diff --git a/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm b/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm
index 8ab863f605..f5dd1831ba 100644
--- a/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm
+++ b/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ sub translate_yaml {
             for my $field ( @translatable ) {                                           # each translatable field
                 if ( @multiline and grep { $_ eq $field } @multiline ) {                # multiline fields, only notices ATM
                     foreach my $line ( @{$row->{$field}} ) {
-                        next if ( $line =~ /^(\s*<.*?>\s*$|^\s*\[.*?\]\s*|\s*)$/ );     # discard pure html, TT, empty
+                        next if ( $line =~ /^(\s*<\/*\w+\s*>|\s*\[.*\]|\s*<.*\[.*\].*>|\s*)$/ );     # discard pure html, TT, empty
                         my @ttvar;
                         while ( $line =~ s/(<<.*?>>|\[\%.*?\%\]|<.*?>)/\%s/ ) {         # put placeholders, save matches
                             my $var = $1;
diff --git a/misc/translator/xgettext-installer b/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
index 5fa23faaba..ecb134b14a 100755
--- a/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
+++ b/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ for my $file (@files) {
                         $mulc++;
 
                         # discard pure html, TT, empty
-                        next if ( $line =~ /^(\s*<.*?>\s*$|^\s*\[.*?\]\s*|\s*)$/ );
+                        next if ( $line =~ /^(\s*<\/*\w+\s*>|\s*\[.*\]|\s*<.*\[.*\].*>|\s*)$/ );
 
                         # put placeholders
                         $line =~ s/(<<.*?>>|\[\%.*?\%\]|<.*?>)/\%s/g;