in child theme functions I add
add_action ( '__navbar', 'qtrans_in_navbar',10,2);
function qtrans_in_navbar() {
?>
<div style="class="navbar-resp";">
<?php echo qtrans_generateLanguageSelectCode('both'); ?>
</div>
<?php
}
in child css
.qtrans_language_chooser { list-style-type:none }
.qtrans_language_chooser li { float:left; margin-right:3px }
and that did the trick for all the language choosers on mine