https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187084
--- Comment #20 from Jonny Heggheim jonnyheggheim@sigaint.org --- (In reply to Samuel Gyger from comment #19)
If this is how it should be, than I think working with upstream is the way to go. The author is very responsive, at least in my experience.
I just sent him an email and asked if we could find a solution.
Btw, Debian stores the locales in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/locale for their Electrum package