diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.4.6.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.4.6.ebuild
index 71e5719cdb10..81951250970d 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.4.6.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.4.6.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -18,8 +18,24 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~sparc x86"
 IUSE="cairo debug examples hunspell +minimal +pdf scripts templates tk"
 
 # a=$(ls resources/translations/po/scribus.*ts | sed -e 's:\.: :g' | awk '{print $2}'); echo ${a}
-IUSE_LINGUAS=" af ar bg br ca cs_CZ cy da_DK de@1901 de_CH de el en_AU en_GB en_US eo es_ES et eu fi fr gl hu id it ja ko lt_LT nb_NO nl pl_PL pt_BR pt ru sa sk_SK sl sq sr sv th_TH tr uk zh_CN zh_TW"
-IUSE+=" ${IUSE_LINGUAS// / linguas_}"
+nIUSE_L10N=" af ar bg br ca cs_CZ cy da_DK de_1901 de_CH de el en_AU en_GB en_US eo es_ES et eu fi fr gl hu id it ja ko lt_LT nb_NO nl pl_PL pt_BR pt ru sa sk_SK sl sq sr sv th_TH tr uk zh_CN zh_TW"
+
+map_lang() {
+	lang=${1/_/-}
+	case ${1} in
+		# Retain the following, which have a specific subtag
+		de_1901|de_CH|en_AU|en_GB|en_US|pt_BR|pt_PT|zh_CN|zh_TW) ;;
+		# Consider all other xx_XX as duplicates of the generic xx tag
+		*_*) lang=${1%%_*} ;;
+		*) ;;
+	esac
+	echo ${lang}
+}
+
+for l in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+	IUSE+=" l10n_$(map_lang ${l})"
+done
+unset l
 
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
@@ -76,9 +92,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	local _lang lang langs
-	for lang in ${IUSE_LINGUAS}; do
-		_lang=$(translate_lang ${lang})
-		if use linguas_${lang}; then
+	for _lang in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+		lang=$(map_lang ${_lang})
+		if use l10n_${lang}; then
 			langs+=",${_lang}"
 		else
 			sed -e "/${_lang}/d" -i scribus/doc/CMakeLists.txt || die
@@ -110,10 +126,11 @@ src_configure() {
 src_install() {
 	cmake-utils_src_install
 
-	local lang file
-	for lang in ${IUSE_LINGUAS}; do
-		file="${ED}"/usr/share/scribus/translations/scribus.${lang}.qm
-		if ! use linguas_${lang} && [[ -f "${file}" ]]; then
+	local _lang lang file
+	for _lang in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+		lang=$(map_lang ${_lang})
+		file="${ED}"/usr/share/scribus/translations/scribus.${_lang}.qm
+		if ! use l10n_${lang} && [[ -f "${file}" ]]; then
 			rm "${file}" || die
 		fi
 	done
@@ -149,10 +166,3 @@ pkg_postrm() {
 	fdo-mime_desktop_database_update
 	fdo-mime_mime_database_update
 }
-
-translate_lang() {
-	_lang=${1}
-	[[ ${1} == "ru_RU" ]] && _lang+=_0
-	[[ ${1} == "de@1901" ]] && _lang=de_1901
-	echo ${_lang}
-}
diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.3-r1.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.3-r1.ebuild
index 98015e52135b..e986c7933078 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -19,8 +19,24 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 IUSE="+boost debug examples graphicsmagick hunspell +minimal osg +pdf scripts templates tk"
 
 #a=$((ls resources/translations/scribus.*ts | sed -e 's:\.: :g' | awk '{print $2}'; ls resources/loremipsum/*xml | sed -e 's:\.: :g' -e 's:loremipsum\/: :g'| awk '{print $2}'; ls resources/dicts/hyph*dic | sed -e 's:\.: :g' -e 's:hyph_: :g' | awk '{print $2}'; ls resources/dicts/README_*txt | sed -e 's:_hyph::g' -e 's:\.: :g' -e 's:README_: :g' | awk '{print $2}') | sort | uniq); echo $a
-IUSE_LINGUAS=" af ar bg br ca ca_ES cs cs_CZ cy cy_GB da da_DK de de@1901 de_CH de_DE el en_AU en_GB en_US eo es es_ES et eu fa_IR fi fi_FI fr gl he he_IL hr hu hu_HU ia id id_ID is is_IS it ja kab kn_IN ko ku la lt lt_LT nb_NO nl nn_NO pl pl_PL pt pt_BR pt_PT ro ro_RO ru ru_RU sa sk sk_SK sl sl_SI so sq sr sv sv_SE te th_TH tr uk uk_UA zh_CN zh_TW"
-IUSE+=" ${IUSE_LINGUAS// / linguas_}"
+IUSE_L10N=" af ar bg br ca ca_ES cs cs_CZ cy cy_GB da da_DK de de_1901 de_CH de_DE el en_AU en_GB en_US eo es es_ES et eu fa_IR fi fi_FI fr gl he he_IL hr hu hu_HU ia id id_ID is is_IS it ja kab kn_IN ko ku la lt lt_LT nb_NO nl nn_NO pl pl_PL pt pt_BR pt_PT ro ro_RO ru ru_RU_0 sa sk sk_SK sl sl_SI so sq sr sv sv_SE te th_TH tr uk uk_UA zh_CN zh_TW"
+
+map_lang() {
+	lang=${1/_/-}
+	case ${1} in
+		# Retain the following, which have a specific subtag
+		de_1901|de_CH|de_DE|en_AU|en_GB|en_US|pt_BR|pt_PT|zh_CN|zh_TW) ;;
+		# Consider all other xx_XX as duplicates of the generic xx tag
+		*_*) lang=${1%%_*} ;;
+		*) ;;
+	esac
+	echo ${lang}
+}
+
+for l in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+	IUSE+=" l10n_$(map_lang ${l})"
+done
+unset l
 
