diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
index a172bfc9f3c..7c9137a7e96 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
@@ -14994,6 +14994,16 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Error message returned when the constraint is violated."
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: base
+#. odoo-python
+#: code:addons/translate.py:0
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Error while parsing view:\n"
+"\n"
+"%s"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: base
 #. odoo-python
 #: code:addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py:0
diff --git a/odoo/tools/translate.py b/odoo/tools/translate.py
index 454015369cb..246cf188d26 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/translate.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/translate.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from lxml import etree, html
 from psycopg2.extras import Json
 
 import odoo
+from odoo.exceptions import UserError
 from odoo.modules.module import get_resource_path
 from . import config, pycompat
 from .misc import file_open, get_iso_codes, SKIPPED_ELEMENT_TYPES
@@ -293,7 +294,11 @@ def serialize_xml(node):
 _HTML_PARSER = etree.HTMLParser(encoding='utf8')
 
 def parse_html(text):
-    return html.fragment_fromstring(text, parser=_HTML_PARSER)
+    try:
+        parse = html.fragment_fromstring(text, parser=_HTML_PARSER)
+    except TypeError as e:
+        raise UserError(_("Error while parsing view:\n\n%s") % e) from e
+    return parse
 
 def serialize_html(node):
     return etree.tostring(node, method='html', encoding='unicode')