From ca0df4929da48a7e35b24e81d41cb6a4fab200a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <gpg@ankiweb.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:39:01 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] add fallback for tr if collection not open

When syncing media on close, the collection may be closed before
media syncing completes.

A better solution in the future will be decouple translations from
the collection object.
---
 qt/aqt/utils.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/qt/aqt/utils.py b/qt/aqt/utils.py
index b01cc7442..74d07ab32 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/utils.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/utils.py
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ def locale_dir() -> str:
 def tr(group: StringsGroup, key: str, **kwargs: Union[str, int, float]) -> str:
     """Shortcut to access translations from the backend.
     (Currently) requires an open collection."""
-    return aqt.mw.col.backend.translate(group, key, **kwargs)
+    if aqt.mw.col:
+        return aqt.mw.col.backend.translate(group, key, **kwargs)
+    else:
+        return key
 
 
 def openHelp(section):