diff --git a/plugins/LinksCloud/LinksCloudPlugin.cpp b/plugins/LinksCloud/LinksCloudPlugin.cpp
index 2694f1ce6..d2c844a48 100644
--- a/plugins/LinksCloud/LinksCloudPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/LinksCloud/LinksCloudPlugin.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ QTranslator* LinksCloudPlugin::qt_translator(QApplication */*app*/, const QStrin
 	}
 
 	QTranslator* translator = new QTranslator();
-	if (translator->load(":/lang/LinksCloud_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
+
+	if (translator->load(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/translations/LinksCloud_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
+		return translator;
+	} else if (translator->load(":/lang/LinksCloud_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
 		return translator;
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/VOIP/VOIPPlugin.cpp b/plugins/VOIP/VOIPPlugin.cpp
index 2ebee9610..f92374686 100644
--- a/plugins/VOIP/VOIPPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/VOIP/VOIPPlugin.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ QTranslator* VOIPPlugin::qt_translator(QApplication */*app*/, const QString& lan
 	}
 
 	QTranslator* translator = new QTranslator();
-	if (translator->load(":/lang/VOIP_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
+
+	if (translator->load(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/translations/VOIP_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
+		return translator;
+	} else if (translator->load(":/lang/VOIP_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
 		return translator;
 	}
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/lang/languagesupport.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/lang/languagesupport.cpp
index b02501a37..476660806 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/lang/languagesupport.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/lang/languagesupport.cpp
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ LanguageSupport::translate(const QString &languageCode)
   if (languageCode == "en")
     return true;
 
-  /* Attempt to load the translations for Qt's internal widgets from their
-   * installed Qt directory. */
+  /* Attempt to load the translations for Qt's internal widgets from their installed Qt directory. */
   QString qtTranslation = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath) + "/qt_" + languageCode + ".qm";
   QTranslator *systemQtTranslator = new QTranslator(rApp);
   Q_CHECK_PTR(systemQtTranslator);
@@ -176,7 +175,9 @@ LanguageSupport::translate(const QString &languageCode)
 
   bool result = true;
 
-  if (retroshareTranslator->load(":/lang/retroshare_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
+  if (retroshareTranslator->load(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/translations/retroshare_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
+    QApplication::installTranslator(retroshareTranslator);
+  } else if (retroshareTranslator->load(":/lang/retroshare_" + languageCode + ".qm")) {
     QApplication::installTranslator(retroshareTranslator);
   } else {
     delete retroshareTranslator;