diff -up cppcheck-1.70/gui/CMakeLists.txt.translations cppcheck-1.70/gui/CMakeLists.txt
--- cppcheck-1.70/gui/CMakeLists.txt.translations	2015-11-05 11:37:19.343945331 -0800
+++ cppcheck-1.70/gui/CMakeLists.txt	2015-11-05 11:37:19.344945349 -0800
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
     add_executable(cppcheck-gui ${hdrs} ${srcs} ${uis_hdrs} ${resources} ${qms})
 
     install(TARGETS cppcheck-gui RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT applications)
-    install(FILES ${qms} DESTINATION bin COMPONENT applications)
+    install(FILES ${qms} DESTINATION share/${PROJECT_NAME}/lang/ COMPONENT applications)
 
     set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC OFF)
 
diff -up cppcheck-1.70/gui/translationhandler.cpp.translations cppcheck-1.70/gui/translationhandler.cpp
--- cppcheck-1.70/gui/translationhandler.cpp.translations	2015-09-04 11:04:31.000000000 -0700
+++ cppcheck-1.70/gui/translationhandler.cpp	2015-11-05 11:38:34.991299374 -0800
@@ -106,15 +106,7 @@ bool TranslationHandler::SetLanguage(con
     if (datadir.isEmpty())
         datadir = appPath;
 
-    QString translationFile;
-    if (QFile::exists(datadir + "/lang/" + mTranslations[index].mFilename + ".qm"))
-        translationFile = datadir + "/lang/" + mTranslations[index].mFilename + ".qm";
-
-    else if (QFile::exists(datadir + "/" + mTranslations[index].mFilename + ".qm"))
-        translationFile = datadir + "/" + mTranslations[index].mFilename + ".qm";
-
-    else
-        translationFile = appPath + "/" + mTranslations[index].mFilename + ".qm";
+    QString translationFile("/usr/share/CppCheck/lang/" + mTranslations[index].mFilename + ".qm");
 
     if (!mTranslator->load(translationFile) && !failure) {
         translationFile += ".qm";