diff --git a/bin/service/web_services.py b/bin/service/web_services.py
index 3fc8e5c6a70..05c2249bd20 100644
--- a/bin/service/web_services.py
+++ b/bin/service/web_services.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class db(netsvc.Service):
 						traceback_str = e_str.getvalue()
 						e_str.close()
 						serv.actions[id]['traceback'] = traceback_str
+						cr.close()
 			logger = netsvc.Logger()
 			logger.notifyChannel("web-services", netsvc.LOG_INFO, 'CREATE DB: %s' % (db_name))
 
diff --git a/bin/tools/translate.py b/bin/tools/translate.py
index 43ff6ea8535..a1327c301ed 100644
--- a/bin/tools/translate.py
+++ b/bin/tools/translate.py
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ def trans_load_data(db_name, data, lang, strict=False, lang_name=None):
 						trans_obj.write(cr, uid, ids, {'value': dic['value']})
 					else:
 						trans_obj.create(cr, uid, dic)
+				cr.commit()
 			except Exception, e:
 				logger.notifyChannel('init', netsvc.LOG_ERROR, 'Import error: %s on line %d: %s!' % (str(e), line, row))
-		cr.commit()
 		cr.close()
 		logger.notifyChannel("init", netsvc.LOG_INFO, "translation file loaded succesfully")
 	except IOError: