diff -up cppcheck-1.73/gui/CMakeLists.txt.translations cppcheck-1.73/gui/CMakeLists.txt
--- cppcheck-1.73/gui/CMakeLists.txt.translations	2016-04-10 03:12:17.000000000 +0200
+++ cppcheck-1.73/gui/CMakeLists.txt	2016-04-10 03:13:24.959212031 +0200
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
 
 
     install(TARGETS cppcheck-gui RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)
-    install(FILES ${qms} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)
+    install(FILES ${qms} DESTINATION share/${PROJECT_NAME}/lang/ COMPONENT applications)
 
     set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC OFF)
 
diff -up cppcheck-1.73/gui/translationhandler.cpp.translations cppcheck-1.73/gui/translationhandler.cpp
--- cppcheck-1.73/gui/translationhandler.cpp.translations	2016-04-08 20:47:43.000000000 +0200
+++ cppcheck-1.73/gui/translationhandler.cpp	2016-04-10 03:12:17.819211809 +0200
@@ -113,15 +113,7 @@ 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";