This patch was adapted from -2.77-transmations-path-fix.patch for 2.80 Fix path for finding locale-specific files: QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() transforms to '/usr/bin' and locale files are in '/usr/share/qt4/translations' --- qt/app.cc +++ qt/app.cc @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ installTranslator (&qtTranslator); // install the transmission translator - appTranslator.load (QString (MY_CONFIG_NAME) + "_" + QLocale::system ().name (), QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath () + "/translations"); + appTranslator.load (QString (MY_CONFIG_NAME) + "_" + QLocale::system ().name (), QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath) ); installTranslator (&appTranslator); Formatter::initUnits ();