diff --git a/src/Translator/TranslatorContainer.cpp b/src/Translator/TranslatorContainer.cpp
index 82a6320f..7e3c44bb 100644
--- a/src/Translator/TranslatorContainer.cpp
+++ b/src/Translator/TranslatorContainer.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ TranslatorContainer::TranslatorContainer(QApplication & /* app */)
   if ((localeDefault.name().toLower() != "en_us") ||
       (localeDefault.name().toLower() != locale.name().toLower())) {
 
+    QString localeName = locale.name().toLower();
+
     // Basic translators, like buttons in QWizard
     m_translatorGeneric = new QTranslator;
-    m_translatorGeneric->load ("qt_" + locale.name().toLower(),
-                               QLibraryInfo::location (QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath));
+    m_translatorGeneric->load ("qt_" + localeName,
+                                QLibraryInfo::location (QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath));
     QApplication::installTranslator (m_translatorGeneric);
 
     // Engauge-specific translators. As documented in engauge.pro, the country-specific engauge_XX_YY locale is loaded
@@ -43,9 +45,19 @@ TranslatorContainer::TranslatorContainer(QApplication & /* app */)
     // QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath points to ../Engauge Digitizer.app/Contents/MacOS (which we want)
     QString delimiters ("._");
     m_translatorEngauge = new QTranslator;
-    m_translatorEngauge->load ("engauge_" + locale.name().toLower(),
-                               qmDirectory(),
-                               delimiters);
+    // Handle usual translations like es_es
+    bool rtn = m_translatorEngauge->load ("engauge_" + localeName,
+                                           qmDirectory(),
+                                           delimiters);
+    if (!rtn) {
+      // Handle country-specific translations like fa_IR. Transifex capitalizes the last two characters
+      QString localeNameUpper = QString ("%1%2")
+          .arg (localeName.left (localeName.length() - 2))
+          .arg (localeName.right (2).toUpper ());
+      m_translatorEngauge->load ("engauge_" + localeNameUpper,
+                                 qmDirectory(),
+                                 delimiters);
+    }
     QApplication::installTranslator (m_translatorEngauge);
   }
 }