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
@@ -109,9 +125,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	append-cppflags -DHAVE_MEMRCHR
 
 	local _lang lang langs
-	for lang in ${IUSE_LINGUAS}; do
-		_lang=$(translate_lang ${lang})
-		if use linguas_${lang} || [[ ${lang} == "en" ]]; then
+	for _lang in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+		lang=$(map_lang ${_lang})
+		if use l10n_${lang} || [[ ${lang} == "en" ]]; then
 			# From the CMakeLists.txt
 			# "#Bit of a hack, preprocess all the filenames to generate our language string, needed for -DWANT_GUI_LANG=en_GB;de_DE , etc"
 			langs+=";${_lang}"
@@ -162,9 +178,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 	local lang _lang
 	# en_EN can be deleted always
-	for lang in ${IUSE_LINGUAS}; do
-		if ! use linguas_${lang}; then
-			_lang=$(translate_lang ${lang})
+	for _lang in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+		lang=$(map_lang ${_lang})
+		if ! use l10n_${lang}; then
 			safe_delete "${ED%/}"/usr/share/man/${_lang}
 		fi
 	done
@@ -226,10 +242,3 @@ safe_delete () {
 		fi
 	done
 }
-
-translate_lang() {
-	_lang=${1}
-	[[ ${1} == "ru_RU" ]] && _lang+=_0
-	[[ ${1} == "de@1901" ]] && _lang=de_1901
-	echo ${_lang}
-}
diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild
index b76eeed83eeb..59d32544cab6 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -22,8 +22,24 @@ KEYWORDS=""
 IUSE="+boost debug examples graphicsmagick hunspell +minimal osg +pdf scripts templates tk"
 
 #a=$((ls resources/translations/scribus.*ts | sed -e 's:\.: :g' | awk '{print $2}'; ls resources/loremipsum/*xml | sed -e 's:\.: :g' -e 's:loremipsum\/: :g'| awk '{print $2}'; ls resources/dicts/hyph*dic | sed -e 's:\.: :g' -e 's:hyph_: :g' | awk '{print $2}'; ls resources/dicts/README_*txt | sed -e 's:_hyph::g' -e 's:\.: :g' -e 's:README_: :g' | awk '{print $2}') | sort | uniq); echo $a
-IUSE_LINGUAS=" af ar bg br ca ca_ES cs cs_CZ cy cy_GB da da_DK de de@1901 de_CH de_DE el en_AU en_GB en_US eo es es_ES et eu fa_IR fi fi_FI fr gl he he_IL hr hu hu_HU ia id id_ID is is_IS it ja kab kn_IN ko ku la lt lt_LT nb_NO nl nn_NO pl pl_PL pt pt_BR pt_PT ro ro_RO ru ru_RU sa sk sk_SK sl sl_SI so sq sr sv sv_SE te th_TH tr uk uk_UA zh_CN zh_TW"
-IUSE+=" ${IUSE_LINGUAS// / linguas_}"
+IUSE_L10N=" af ar bg br ca ca_ES cs cs_CZ cy cy_GB da da_DK de de_1901 de_CH de_DE el en_AU en_GB en_US eo es es_ES et eu fa_IR fi fi_FI fr gl he he_IL hr hu hu_HU ia id id_ID is is_IS it ja kab kn_IN ko ku la lt lt_LT nb_NO nl nn_NO pl pl_PL pt pt_BR pt_PT ro ro_RO ru ru_RU_0 sa sk sk_SK sl sl_SI so sq sr sv sv_SE te th_TH tr uk uk_UA zh_CN zh_TW"
+
+map_lang() {
+	lang=${1/_/-}
+	case ${1} in
+		# Retain the following, which have a specific subtag
+		de_1901|de_CH|de_DE|en_AU|en_GB|en_US|pt_BR|pt_PT|zh_CN|zh_TW) ;;
+		# Consider all other xx_XX as duplicates of the generic xx tag
+		*_*) lang=${1%%_*} ;;
+		*) ;;
+	esac
+	echo ${lang}
+}
+
+for l in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+	IUSE+=" l10n_$(map_lang ${l})"
+done
+unset l
 
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
@@ -110,9 +126,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	append-cppflags -DHAVE_MEMRCHR
 
 	local _lang lang langs
-	for lang in ${IUSE_LINGUAS}; do
-		_lang=$(translate_lang ${lang})
-		if use linguas_${lang} || [[ ${lang} == "en" ]]; then
+	for _lang in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+		lang=$(map_lang ${_lang})
+		if use l10n_${lang} || [[ ${lang} == "en" ]]; then
 			# From the CMakeLists.txt
 			# "#Bit of a hack, preprocess all the filenames to generate our language string, needed for -DWANT_GUI_LANG=en_GB;de_DE , etc"
 			langs+=";${_lang}"
@@ -163,9 +179,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 	local lang _lang
 	# en_EN can be deleted always
-	for lang in ${IUSE_LINGUAS}; do
-		if ! use linguas_${lang}; then
-			_lang=$(translate_lang ${lang})
+	for _lang in ${IUSE_L10N}; do
+		lang=$(map_lang ${_lang})
+		if ! use l10n_${lang}; then
 			safe_delete "${ED%/}"/usr/share/man/${_lang}
 		fi
 	done
@@ -227,10 +243,3 @@ safe_delete () {
 		fi
 	done
 }
-
-translate_lang() {
-	_lang=${1}
-	[[ ${1} == "ru_RU" ]] && _lang+=_0
-	[[ ${1} == "de@1901" ]] && _lang=de_1901
-	echo ${_lang}
-}