diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js
index 6f210e005ee..a87f9fcf1e8 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/rte.js
@@ -420,14 +420,10 @@ var RTE = Widget.extend({
         });
     },
 
-    saveElement: function ($el, context) {
-        // remove multi edition
-        if ($el.data('oe-model')) {
-            var key =  $el.data('oe-model')+":"+$el.data('oe-id')+":"+$el.data('oe-field')+":"+$el.data('oe-type')+":"+$el.data('oe-expression');
-            if (this.__saved[key]) return true;
-            this.__saved[key] = true;
-        }
-        // escape text nodes for xml saving
+    /**
+     * Get HTML cloned element with text nodes escaped for XML storage
+     */
+    getEscapedElement: function($el) {
         var escaped_el = $el.clone();
         var to_escape = escaped_el.find('*').addBack();
         to_escape = to_escape.not(to_escape.filter('object,iframe,script,style,[data-oe-model][data-oe-model!="ir.ui.view"]').find('*').addBack());
@@ -436,7 +432,17 @@ var RTE = Widget.extend({
                 this.nodeValue = $('<div />').text(this.nodeValue).html();
             }
         });
-        var markup = escaped_el.prop('outerHTML');
+        return escaped_el;
+    },
+
+    saveElement: function ($el, context) {
+        // remove multi edition
+        if ($el.data('oe-model')) {
+            var key =  $el.data('oe-model')+":"+$el.data('oe-id')+":"+$el.data('oe-field')+":"+$el.data('oe-type')+":"+$el.data('oe-expression');
+            if (this.__saved[key]) return true;
+            this.__saved[key] = true;
+        }
+        var markup = this.getEscapedElement($el).prop('outerHTML');
 
         return ajax.jsonRpc('/web/dataset/call', 'call', {
             model: 'ir.ui.view',
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js
index b15e8278004..0d41699c3f3 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/translator.js
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@ var RTE_Translate = rte.Class.extend({
             var key =  'translation:'+$el.data('oe-translation-id');
             if (this.__saved[key]) return true;
             this.__saved[key] = true;
+            var translation_content = this.getEscapedElement($el).html();
 
             return ajax.jsonRpc('/web/dataset/call', 'call', {
                 model: 'ir.translation',
                 method: 'write',
                 args: [
                     [+$el.data('oe-translation-id')],
-                    {value: $el.html(), state: 'translated'},
+                    {value: translation_content, state: 'translated'},
                     context || base.get_context()
                 ],
             });