diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6c65f872c..f64b0a95a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 clean_translations_temp_directory:
 	rm -rf I18N/
 
-create_virtual_env:
-	rm -rf .venv
-	python3 -m venv .venv
-	# TODO: Publish new version on pypi as `python3-localizable`
-	. .venv/bin/activate && pip install git+https://github.com/Amr-Nash/python-localizable.git@15d3bf2
-	. .venv/bin/activate && pip install openedx-atlas==0.6.0
+translation_requirements:
+	pip install -r i18n_scripts/requirements.txt
 
-pull_translations: clean_translations_temp_directory create_virtual_env
-	. .venv/bin/activate && atlas pull $(ATLAS_OPTIONS) translations/openedx-app-ios/I18N:I18N
-	. .venv/bin/activate && python i18n_scripts/translation.py --split
+pull_translations: clean_translations_temp_directory
+	atlas pull $(ATLAS_OPTIONS) translations/openedx-app-ios/I18N:I18N
+	python i18n_scripts/translation.py --split
 	make clean_translations_temp_directory
 
 
-extract_translations: clean_translations_temp_directory create_virtual_env
-	. .venv/bin/activate && python i18n_scripts/translation.py --combine
+extract_translations: clean_translations_temp_directory
+	python i18n_scripts/translation.py --combine
diff --git a/i18n_scripts/requirements.txt b/i18n_scripts/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..882797d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n_scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# TODO: Publish new version on pypi as `python3-localizable` https://github.com/chrisballinger/python-localizable/pull/4
+https://github.com/Amr-Nash/python-localizable/archive/15d3bf2466d0de1a826d3f0ff1f365b0c1910f56.zip
+openedx-atlas==0.6.0
diff --git a/i18n_scripts/translation.py b/i18n_scripts/translation.py
index 12568f824..29ce154e2 100644
--- a/i18n_scripts/translation.py
+++ b/i18n_scripts/translation.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def combine_translation_files(modules_dir=None):
     Combine translation files from different modules into a single file.
     """
     if not modules_dir:
-        modules_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+        modules_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
     combined_translation_dict = get_translations(modules_dir)
     write_combined_translation_file(modules_dir, combined_translation_dict)