diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
index aeb3f5bdfa3..85f4e5369f0 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ class ir_translation(osv.osv):
     def write(self, cursor, user, ids, vals, context=None):
         if not context:
             context = {}
+        if isinstance(ids, (int, long)):
+            ids = [ids]
         result = super(ir_translation, self).write(cursor, user, ids, vals, context=context)
         for trans_obj in self.read(cursor, user, ids, ['name','type','res_id','src','lang'], context=context):
             self._get_source.clear_cache(cursor.dbname, user, trans_obj['name'], trans_obj['type'], trans_obj['lang'], source=trans_obj['src'])
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ class ir_translation(osv.osv):
     def unlink(self, cursor, user, ids, context=None):
         if not context:
             context = {}
+        if isinstance(ids, (int, long)):
+            ids = [ids]
         for trans_obj in self.read(cursor, user, ids, ['name','type','res_id','src','lang'], context=context):
             self._get_source.clear_cache(cursor.dbname, user, trans_obj['name'], trans_obj['type'], trans_obj['lang'], source=trans_obj['src'])
             self._get_ids.clear_cache(cursor.dbname, user, trans_obj['name'], trans_obj['type'], trans_obj['lang'], [trans_obj['res_id']])