diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index a17db849b..333de7a64 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -2539,14 +2539,13 @@ class I18N(object):
         if t is not None:
             return t
 
-        if t is None:
-            for root in get_root_dirs():
-                try:
-                    t = gettext.translation(self.domain, os.path.join(root, 'share', 'locale'), [lang])
-                    if t is not None:
-                        break
-                except (OSError, IOError):  # OSError for 3.3+ and IOError otherwise
-                    t = None
+        for root in get_root_dirs():
+            try:
+                t = gettext.translation(self.domain, os.path.join(root, 'share', 'locale'), [lang])
+                if t is not None:
+                    break
+            except (OSError, IOError):  # OSError for 3.3+ and IOError otherwise
+                t = None
 
         if t is None and sys.platform == 'win32' and hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
             locale_data_zip = _load_exe_resource('LOCALE_DATA', 'LOCALE_DATA.ZIP')