From 251020ed81ce239a9bc594bb03a50343beb3aca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: qurious-pixel <62252937+qurious-pixel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:58:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] make translation folder relative to plugins folder

---
 rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
index 113f5a6ebb..4d91a32193 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ void gui_application::SwitchTranslator(const QString& language_code)
 	m_qt_translators.clear();
 
 	const QString default_code = QLocale(QLocale::English).bcp47Name();
-	const QString lang_path = QLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath) + QStringLiteral("/");
+	QDir plugin_dir(QLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::PluginsPath));
+	const QString lang_path = plugin_dir.absoluteFilePath("../translations/");
 
 	// Load qt translation files
 	const QDir dir(lang_path);
@@ -333,7 +334,8 @@ QStringList gui_application::GetAvailableLanguageCodes()
 {
 	QStringList language_codes;
 
-	const QString language_path = QLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath);
+	QDir plugin_dir(QLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::PluginsPath));
+	const QString language_path = plugin_dir.absoluteFilePath("../translations/");
 	gui_log.notice("Checking languages in '%s'", language_path);
 
 	if (QFileInfo(language_path).isDir())