What I've done in the past when things are messed up in outlook is to convert it to Thunderbird. Somehow the conversion fixes whatever is wrong and you can use the Thunderbird export.
That doesn't fix your problem, but gives you a workaround. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Weller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 5:03 PM Subject: RE: [NF] Outlook Error Hi Ted, All I have to do to get the error is to select a single contact and click on Export to a File and the error immediately appears. John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ted Roche > Sent: 15 March 2012 20:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Outlook Error > > Having nothing to go on but a swag, I'd suggest you just select half the contacts (A-M) > and see if you still get the error. If so, slice that batch in half, and half again, until you > have a clue if there is a single record causing the problem. (Hint: Try a single one first, > just to see if you have a broken Outlook install) I have contacts from the CompuServe > days and have moved through a couple of PIMS and some accented characters got lost in > the DOS code page -> ANSI -> DBCS -> Unicode translation process. > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:23 PM, John Weller <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm using Outlook 2010. I want to export my Contacts. When I run the > > Import/Export wizard I get an Internal Translation Error. I've > > searched Google for this and found lots of references but they all > > seem to be people saying that they have this error but no one saying what to do to fix it! > > Any suggestions would be gratefully received. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, L[excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
