diff --git a/addons/web/i18n/web.pot b/addons/web/i18n/web.pot
index 94242fd74e5..44313f3efdb 100644
--- a/addons/web/i18n/web.pot
+++ b/addons/web/i18n/web.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PROJECT VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-07 15:27+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-07 19:19+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -631,16 +631,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Translations"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:9 addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:15
-msgid "#{title}"
-msgstr ""
-
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:10 addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:16
-msgid "#{text}"
-msgstr ""
-
 #. openerp-web
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:44 addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:315
 msgid "Powered by"
@@ -837,21 +827,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "LOGOUT"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:388
-msgid "&laquo;"
-msgstr ""
-
 #. openerp-web
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:388
 msgid "Fold menu"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:389
-msgid "&raquo;"
-msgstr ""
-
 #. openerp-web
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:389
 msgid "Unfold menu"
@@ -1227,15 +1207,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Save & Close"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1455
-msgid ""
-"adds back padding to row being rendered after edition, if necessary\n"
-"         (if not deletable add back padding), otherwise the row being "
-"added is\n"
-"         missing columns"
-msgstr ""
-
 #. openerp-web
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1551
 msgid ""
@@ -1280,11 +1251,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Save fields list"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1585
-msgid "TODO: replace ids by 'oe_*' classes"
-msgstr ""
-
 #. openerp-web
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1588
 msgid "Remove All"
@@ -1295,11 +1261,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Name"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1611
-msgid "&nbsp;"
-msgstr ""
-
 #. openerp-web
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1633
 msgid "Save as:"
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 4194831bb78..6b068679310 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -->
 <templates id="template" xml:space="preserve">
 <t t-name="Notification">
-    <div class="oe_notification">
+    <div class="oe_notification" t-translation="off">
         <div id="oe_notification_default">
             <a class="ui-notify-cross ui-notify-close" href="#">x</a>
             <h1>#{title}</h1>
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@
 </t>
 <t t-name="Menu.secondary">
     <div t-attf-class="oe_toggle_secondary_menu">
-        <span class="oe_menu_fold" title="Fold menu">&amp;laquo;</span>
-        <span class="oe_menu_unfold" title="Unfold menu">&amp;raquo;</span>
+        <span class="oe_menu_fold" title="Fold menu"><t t-raw="'&amp;laquo;'"/></span>
+        <span class="oe_menu_unfold" title="Unfold menu"><t t-raw="'&amp;raquo;'"/></span>
     </div>
     <div t-foreach="widget.data.data.children" t-as="menu" style="display: none" class="oe_secondary_menu" t-att-data-menu-parent="menu.id">
         <t t-foreach="menu.children" t-as="menu">
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@
             <tr class="oe_export_row">
                 <t t-foreach="(field.id).split('/')" t-as="level" >
                     <t t-if="(field.id).split('/')[0] != level">
-                        <td width="18">&amp;nbsp;</td>
+                        <td width="18" t-translation="off">&amp;nbsp;</td>
                     </t>
                 </t>
                 <td valign="top" align="left" style="cursor: pointer;" width="18">
diff --git a/addons/web_process/i18n/web_process.pot b/addons/web_process/i18n/web_process.pot
index dfb71f203fd..cb291039602 100644
--- a/addons/web_process/i18n/web_process.pot
+++ b/addons/web_process/i18n/web_process.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PROJECT VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-07 10:13+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-02-07 19:19+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Save"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. openerp-web
-#: addons/web_process/static/src/xml/web_process.xml:3
-msgid "vim:fdl=1:"
-msgstr ""
-
 #. openerp-web
 #: addons/web_process/static/src/xml/web_process.xml:6
 msgid "Process View"
diff --git a/npybabel.py b/npybabel.py
index 8b582e17e5a..6759a4a6166 100755
--- a/npybabel.py
+++ b/npybabel.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ XMLJS_EXPR = re.compile(r"""(?:\_t *\( *((?:"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")|(?:'(?:[^'\\]|\\.
 
 TRANSLATION_FLAG_COMMENT = "openerp-web"
 
+# List of etree._Element subclasses that we choose to ignore when parsing XML.
+# We include the *Base ones just in case, currently they seem to be subclasses of the _* ones.
+SKIPPED_ELEMENT_TYPES = (elt._Comment, elt._ProcessingInstruction, elt.CommentBase, elt.PIBase)
+
 def extract_xmljs(fileobj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
     """Extract messages from Javascript code embedded into XML documents.
     This complements the ``extract_javascript`` extractor which works
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ def extract_qweb(fileobj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
     # the ancestor element had a reason to be skipped
     def iter_elements(current_element):
         for el in current_element:
+            if isinstance(el, SKIPPED_ELEMENT_TYPES): continue
             if "t-js" not in el.attrib and \
                     not ("t-jquery" in el.attrib and "t-operation" not in el.attrib) and \
                     not ("t-translation" in el.attrib and el.attrib["t-translation"].strip() == "off"):