diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
index 1b0fdd5a418..682b825eed2 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
@@ -1395,13 +1395,17 @@ void NodeInstanceServer::setTranslationLanguage(const QString &language)
     static QPointer<MultiLanguage::Translator> multilanguageTranslator;
     if (!MultiLanguage::databaseFilePath().isEmpty()
         && QFileInfo::exists(QString::fromUtf8(MultiLanguage::databaseFilePath()))) {
-        if (!multilanguageLink) {
-            multilanguageLink = std::make_unique<MultiLanguage::Link>();
-            multilanguageTranslator = multilanguageLink->translator().release();
-            QCoreApplication::installTranslator(multilanguageTranslator);
+        try {
+            if (!multilanguageLink) {
+                multilanguageLink = std::make_unique<MultiLanguage::Link>();
+                multilanguageTranslator = multilanguageLink->translator().release();
+                QCoreApplication::installTranslator(multilanguageTranslator);
+            }
+            if (multilanguageTranslator)
+                multilanguageTranslator->setLanguage(language);
+        } catch (std::exception &e) {
+            qWarning() << "QmlPuppet is unable to initialize MultiLanguage translator:" << e.what();
         }
-        if (multilanguageTranslator)
-            multilanguageTranslator->setLanguage(language);
     }
 }