diff --git a/src/Forms/GoogleTranslate.cs b/src/Forms/GoogleTranslate.cs
index 74aaa1526..11ea606e2 100644
--- a/src/Forms/GoogleTranslate.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/GoogleTranslate.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
 
             FillComboWithLanguages(comboBoxTo);
             i = 0;
-            string uiCultureTL = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName.ToLower();
+            string uiCultureTL = Configuration.Settings.Tools.GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage; 
             if (uiCultureTL == defaultFromLanguage)
             {
                 foreach (string s in Utilities.GetDictionaryLanguages())
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                 buttonTranslate.Enabled = true;
                 buttonOK.Enabled = true;
                 buttonCancel.Enabled = true;
+
+                Configuration.Settings.Tools.GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage = (comboBoxTo.SelectedItem as ComboBoxItem).Value;  
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Logic/Settings.cs b/src/Logic/Settings.cs
index 6506e4cd3..7af428b1f 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Settings.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/Settings.cs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
         public string Interjections { get; set; }
         public string MicrosoftBingApiId { get; set; }
         public string GoogleApiKey { get; set; }
+        public string GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage { get; set; }
         public bool ListViewSyntaxColorDurationSmall { get; set; }
         public bool ListViewSyntaxColorDurationBig { get; set; }
         public bool ListViewSyntaxColorOverlap { get; set; }
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
             Interjections = "Ah;Ahh;Ahhh;Eh;Ehh;Ehhh;Hm;Hmm;Hmmm;Phew;Gah;Oh;Ohh;Ohhh;Ow;Oww;Owww;Ugh;Ughh;Uh;Uhh;Uhhh;Whew";
             MicrosoftBingApiId = "C2C2E9A508E6748F0494D68DFD92FAA1FF9B0BA4";
             GoogleApiKey = "ABQIAAAA4j5cWwa3lDH0RkZceh7PjBTDmNAghl5kWSyuukQ0wtoJG8nFBxRPlalq-gAvbeCXMCkmrysqjXV1Gw";
+            GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage = "en";
             SpellCheckOneLetterWords = true;
             ListViewSyntaxColorDurationSmall = true;
             ListViewSyntaxColorDurationBig = true;
@@ -1037,6 +1039,9 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
             subNode = node.SelectSingleNode("GoogleApiKey");
             if (subNode != null)
                 settings.Tools.GoogleApiKey = subNode.InnerText;
+            subNode = node.SelectSingleNode("GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage");
+            if (subNode != null)
+                settings.Tools.GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage = subNode.InnerText;
             subNode = node.SelectSingleNode("ListViewSyntaxColorDurationSmall");
             if (subNode != null)
                 settings.Tools.ListViewSyntaxColorDurationSmall = Convert.ToBoolean(subNode.InnerText);
@@ -1679,6 +1684,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
             textWriter.WriteElementString("Interjections", settings.Tools.Interjections);
             textWriter.WriteElementString("MicrosoftBingApiId", settings.Tools.MicrosoftBingApiId);
             textWriter.WriteElementString("GoogleApiKey", settings.Tools.GoogleApiKey);
+            textWriter.WriteElementString("GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage", settings.Tools.GoogleTranslateLastTargetLanguage);            
             textWriter.WriteElementString("ListViewSyntaxColorDurationSmall", settings.Tools.ListViewSyntaxColorDurationSmall.ToString());
             textWriter.WriteElementString("ListViewSyntaxColorDurationBig", settings.Tools.ListViewSyntaxColorDurationBig.ToString());
             textWriter.WriteElementString("ListViewSyntaxColorLongLines", settings.Tools.ListViewSyntaxColorLongLines.ToString());