diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation_sql.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation_sql.inc.php
index 376aba063f..f7a1e63030 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation_sql.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation_sql.inc.php
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 			}
 			if ($this->mbstring)
 			{
-				return mb_convert_encoding($data,$to,$from);
+				return @mb_convert_encoding($data,$to,$from);
 			}
 			if(function_exists('iconv'))
 			{