diff --git a/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py b/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py
index 2e9751e55e5..c6ce9f75e19 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ class wizard_export_lang(osv.osv_memory):
                                          ('get','get'),         # get the file
                                        ) ),
             }
-    _defaults = { 'state': lambda *a: 'choose', 
+    _defaults = { 'state': lambda *a: 'choose',
+    		  'name': lambda *a: 'lang.tar.gz'
                 }
 wizard_export_lang()
 
diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index b40e486e174..0571bbbd99e 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ class browse_record(object):
                     elif f._type in ('one2many', 'many2many') and len(data[n]):
                         data[n] = self._list_class([browse_record(self._cr, self._uid, id, self._table.pool.get(f._obj), self._cache, context=self._context, list_class=self._list_class, fields_process=self._fields_process) for id in data[n]], self._context)
                 self._data[data['id']].update(data)
+	if not name in self._data[self._id]:
+		#how did this happen?
+		raise AttributeError(_('Unknown attribute % in % ') % (name,self._id))
         return self._data[self._id][name]
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
diff --git a/bin/tools/translate.py b/bin/tools/translate.py
index 7e382ce99bb..bb59aca11e8 100644
--- a/bin/tools/translate.py
+++ b/bin/tools/translate.py
@@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ def trans_generate(lang, modules, dbname=None):
                 push_translation(module, 'view', obj.model, 0, t)
         elif model=='ir.actions.wizard':
             service_name = 'wizard.'+obj.wiz_name
-            obj2 = netsvc._service[service_name]
+	    try:
+                obj2 = netsvc._service[service_name]
+	    except KeyError, exc:
+	        logger.notifyChannel("db", netsvc.LOG_ERROR, "key error in %s: %s" % (xml_name,str(exc)))
+	        continue
             for state_name, state_def in obj2.states.iteritems():
                 if 'result' in state_def:
                     result = state_def['result']
@@ -389,7 +393,11 @@ def trans_generate(lang, modules, dbname=None):
                         push_translation(module, 'wizard_button', res_name, 0, button_label)
 
         elif model=='ir.model.fields':
-            field_name = obj.name
+	    try:
+                field_name = obj.name
+	    except AttributeError, exc:
+	        logger.notifyChannel("db", netsvc.LOG_ERROR, "name error in %s: %s" % (xml_name,str(exc)))
+	        continue
             objmodel = pool.get(obj.model)
             if not objmodel or not field_name in objmodel._columns:
                 continue
@@ -446,7 +454,10 @@ def trans_generate(lang, modules, dbname=None):
         for field_name,field_def in pool.get(model)._columns.items():
             if field_def.translate:
                 name = model + "," + field_name
-                trad = getattr(obj, field_name) or ''
+		try:
+                    trad = getattr(obj, field_name) or ''
+		except:
+		    trad = ''
                 push_translation(module, 'model', name, xml_name, trad)
 
     # parse source code for _() calls