diff --git a/mscore/musescore.cpp b/mscore/musescore.cpp
index 7d5da021ddae..7ea9ccdf7482 100644
--- a/mscore/musescore.cpp
+++ b/mscore/musescore.cpp
@@ -2083,8 +2083,12 @@ void loadTranslation(QString filename, QString localeName)
 
       //      qDebug() << userFi.exists();
       //      qDebug() << userFi.lastModified() << defaultFi.lastModified();
-      if (userFi.exists() && userFi.lastModified() > defaultFi.lastModified())
-            lp = userlp;
+      if (userFi.exists()) {
+            if (userFi.lastModified() > defaultFi.lastModified())
+                  lp = userlp;
+            else
+                  QFile::remove(userlp + ".qm");
+      }
 
       if (MScore::debugMode) qDebug("load translator <%s>", qPrintable(lp));
       bool success = translator->load(lp);
diff --git a/mscore/resourceManager.cpp b/mscore/resourceManager.cpp
index c8283b2e1241..bcfd7f504261 100644
--- a/mscore/resourceManager.cpp
+++ b/mscore/resourceManager.cpp
@@ -120,11 +120,13 @@ void ResourceManager::displayLanguages()
 bool ResourceManager::verifyLanguageFile(QString filename, QString hash)
       {
       QString local = dataPath + "/locale/" + filename;
+      QString global = mscoreGlobalShare + "locale/" + filename;
       QFileInfo fileLocal(local);
-      if(!fileLocal.exists())
-            local = mscoreGlobalShare + "locale/" + filename;;
+      QFileInfo fileGlobal(global);
+      if(!fileLocal.exists() || (fileLocal.lastModified() <= fileGlobal.lastModified()) )
+            local = mscoreGlobalShare + "locale/" + filename;
 
-	return verifyFile(local, hash);
+      return verifyFile(local, hash);
       }
 
 void ResourceManager::download()
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ void ResourceManager::download()
             button->setEnabled(1);
             }
       else {
-      	// unzip and delete
+            // unzip and delete
             MQZipReader zipFile(localPath);
             QFileInfo zfi(localPath);
             QString destinationDir(zfi.absolutePath());