diff --git i/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp w/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp
index b64817bab..5f9aa3518 100644
--- i/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp
+++ w/src/libs/vmisc/vabstractapplication.cpp
@@ -221,26 +221,26 @@ void VAbstractApplication::LoadTranslation(const QString &locale)
     ClearTranslation();
 
     qtTranslator = new QTranslator(this);
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
     qtTranslator->load("qt_" + locale, translationsPath(locale));
 #else
-    qtTranslator->load("qt_" + locale, QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath));
+    qtTranslator->load("qt_" + locale, QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations"));
 #endif
     installTranslator(qtTranslator);
 
     qtxmlTranslator = new QTranslator(this);
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
     qtxmlTranslator->load("qtxmlpatterns_" + locale, translationsPath(locale));
 #else
-    qtxmlTranslator->load("qtxmlpatterns_" + locale, QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath));
+    qtxmlTranslator->load("qtxmlpatterns_" + locale, QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations"));
 #endif
     installTranslator(qtxmlTranslator);
 
     qtBaseTranslator = new QTranslator(this);
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
     qtBaseTranslator->load("qtbase_" + locale, translationsPath(locale));
 #else
-    qtBaseTranslator->load("qtbase_" + locale, QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath));
+    qtBaseTranslator->load("qtbase_" + locale, QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations"));
 #endif
     installTranslator(qtBaseTranslator);