diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/model/Translation.php b/workflow/engine/classes/model/Translation.php
index 49a08ea41..36002fdbe 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/model/Translation.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/model/Translation.php
@@ -93,26 +93,36 @@ class Translation extends BaseTranslation {
       }
     }
 	
-    if( ! is_dir(dirname($cacheFile)) ) 
-      G::mk_dir(dirname($cacheFile));
-    
-    $f = fopen( $cacheFile , 'w+');
-    fwrite( $f , "<?php\n" );
-    fwrite( $f , '$translation =' . 'unserialize(\'' . addcslashes( serialize ( $translation ), '\\\'' ) . "');\n");
-    fwrite( $f , "?>" );
-    fclose( $f );
+    try {
+      
+      if( ! is_dir(dirname($cacheFile)) ) 
+        G::mk_dir(dirname($cacheFile));
 
-    $json=new Services_JSON();
+      if (!file_exists($cacheFile) || !file_exists($cacheFileJS)){
+          $error = 'translation file does not exist';
+          throw new Exception($error);
+      }
+      $f = fopen( $cacheFile , 'w+');
+      fwrite( $f , "<?php\n" );
+      fwrite( $f , '$translation =' . 'unserialize(\'' . addcslashes( serialize ( $translation ), '\\\'' ) . "');\n");
+      fwrite( $f , "?>" );
+      fclose( $f );
 
-    $f = fopen( $cacheFileJS , 'w');
-    fwrite( $f , "var G_STRINGS =". $json->encode( $translationJS ) . ";\n");
-    fclose( $f );
+      $json=new Services_JSON();
+
+      $f = fopen( $cacheFileJS , 'w');
+      fwrite( $f , "var G_STRINGS =". $json->encode( $translationJS ) . ";\n");
+      fclose( $f );
+
+      $res['cacheFile'] = $cacheFile;
+      $res['cacheFileJS'] = $cacheFileJS;
+      $res['rows']   = count (  $translation );
+      $res['rowsJS'] = count (  $translationJS );
+      return $res;    
+    } catch( Exception $e ) {
+      //echo 'Caught exception: ',  $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+    }
 
-    $res['cacheFile'] = $cacheFile;
-    $res['cacheFileJS'] = $cacheFileJS;
-    $res['rows']   = count (  $translation );
-    $res['rowsJS'] = count (  $translationJS );
-    return $res;
   }
 
   /**