diff --git a/config/eoaconvert.cfg b/config/eoaconvert.cfg
index 8a859ed..7f71509 100644
--- a/config/eoaconvert.cfg
+++ b/config/eoaconvert.cfg
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ TRALICS_PATH_EXEC: /Users/kthoden/bin/tralics-2.15.4
 TRALICS_PATH_LIB: /Users/kthoden/EOAKram/dev/EOASkripts/config/
 TEMPLATE_PATH: /Users/kthoden/EOAKram/dev/EOASkripts/data/aux/
 SUPPORT_PATH: /Users/kthoden/EOAKram/dev/EOASkripts/data/dtd_files/
-CSL_FILE: /Users/kthoden/EOAKram/dev/eoa-csl/chicago-author-date-custom.csl
\ No newline at end of file
+CSL_FILE: /Users/kthoden/EOAKram/dev/eoa-csl/chicago-author-date-custom.csl
+TRANSLATIONS: /Users/kthoden/EOAKram/dev/EOASkripts/data/aux/translations.xml
diff --git a/libeoaconvert.py b/libeoaconvert.py
index 456cd8e..b85b7bd 100644
--- a/libeoaconvert.py
+++ b/libeoaconvert.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 LOGLEVEL = CONFIG['General']['loglevel']
 
 CSL_FILE = CONFIG['Auxiliaries']['CSL_FILE']
+TRANSLATION_FILE = CONFIG['Auxiliaries']['TRANSLATIONS']
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=LOGLEVEL, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 # dict_eds = {"en" : "eds.", "de" : "Hrsg."}
 
 # use the translation file that is used also for XSL
-translation_xml = etree.parse("data/aux/translations.xml")
+translation_xml = etree.parse(TRANSLATION_FILE)
 dictLangFootnotes = translation_xml.find("//entry[@name='footnotes']").attrib
 dict_and = translation_xml.find("//entry[@name='and']").attrib
 dict_ed = translation_xml.find("//entry[@name='editor-abbr']").attrib