diff --git a/bin/osv/fields.py b/bin/osv/fields.py
index a38301ba184..2158c7b0fbe 100644
--- a/bin/osv/fields.py
+++ b/bin/osv/fields.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from psycopg2 import Binary
 import warnings
 
 import tools
-
+from tools.translate import _
 
 def _symbol_set(symb):
     if symb == None or symb == False:
diff --git a/bin/report/custom.py b/bin/report/custom.py
index e476b296056..d4309b31ab9 100644
--- a/bin/report/custom.py
+++ b/bin/report/custom.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from pychart import *
 import misc
 import cStringIO
 from lxml import etree
+from tools.translate import _
 
 class external_pdf(render.render):
     def __init__(self, pdf):