diff --git a/.github/workflows/translation.yml b/.github/workflows/translation.yml
index 87202bd38b..95e208b25f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translation.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ jobs:
           set -x
           find -name messages.pot
           messages_pot=$(find -name messages.pot)
-          for x in ${{ github.workspace }}/psychopy/app/locale/* ;\
-           do pybabel update --input-file="$messages_pot" --output-dir="${{ github.workspace }}/psychopy/app/locale/$x/";\
+          for x in $(find {{ github.workspace }}/psychopy/app/locale -type d); do
+            pybabel update --input-file="$messages_pot" --output-dir="${x}/";
           done
 
 
       - name: Compiling .mo files
         run: |
           set -x
-          for x in ${{ github.workspace }}/psychopy/app/locale/*/*/*.po ;\
-             do python3 .github/workflows/msgfmt.py --output-file "`dirname "$x"`/`basename "$x" .po`.mo" "$x" ; \
+          for x in ${{ github.workspace }}/psychopy/app/locale/*/*/*.po ; do
+             python3 .github/workflows/msgfmt.py --output-file "`dirname "$x"`/`basename "$x" .po`.mo" "$x" ;
           done
 
       # - name: Compiling .mo files