diff --git a/tools/genlang b/tools/genlang
index 21182b7f9f..7e824433bb 100755
--- a/tools/genlang
+++ b/tools/genlang
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ while(<LANG>) {
             }
             else {
                 push @hfile, $set{'id'};
-                $value =~ s/\"$/\\0\"/;
+                $value =~ s/^\"(.*)\"\W*$/\"$1\\0\"/;
                 print CFILE "    $value\n";
             }