diff --git a/odoo/tools/translate.py b/odoo/tools/translate.py
index 3c031f3d277..5561aa082c7 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/translate.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/translate.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def translate_xml_node(node, callback, parse, serialize):
     """
 
     def nonspace(text):
-        return bool(text) and not text.isspace()
+        return bool(text) and len(re.sub(r'\W+', '', text)) > 1
 
     def concat(text1, text2):
         return text2 if text1 is None else text1 + (text2 or "")
@@ -810,14 +810,6 @@ def trans_generate(lang, modules, cr):
         # empty and one-letter terms are ignored, they probably are not meant to be
         # translated, and would be very hard to translate anyway.
         sanitized_term = (source or '').strip()
-        try:
-            # verify the minimal size without eventual xml tags
-            # wrap to make sure html content like '<a>b</a><c>d</c>' is accepted by lxml
-            wrapped = u"<div>%s</div>" % sanitized_term
-            node = etree.fromstring(wrapped)
-            sanitized_term = etree.tostring(node, encoding='unicode', method='text')
-        except etree.ParseError:
-            pass
         # remove non-alphanumeric chars
         sanitized_term = re.sub(r'\W+', '', sanitized_term)
         if not sanitized_term or len(sanitized_term) <= 1: