Does this help?

You receive a message when you try to import or to export files in Outlook
2003: "Microsoft Outlook cannot start the required translator"
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...d=2520&sid=888

Regards,
ern.


"rustyfender04" wrote in message
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Followup...

I did manage to move my contacts from OE6 to Outlook, by selecting "all"
in
OE and dragging them over to Outlook's contacts folder.

Still trying to find a fix for the Import/ Export wizzard though.

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Regards
"rustyfender04" wrote in message
...
Much obliged Ernie.

Maybe someone can find a fix for this.

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Regards


"ernie" wrote:

I have been encouraged to monitor the Outlook.Contacts group where
another
poster has your problem. I will relay the suggestions they receive if
you
cannot find it.
ern.

"rustyfender04" wrote in
message
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Correct--I get an error message when I click on File/ Import-Export.

I didn't do a complete removal of Office--I just used the wizard in
Add-Remove programs to make installation adjustments with a few
Office
apps
(Including Outlook).

I am wondering if a complete reinstall of the whole Office program is
in
order.

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Regards


"ernie" wrote:

Just to be absolutely clear, the Import/Export Wizard does not
appear,
but
the error message box does, when you click Import/Export on the
File
menu?

I assume, from your subject line, that you have done a complete
reinstall of
Office 2003. I am out of ideas, but you *might* get an answer from
a
search
of the MS Knowledge Base rather than Goggle.

Good luck,
ern.

"rustyfender04" wrote in
message
news Hi Ernie,

I guess I need to start from the beginning.

I installed Office 2003 about 2 to 3 months ago, but my system
resources
could not quite handle Outlook, so I uninstalled it for the time
being,
until
I could get more ram. But before I uninstalled it, I had
imported
my
contacts from OE6 (.csv format--This was stored on a USB drive)
into
Outlook.
After deciding to uninstall Outlook, I decided to delete the .pst
(?)
folder
that had been created, and thus deleting my contacts with it.

Finally, after installing more ram this week, I reinstalled
Outlook.
But
now
I when I click on "File" / "Import and Export"--I get the error
message.

I've tried a repair install a couple of times, but it has been of
no
help.


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Regards


"ernie" wrote:

When does the error message arise during the Import/Export
process?
Give
more detail, have you exported the Windows Address Book (that
is
part of
OE6)? What format did you choose?
ern.

"rustyfender04" wrote
in
message
...
Correction, I can add contacts to Outlook's address book.It's
just
that I
cannot import them from Outlook Express 6. In fact, I cannot
use
the
Import
and Export wizard at all in Outlook 2003.

It keeps giving me the same old error message -"Internal
Translation
System
Error".

I have tried Google, Dog pile, etc, and cannot find anything
related
to
this
error message.

I'm paving new ground here I reckon. : -(

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Regards


"rustyfender04" wrote:

So far I cannot even add anything to the contacts
list...The
contacts
folder
cannot be opened.

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Regards


"rustyfender04" wrote:

I will have to research your answer, since I'm fairly new
to
Outlook.

The first time I installed Outlook, I was able to import
my
address
book
from OE6...Why the error now?


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Regards


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

rustyfender04
wrote:

I cannot use the Import, Export function (I am
getting
an
error
message that says--"Internal Translation System
Error").

To what and from what do you wish to export?

Nor can I add contacts to the address book.

You don't add contacts to the address book. You add
them
to
a
Contacts
folder. The address book contains no information.
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Brian Tillman