diff --git a/modules/TDEL10n.cmake b/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
index 1038df4..0ddea20 100644
--- a/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ function( tde_l10n_prepare_xml )
   unset( _source )
   unset( _target )
   unset( _context )
+  set( _skip_properties "database|associations|populationText" )
   set( _tags "[tT][eE][xX][tT]|title|string|whatsthis|tooltip|label" )
   set( _preserve "line-wrap" "lines-leading" "spaces-leading" "spaces-trailing" "spaces-multi" )
   set( _no_c_format 1 )
@@ -717,6 +718,13 @@ function( tde_l10n_prepare_xml )
       set( _directive 1 )
     endif( )
 
+    # found directive "SKIP-PROPERTIES"
+    if( "+${_arg}" STREQUAL "+SKIP-PROPERTIES" )
+      unset( _skip_properties )
+      set( _var _skip_properties )
+      set( _directive 1 )
+    endif( )
+
     # found directive "TAGS"
     if( "+${_arg}" STREQUAL "+TAGS" )
       unset( _tags )
@@ -768,6 +776,13 @@ function( tde_l10n_prepare_xml )
 
   # prepare tags to regexp
   string( REPLACE ";" "|" _tags "${_tags}" )
+  if( "${_skip_properties}" STREQUAL "-" )
+    unset( _skip_properties )
+  endif( )
+  if( DEFINED _skip_properties )
+    string( REPLACE ";" "|" _skip_properties "${_skip_properties}" )
+    set( _tags "property|${_tags}" )
+  endif( )
 
   # read file
   file( READ ${_source} _xml_data )
@@ -779,6 +794,7 @@ function( tde_l10n_prepare_xml )
   unset( _xml_l10n )
   unset( _xml_inside )
   unset( _xml_tag_empty )
+  unset( _xml_skipped_prop )
   while( _xml_pos LESS ${_xml_len} )
     # pick line
     string( REGEX REPLACE "^([^\n]*)\n(.*)" "\\1" _xml_line "${_xml_data}" )
@@ -793,23 +809,36 @@ function( tde_l10n_prepare_xml )
       unset( _xml_line_suffix )
       unset( _xml_line_rest )
       if( NOT _xml_inside )
-        if( "${_xml_line}" MATCHES "<(${_tags})[^>]*>" )
-          set( _xml_inside 1 )
-          set( _xml_context "${_context}" )
-          string( REGEX MATCH "<(${_tags})[^>]*>(.*)" _xml_line "${_xml_line}" )
-          string( REGEX MATCH "^<(${_tags})( [^>]*)+>" _xml_attr "${_xml_line}" )
-          if( _xml_attr AND "${_xml_attr}" MATCHES " context=\"([^\"]*)\"" )
-            string( REGEX REPLACE ".* context=\"([^\"]*)\".*" "\\1" _xml_context "${_xml_attr}" )
-          endif( )
-          string( REGEX REPLACE "^<(${_tags})[^>]*>(.*)" "\\2" _xml_line "${_xml_line}" )
-          set( _xml_line_prefix "i18n(" )
-          if( _no_c_format )
-            set( _xml_line_prefix "${_xml_line_prefix}/* xgettext: no-c-format */" )
-          endif( )
-          if( _xml_context )
-            set( _xml_line_prefix "${_xml_line_prefix}\"${_xml_context}\", " )
+        if( _xml_skipped_prop AND "${_xml_line}" MATCHES "</property>" )
+          unset( _xml_skipped_prop )
+          string( REGEX MATCH "</property>(.*)" _xml_line "${_xml_line}" )
+          string( REGEX REPLACE "^</property>(.*)" "\\1" _xml_line "${_xml_line}" )
+        endif( )
+        if( NOT _xml_skipped_prop AND "${_xml_line}" MATCHES "<(${_tags})([ \t][^>]*)*>" )
+          string( REGEX MATCH "<(${_tags})([ \t][^>]*)*>(.*)" _xml_line "${_xml_line}" )
+          string( REGEX MATCH "^<(${_tags})([ \t][^>]*)*>" _xml_attr "${_xml_line}" )
+          string( REGEX REPLACE "^<(${_tags})([ \t][^>]*)*>(.*)" "\\3" _xml_line "${_xml_line}" )
+          if( "${_xml_attr}" MATCHES "^<property([ \t][^>]*)*>" AND DEFINED _skip_properties )
+            if( "${_xml_attr}" MATCHES "[ \t]name=\"(${_skip_properties})\"" )
+              set( _xml_skipped_prop 1 )
+            endif( )
+            set( _xml_line_rest "${_xml_line}" )
+            set( _xml_line "" )
+          else( )
+            set( _xml_inside 1 )
+            set( _xml_context "${_context}" )
+            if( "${_xml_attr}" MATCHES "[ \t]context=\"([^\"]*)\"" )
+              string( REGEX REPLACE ".* context=\"([^\"]*)\".*" "\\1" _xml_context "${_xml_attr}" )
+            endif( )
+            set( _xml_line_prefix "i18n(" )
+            if( _no_c_format )
+              set( _xml_line_prefix "${_xml_line_prefix}/* xgettext: no-c-format */" )
+            endif( )
+            if( _xml_context )
+              set( _xml_line_prefix "${_xml_line_prefix}\"${_xml_context}\", " )
+            endif( )
+            set( _xml_tag_empty 1 )
           endif( )
-          set( _xml_tag_empty 1 )
         else( )
           set( _xml_line "" )
         endif( )