[FIX] translate: inline elements with translatable attributes only

odoo/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py

@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ class TranslationToolsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertItemsEqual(terms,
             ['Form stuff', 'Blah blah blah'])
 
+    def test_translate_xml_inline4(self):
+        """ Test xml_translate() with inline elements with translated attrs only. """
+        terms = []
+        source = """<form string="Form stuff">
+                        <div>
+                            <label for="stuff"/>
+                            <span class="fa fa-globe" title="Title stuff"/>
+                        </div>
+                    </form>"""
+        result = xml_translate(terms.append, source)
+        self.assertEquals(result, source)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(terms,
+            ['Form stuff', '<span class="fa fa-globe" title="Title stuff"/>'])
+
     def test_translate_xml_t(self):
         """ Test xml_translate() with t-* attributes. """
         terms = []

odoo/tools/translate.py

@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@ def translate_xml_node(node, callback, parse, serialize):
             # complete result and return it
             append_content(result, todo)
             result.tail = node.tail
-            has_text = todo_has_text or nonspace(result.text) or nonspace(result.tail)
+            has_text = (
+                todo_has_text or nonspace(result.text) or nonspace(result.tail)
+                or any(name in TRANSLATED_ATTRS for name in result.attrib)
+            )
             return (has_text, result)
 
         # translate the content of todo and append it to result