diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js
index f243a878d2c..cac85b7a0ff 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ var Translate = Widget.extend({
     },
     rte_changed: function (node) {
         var $node = $(node);
+        $node.find("p").each(function () { // remove <p/> element which might have been inserted because of copy-paste
+            var $p = $(this);
+            $p.after($p.html()).remove();
+        });
         var trans = this.getTranlationObject($node[0]);
         $node.toggleClass('o_dirty', trans.value !== $node.html().replace(/[ \t\n\r]+/, ' '));
         this.$('button[data-action=save]').prop('disabled', !$('.o_editable.o_dirty').length);