diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py b/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py
index 8aab490e0fa..d6944cd24dd 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class TranslationToolsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         terms = []
         source = """<div>
                         stuff before
-                        <div translation="off">Do not translate this</div>
+                        <div t-translation="off">Do not translate this</div>
                         stuff after
                     </div>"""
         result = xml_translate(terms.append, source)
diff --git a/openerp/tools/translate.py b/openerp/tools/translate.py
index 7a5f6452fa2..2ee09b12982 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/translate.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/translate.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class XMLTranslator(object):
         if (
             isinstance(node, SKIPPED_ELEMENT_TYPES) or
             node.tag in SKIPPED_ELEMENTS or
-            node.get("translation", "").strip() == "off" or
+            node.get("t-translation", "").strip() == "off" or
             node.tag == "attribute" and node.get("name") not in TRANSLATED_ATTRS
         ):
             # do not translate the contents of the node