diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 06bb049..29e54f3 100755
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QTranslator>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QSplashScreen>
 #include <QPixmap>
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QInputDialog>
-#include <QMessageBox>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
@@ -13,6 +15,28 @@
 #include "dialogs/authenticationdialog.h"
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 
+bool loadAndInstallTranslator(QTranslator &translator,
+                              const QLocale &locale,
+                              const QString &filename,
+                              const QString &prefix = QString(),
+                              const QString &directory = QString(),
+                              const QString &suffix = QString())
+{
+    if(!translator.load(locale, filename, prefix, directory, suffix))
+    {
+        qDebug() << "could not load translation" << filename;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if(!QCoreApplication::installTranslator(&translator))
+    {
+        qDebug() << "could not install translation" << filename;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
@@ -58,6 +82,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     QLocale::setDefault(QLocale(settings.language(), QLocale::Austria));
 
+    QTranslator qtTranslator(&app);
+    loadAndInstallTranslator(qtTranslator, QLocale(), QStringLiteral("qt"), QStringLiteral("_"),
+                             QDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).absoluteFilePath("translations"));
+
+    QTranslator zeiterfassungTranslator(&app);
+    loadAndInstallTranslator(zeiterfassungTranslator, QLocale(), QStringLiteral("zeiterfassung"),
+                             QStringLiteral("_"), QStringLiteral(":/zeiterfassung/translations"));
+
     splashScreen.showMessage(QObject::tr("Loading login page..."));
 
     Zeiterfassung erfassung(settings.url(), &app);
diff --git a/zeiterfassung.pro b/zeiterfassung.pro
index 03bc9d3..25998aa 100755
--- a/zeiterfassung.pro
+++ b/zeiterfassung.pro
@@ -61,3 +61,28 @@ FORMS += \
     strips/kontierungstrip.ui \
     dialogs/settingsdialog.ui \
     dialogs/languageselectiondialog.ui
+
+win32 {
+    CONFIG(debug, release|debug) {
+        translationsinstall.path = $${OUT_PWD}/debug/translations
+    } else {
+        translationsinstall.path = $${OUT_PWD}/release/translations
+    }
+}
+unix {
+    translationsinstall.path = $${OUT_PWD}/translations
+}
+
+translationsinstall.files = $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qt_en.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtbase_en.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtmultimedia_en.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtquick1_en.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtscript_nen.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtxmlpatterns_en.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qt_de.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtbase_de.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtmultimedia_de.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtquick1_de.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtscript_de.qm \
+                            $$[QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS]/qtxmlpatterns_de.qm
+INSTALLS *= translationsinstall