diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec4f3bc..a44cb1e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 
 # find c++utilities
-find_package(c++utilities 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
+set(CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "sets the suffix for find_package() calls to packages configured via c++utilities")
+find_package(c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
 
 # include modules to apply configuration
diff --git a/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake
index 4cb2a34..7ac3d28 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ if (ENABLE_QT_TRANSLATIONS AND TS_FILES)
 
     # add install target for translations
     if (NOT META_NO_INSTALL_TARGETS AND ENABLE_INSTALL_TARGETS)
-        install(FILES ${QM_FILES} DESTINATION share/${META_PROJECT_NAME}/translations COMPONENT localization)
+        install(FILES ${QM_FILES} DESTINATION "${META_DATA_DIR}/translations" COMPONENT localization)
         if (NOT TARGET install-localization)
             set(LOCALIZATION_TARGET "install-localization")
             add_custom_target(${LOCALIZATION_TARGET}
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ foreach (RES_FILE ${RES_FILES})
 endforeach ()
 
 # export Qt resources required by static libraries the static library depends on
-if (META_PROJECT_IS_LIBRARY AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND STATIC_LIBRARIES_QT_RESOURCES)
+if (STATIC_LIBRARIES_QT_RESOURCES)
     list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES STATIC_LIBRARIES_QT_RESOURCES)
     list(APPEND QT_RESOURCES ${STATIC_LIBRARIES_QT_RESOURCES})
 endif ()
diff --git a/resources/resources.cpp b/resources/resources.cpp
index 5628d59..6a52d45 100644
--- a/resources/resources.cpp
+++ b/resources/resources.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void loadQtTranslationFile(std::initializer_list<QString> repositoryNames)
 void loadQtTranslationFile(initializer_list<QString> repositoryNames, const QString &localeName)
 {
     for (const QString &repoName : repositoryNames) {
-        QTranslator *qtTranslator = new QTranslator;
+        QTranslator *const qtTranslator = new QTranslator;
         const QString fileName(repoName % QChar('_') % localeName);
         if (!additionalTranslationFilePath().isEmpty() && qtTranslator->load(fileName, additionalTranslationFilePath())) {
             QCoreApplication::installTranslator(qtTranslator);
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@ void loadApplicationTranslationFile(const QString &applicationName)
     // load English translation files as fallback
     loadApplicationTranslationFile(applicationName, QStringLiteral("en_US"));
     // load translation files for current locale
-    if (QLocale().name() != QLatin1String("en_US")) {
-        loadApplicationTranslationFile(applicationName, QLocale().name());
+    const auto defaultLocale(QLocale().name());
+    if (defaultLocale != QLatin1String("en_US")) {
+        loadApplicationTranslationFile(applicationName, defaultLocale);
     }
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ void loadApplicationTranslationFile(const QString &applicationName)
  */
 void loadApplicationTranslationFile(const QString &applicationName, const QString &localeName)
 {
-    QTranslator *appTranslator = new QTranslator;
+    QTranslator *const appTranslator = new QTranslator;
     const QString fileName(applicationName % QChar('_') % localeName);
     if (!additionalTranslationFilePath().isEmpty() && appTranslator->load(fileName, additionalTranslationFilePath())) {
         QCoreApplication::installTranslator(appTranslator);
@@ -188,9 +189,9 @@ void loadApplicationTranslationFile(const QString &applicationName, const QStrin
         QCoreApplication::installTranslator(appTranslator);
     } else if (appTranslator->load(fileName, QStringLiteral("./translations"))) {
         QCoreApplication::installTranslator(appTranslator);
-    } else if (appTranslator->load(fileName, QStringLiteral(APP_INSTALL_PREFIX "/share/") % applicationName % QStringLiteral("/translations"))) {
+    } else if (appTranslator->load(fileName, QStringLiteral(APP_INSTALL_PREFIX "/" APP_DATA_DIR) % applicationName % QStringLiteral("/translations"))) {
         QCoreApplication::installTranslator(appTranslator);
-    } else if (appTranslator->load(fileName, QStringLiteral("../share/") % applicationName % QStringLiteral("/translations"))) {
+    } else if (appTranslator->load(fileName, QStringLiteral("../" APP_DATA_DIR "/") % applicationName % QStringLiteral("/translations"))) {
         QCoreApplication::installTranslator(appTranslator);
     } else if (appTranslator->load(fileName, QStringLiteral(":/translations"))) {
         QCoreApplication::installTranslator(appTranslator);