diff --git a/scripts/languages/analyze.py b/scripts/languages/analyze.py
index 3fa2d628f..acc3f714e 100755
--- a/scripts/languages/analyze.py
+++ b/scripts/languages/analyze.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import twlang
+import os
 import sys
+import twlang
+
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])) + "/../..")
 
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
     langs = sys.argv[1:]
diff --git a/scripts/languages/copy_fix.py b/scripts/languages/copy_fix.py
index 8e4f40408..f05e8bf75 100755
--- a/scripts/languages/copy_fix.py
+++ b/scripts/languages/copy_fix.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import twlang
+import os
 import sys
 
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])) + "/../..")
+
 if len(sys.argv) < 3:
     print("usage: python copy_fix.py <infile> <outfile> [--delete-unused] [--append-missing] [--delete-empty]")
     sys.exit()
diff --git a/scripts/languages/find_unchanged.py b/scripts/languages/find_unchanged.py
index 561d6f4b9..1f58325eb 100755
--- a/scripts/languages/find_unchanged.py
+++ b/scripts/languages/find_unchanged.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import twlang
+import os
 import sys
+import twlang
+
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])) + "/../..")
 
 if len(sys.argv) < 2:
     print("usage: python find_unchanged.py <file>")
diff --git a/scripts/languages/twlang.py b/scripts/languages/twlang.py
index 76e766e07..3a3c563ab 100644
--- a/scripts/languages/twlang.py
+++ b/scripts/languages/twlang.py
@@ -47,20 +47,18 @@ def check_file(path):
 
 
 def check_folder(path):
-    files = os.listdir(path)
     englishlist = set()
-    for f in files:
-        newpath = os.path.join(path, f)
-        if os.path.isdir(newpath):
-            englishlist.update(check_folder(newpath))
-        elif os.path.isfile(newpath):
-            englishlist.update(check_file(newpath))
+    for path, _, files in os.walk(path):
+        for f in files:
+            if not any(f.endswith(x) for x in ".cpp .c .h".split()):
+                continue
+            englishlist.update(check_file(os.path.join(path, f)))
     return englishlist
 
 
 def languages():
-    index = decode(open("../../data/languages/index.txt"), 2)
-    langs = {"../"+key+".txt" : [key]+elements for key, elements in index.items()}
+    index = decode(open("data/languages/index.txt"), 2)
+    langs = {"data/languages/"+key+".txt" : [key]+elements for key, elements in index.items()}
     return langs
 
 
@@ -70,5 +68,5 @@ def translations(filename):
 
 
 def localizes():
-    englishlist = list(check_folder("../../src"))
+    englishlist = list(check_folder("src"))
     return englishlist