diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/pages/visual_editor_page.rb b/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/pages/visual_editor_page.rb
index 3c72a189ef..23a0ee789b 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/pages/visual_editor_page.rb
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/pages/visual_editor_page.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ class VisualEditorPage
 
   def self.translate(string)
     language = ENV['LANGUAGE_SCREENSHOT_CODE']
-    file_name = (File.exist?("../../i18n/#{language}.json")) ? "../../i18n/#{language}.json" : '../../i18n/en.json'
+
+    file_name = File.expand_path("../../../i18n/#{language}.json", __dir__)
+    unless File.exist?(file_name)
+      file_name = File.expand_path('../../../i18n/en.json', __dir__)
+    end
+
     json = JSON.parse(File.read(file_name))
     json[string] || ''
   end
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/visual_editor_helper.rb b/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/visual_editor_helper.rb
index 115bac3864..f0fdb2bb86 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/visual_editor_helper.rb
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/browser/features/support/visual_editor_helper.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ module VisualEditorHelper
 
   def i18n_file
     language = lookup(:language_screenshot_code)
-    (File.exist?("i18n/#{language}.json")) ? "i18n/#{language}.json" : 'i18n/en.json'
+    file_name = File.expand_path("../../i18n/#{language}.json", __dir__)
+    unless File.exist?(file_name)
+      file_name = File.expand_path('../../i18n/en.json', __dir__)
+    end
+    file_name
   end
 end