diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 638bdae8f9..f29930b963 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pre-2.x.x
+Sigil-pre-2.x.x
     New Features
       - assign menu accelerators P - &Plugins, and K - Chec&kpoints (thank you BeckyEbook)
       - add ability to change keyboard focus using keyboard shortcuts or menus
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pre-2.x.x
       - fix svg rendering in QtSvg by filtering out desc and title tags inside text tags pre-rendering
       - fix Python plugin quickparser.py to better handle svg mixed case tag names
       - better handle cancelling out of plugins prior to their completion
+      - better handle Guide/Landmark title translations (thank you BeckyEbook)
 
 
 Sigil-2.0.2
diff --git a/src/Misc/GuideItems.cpp b/src/Misc/GuideItems.cpp
index b57622a6aa..92e6fd7db6 100644
--- a/src/Misc/GuideItems.cpp
+++ b/src/Misc/GuideItems.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Kevin B. Hendricks, Stratford Ontario Canada
+**  Copyright (C) 2016-2023 Kevin B. Hendricks, Stratford Ontario Canada
 **
 **  This file is part of Sigil.
 **
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ QString GuideItems::GetTitle(const QString &code, const QString &lang)
     // Note the book language may differ from the ui language
     bool translation_loaded = false;
     QTranslator bookTranslator;
-    const QString qm_name = QString("sigil_%1").arg(lang);
+    QString qm_name = QString("sigil_%1").arg(lang);
     // Run though all locations and stop once we find and are able to load
     // an appropriate translation.
     foreach(QString path, UILanguage::GetPossibleTranslationPaths()) {
@@ -78,12 +78,24 @@ QString GuideItems::GetTitle(const QString &code, const QString &lang)
             }
         }
     }
+    // try again with just the base part of the langcode before any "-"
+    if (!translation_loaded && lang.contains("-")) {
+        const QString langcut = lang.split("-").at(0);
+        qm_name = QString("sigil_%1").arg(langcut);
+        foreach(QString path, UILanguage::GetPossibleTranslationPaths()) {
+            if (QDir(path).exists()) {
+                if (bookTranslator.load(qm_name, path)) {
+                    translation_loaded = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     // if no translator matched, use the user interface language so that
     // the dev can fix them manually
     if (!translation_loaded) {
         return GetName(code);
     }
-    
     QString title = bookTranslator.translate("GuideItems", m_CodeToRawTitle[code].toUtf8().constData());
     if (title.isEmpty()) {
         title = bookTranslator.translate("Landmarks", m_CodeToRawTitle[code].toUtf8().constData());
diff --git a/src/Misc/Landmarks.cpp b/src/Misc/Landmarks.cpp
index 01981d0e21..ca0b6c3153 100644
--- a/src/Misc/Landmarks.cpp
+++ b/src/Misc/Landmarks.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Kevin B. Hendricks, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
+**  Copyright (C) 2016-2023 Kevin B. Hendricks, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
 **
 **  This file is part of Sigil.
 **
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ QString Landmarks::GetTitle(const QString &code, const QString &lang)
     // Note the book language may differ from the ui language
     bool translation_loaded = false;
     QTranslator bookTranslator;
-    const QString qm_name = QString("sigil_%1").arg(lang);
+    QString qm_name = QString("sigil_%1").arg(lang);
     // Run though all locations and stop once we find and are able to load
     // an appropriate translation.
     foreach(QString path, UILanguage::GetPossibleTranslationPaths()) {
@@ -74,12 +74,24 @@ QString Landmarks::GetTitle(const QString &code, const QString &lang)
             }
         }
     }
+    // try again with just the base part of the langcode before any "-"
+    if (!translation_loaded && lang.contains("-")) {
+        const QString langcut = lang.split("-").at(0);
+        qm_name = QString("sigil_%1").arg(langcut);
+        foreach(QString path, UILanguage::GetPossibleTranslationPaths()) {
+            if (QDir(path).exists()) {
+                if (bookTranslator.load(qm_name, path)) {
+                    translation_loaded = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     // if no translator matched, use the user interface language so that
     // the dev can fix them manually
     if (!translation_loaded) {
         return GetName(code);
     }
-    
     QString title = bookTranslator.translate("Landmarks", m_CodeToRawTitle[code].toUtf8().constData());
     return title;
 }