

This bug persists since several years.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: qgis 2.14.18+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-29.32-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Feb 7 14:42:59 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-05 (825 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
SourcePackage: qgis
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-01-16 (22 days ago)

[Karl Kastner (kastner-karl)]

Workaround: Settings -> Options -> Application -> Style -> change Plastique into GTK+