Remove the english translation files. No need for them.

src/config.js

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ require.config({
         "af":        "locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/converse.json",
         "ca":        "locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/converse.json",
         "de":        "locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/converse.json",
-        "en":        "locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/converse.json",
         "es":        "locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/converse.json",
         "fr":        "locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/converse.json",
         "he":        "locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/converse.json",

src/converse-chatview.js

@@ -379,18 +379,16 @@
 
                 handleChatStateMessage: function (message) {
                     if (message.get('chat_state') === _converse.COMPOSING) {
-                        if(message.get('sender') === 'me') {
+                        if (message.get('sender') === 'me') {
                             this.showStatusNotification(__('Typing from another device'));
-                        }
-                        else {
+                        } else {
                             this.showStatusNotification(message.get('fullname')+' '+__('is typing'));
                         }
                         this.clear_status_timeout = window.setTimeout(this.clearStatusNotification.bind(this), 30000);
                     } else if (message.get('chat_state') === _converse.PAUSED) {
-                        if(message.get('sender') === 'me') {
+                        if (message.get('sender') === 'me') {
                             this.showStatusNotification(__('Stopped typing on the other device'));
-                        }
-                        else {
+                        } else {
                             this.showStatusNotification(message.get('fullname')+' '+__('has stopped typing'));
                         }
                     } else if (_.includes([_converse.INACTIVE, _converse.ACTIVE], message.get('chat_state'))) {

src/locales.js

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         'text!af',
         'text!ca',
         'text!de',
-        'text!en',
         'text!es',
         'text!fr',
         'text!he',
@@ -32,21 +31,20 @@
                 'af':     arguments[1],
                 'ca':     arguments[2],
                 'de':     arguments[3],
-                'en':     arguments[4],
-                'es':     arguments[5],
-                'fr':     arguments[6],
-                'he':     arguments[7],
-                'hu':     arguments[8],
-                'id':     arguments[9],
-                'it':     arguments[10],
-                'ja':     arguments[11],
-                'nb':     arguments[12],
-                'nl':     arguments[13],
-                'pl':     arguments[14],
-                'pt-br':  arguments[15],
-                'ru':     arguments[16],
-                'uk':     arguments[17],
-                'zh':     arguments[18]
+                'es':     arguments[4],
+                'fr':     arguments[5],
+                'he':     arguments[6],
+                'hu':     arguments[7],
+                'id':     arguments[8],
+                'it':     arguments[9],
+                'ja':     arguments[10],
+                'nb':     arguments[11],
+                'nl':     arguments[12],
+                'pl':     arguments[13],
+                'pt-br':  arguments[14],
+                'ru':     arguments[15],
+                'uk':     arguments[16],
+                'zh':     arguments[17]
             };
             return root.locales;
         });

src/utils.js

@@ -144,15 +144,10 @@
         // Translation machinery
         // ---------------------
         __: function (str) {
-            if (typeof Jed === "undefined") {
+            if (typeof Jed === "undefined" || _.isUndefined(this.i18n) || this.i18n === 'en') {
                 return str;
             }
-            // FIXME: this can be refactored to take the i18n obj as a
-            // parameter.
             // Translation factory
-            if (typeof this.i18n === "undefined") {
-                this.i18n = locales.en;
-            }
             if (typeof this.i18n === "string") {
                 this.i18n = window.JSON.parse(this.i18n);
             }