diff --git a/data/schema.cfg b/data/schema.cfg
index 4d05c215c5f6..a742ca0ae052 100644
--- a/data/schema.cfg
+++ b/data/schema.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [schema]
     identifier="re ^[a-zA-Z0-9_ ]+$"
     symbol="re ^[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*$"
-    string="re ^[ -~]+$"
+    string="re ^[^\x7f\x80]+$"
     integer="re ^(\+|-)?[0-9]+$"
     float="re ^(\+|-)?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?$"
     boolean="enum true,false,yes,no,on,off"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         comment="optional string"
         email="optional string"
         ircuser="optional string"
-        name="required string"
+        name="required string optional-translatable"
         wikiuser="optional string"
     [/entry]
     [female:unit_type]
diff --git a/data/tools/wmlvalidator b/data/tools/wmlvalidator
index 9791f2794040..41196253d338 100755
--- a/data/tools/wmlvalidator
+++ b/data/tools/wmlvalidator
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Validator:
             for match in matches:
                 if 'translatable' in attribute.optionals and match.is_translatable() == False:
                     self.validate_result_add(node.file, node.line, "Attribute [%s] %s" % (verbosename, attribute.name), "Value is translatable, but haven't _ at the beginning")
-                elif 'translatable' not in attribute.optionals and match.is_translatable() == True:
+                elif 'translatable' not in attribute.optionals and 'optional-translatable' not in attribute.optionals and match.is_translatable() == True:
                     self.validate_result_add(node.file, node.line, "Attribute [%s] %s" % (verbosename, attribute.name), "Value isn't translatable, but have a _ at the beginning")
 
                 if 'list' in attribute.optionals: