I can't translate the text  in a form select list
There seems to be a problem translating strings with "&lt;" and ">" in them, which is odd, but anyway:

http://drupal.org/node/348130
http://drupal.org/node/663156

If it's a Views related problem, at admin/build/views/tools you can change Label for "Any" value on optional single-select exposed filters: to - Any - (instead of &lt;Any>) and translate that.