diff --git a/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py b/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py
index 212e6b459c2..3bc5acf2eaf 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/module/wizard/wizard_export_lang.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class wizard_export_lang(wizard.interface):
 		return [(lang.code, lang.translatable and lang.name or 'New language') for lang in langs]
 
 	def _get_file(self, cr, uid, data, context):
-		file=tools.trans_generate(data['form']['lang'], 'all')
+		file=tools.trans_generate(data['form']['lang'], 'all', dbname=cr.dbname)
 		buf=StringIO.StringIO()
 		writer=csv.writer(buf)
 		for row in file:
diff --git a/bin/tools/translate.py b/bin/tools/translate.py
index 0a0c78915b6..1e0c308dcfd 100644
--- a/bin/tools/translate.py
+++ b/bin/tools/translate.py
@@ -105,10 +105,12 @@ def in_modules(object_name, modules):
 	module = module_dict.get(module, module)
 	return module in modules
 
-def trans_generate(lang, modules):
-	pool = pooler.get_pool(tools.config['db_name'])
+def trans_generate(lang, modules, dbname=None):
+	if not dbname:
+		dbname=tools.config['db_name']
+	pool = pooler.get_pool(dbname)
 	trans_obj = pool.get('ir.translation')
-	cr = pooler.get_db(tools.config['db_name']).cursor()
+	cr = pooler.get_db(dbname).cursor()
 	uid = 1
 	l = pool.obj_pool.items()
 	l.sort()