diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ExecutionContext.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ExecutionContext.php
index 864f749da8..4e904d158f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ExecutionContext.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ExecutionContext.php
@@ -89,10 +89,18 @@ class ExecutionContext implements ExecutionContextInterface
      */
     public function addViolation($message, array $params = array(), $invalidValue = null, $pluralization = null, $code = null)
     {
+        if (null === $pluralization) {
+            $translatedMessage = $this->translator->trans($message, $params, $this->translationDomain);
+        } else {
+            try {
+                $translatedMessage = $this->translator->transChoice($message, $pluralization, $params, $this->translationDomain);
+            } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+                $translatedMessage = $this->translator->trans($message, $params, $this->translationDomain);
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->globalContext->getViolations()->add(new ConstraintViolation(
-            null === $pluralization
-                ? $this->translator->trans($message, $params, $this->translationDomain)
-                : $this->translator->transChoice($message, $pluralization, $params, $this->translationDomain),
+            $translatedMessage,
             $message,
             $params,
             $this->globalContext->getRoot(),
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ExecutionContextTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ExecutionContextTest.php
index 9283aa6776..0cd92f711f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ExecutionContextTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ExecutionContextTest.php
@@ -376,6 +376,19 @@ class ExecutionContextTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         )), $this->context->getViolations());
     }
 
+    public function testAddViolationPluralTranslationError()
+    {
+        $this->translator->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('transChoice')
+            ->with('foo')
+            ->will($this->throwException(new \InvalidArgumentException()));
+        $this->translator->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('trans')
+            ->with('foo');
+
+        $this->context->addViolation('foo', array(), null, 2);
+    }
+
     public function testGetPropertyPath()
     {
         $this->assertEquals('foo.bar', $this->context->getPropertyPath());