diff --git a/lib/language.js b/lib/language.js
index 1966f0e4ec0..951ddb7c07d 100644
--- a/lib/language.js
+++ b/lib/language.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function init(fs) {
     , { code: 'nb', file: 'nb_NO', language: 'Norsk (Bokmål)', speechCode: 'no-NO' }
     , { code: 'nl', file: 'nl_NL', language: 'Nederlands', speechCode: 'nl-NL' }
     , { code: 'pl', file: 'pl_PL', language: 'Polski', speechCode: 'pl-PL' }
-    , { code: 'pt', file: 'pr_BR', language: 'Português (Brasil)', speechCode: 'pt-BR' }
+    , { code: 'pt', file: 'pt_BR', language: 'Português (Brasil)', speechCode: 'pt-BR' }
     , { code: 'ro', file: 'ro_RO', language: 'Română', speechCode: 'ro-RO' }
     , { code: 'ru', file: 'ru_RU', language: 'Русский', speechCode: 'ru-RU' }
     , { code: 'sk', file: 'sl_SL', language: 'Slovenčina', speechCode: 'sk-SK' }
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ function init(fs) {
   }
 
   // this is a server only call and needs fs by reference as the class is also used in the client
-  language.loadLocalization = function loadLocalization(fs) {
-    const l = fs.readFileSync('./translations/' + this.getFilename(this.lang));
+  language.loadLocalization = function loadLocalization(fs, path) {
+    let filename = './translations/' + this.getFilename(this.lang);
+    if (path) filename = path.resolve(__dirname, filename);
+    const l = fs.readFileSync(filename);
     this.offerTranslations(JSON.parse(l));
   }
 
@@ -128,6 +130,14 @@ function init(fs) {
     return language();
   };
 
+  language.get = function get(lang) {
+    var r;
+    language.languages.forEach(function (l) {
+      if (l.code === lang) r = l;
+    });
+    return r;
+  }
+
   // if run on server and we get a filesystem handle, load english by default
   if (fs) {
     language.set('en');