diff --git a/doc/classes/Control.xml b/doc/classes/Control.xml
index 5392189f6ad..6602764cd4f 100644
--- a/doc/classes/Control.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/Control.xml
@@ -921,7 +921,8 @@
 			Anchors the top edge of the node to the origin, the center or the end of its parent control. It changes how the top offset updates when the node moves or changes size. You can use one of the [enum Anchor] constants for convenience.
 		</member>
 		<member name="auto_translate" type="bool" setter="set_auto_translate" getter="is_auto_translating" default="true">
-			Toggles if any text should automatically change to its translated version depending on the current locale.
+			Toggles if any text should automatically change to its translated version depending on the current locale. Note that this will not affect any internal nodes (e.g. the popup of a [MenuButton]).
+			Also decides if the node's strings should be parsed for POT generation.
 		</member>
 		<member name="focus_mode" type="int" setter="set_focus_mode" getter="get_focus_mode" enum="Control.FocusMode" default="0">
 			The focus access mode for the control (None, Click or All). Only one Control can be focused at the same time, and it will receive keyboard signals.
diff --git a/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.cpp
index 0a949c86103..53c5b8dd708 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.h"
 
 #include "core/io/resource_loader.h"
+#include "scene/gui/option_button.h"
 #include "scene/resources/packed_scene.h"
 
 void PackedSceneEditorTranslationParserPlugin::get_recognized_extensions(List<String> *r_extensions) const {
@@ -50,21 +51,31 @@ Error PackedSceneEditorTranslationParserPlugin::parse_file(const String &p_path,
 	Ref<SceneState> state = Ref<PackedScene>(loaded_res)->get_state();
 
 	Vector<String> parsed_strings;
-	String property_name;
-	Variant property_value;
 	for (int i = 0; i < state->get_node_count(); i++) {
-		if (!ClassDB::is_parent_class(state->get_node_type(i), "Control") && !ClassDB::is_parent_class(state->get_node_type(i), "Viewport")) {
+		String node_type = state->get_node_type(i);
+		if (!ClassDB::is_parent_class(node_type, "Control") && !ClassDB::is_parent_class(node_type, "Window")) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		// Find the `auto_translate` property, and abort the string parsing of the node if disabled.
+		bool auto_translating = true;
+		for (int j = 0; j < state->get_node_property_count(i); j++) {
+			if (state->get_node_property_name(i, j) == "auto_translate" && (bool)state->get_node_property_value(i, j) == false) {
+				auto_translating = false;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!auto_translating) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		for (int j = 0; j < state->get_node_property_count(i); j++) {
-			property_name = state->get_node_property_name(i, j);
-			if (!lookup_properties.has(property_name)) {
+			String property_name = state->get_node_property_name(i, j);
+			if (!lookup_properties.has(property_name) || (exception_list.has(node_type) && exception_list[node_type].has(property_name))) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			property_value = state->get_node_property_value(i, j);
-
+			Variant property_value = state->get_node_property_value(i, j);
 			if (property_name == "script" && property_value.get_type() == Variant::OBJECT && !property_value.is_null()) {
 				// Parse built-in script.
 				Ref<Script> s = Object::cast_to<Script>(property_value);
@@ -76,7 +87,16 @@ Error PackedSceneEditorTranslationParserPlugin::parse_file(const String &p_path,
 					parsed_strings.append_array(temp);
 					r_ids_ctx_plural->append_array(ids_context_plural);
 				}
-			} else if (property_name == "filters") {
+			} else if ((node_type == "MenuButton" || node_type == "OptionButton") && property_name == "items") {
+				Vector<String> str_values = property_value;
+				int incr_value = node_type == "MenuButton" ? PopupMenu::ITEM_PROPERTY_SIZE : OptionButton::ITEM_PROPERTY_SIZE;
+				for (int k = 0; k < str_values.size(); k += incr_value) {
+					String desc = str_values[k].get_slice(";", 1).strip_edges();
+					if (!desc.is_empty()) {
+						parsed_strings.push_back(desc);
+					}
+				}
+			} else if (node_type == "FileDialog" && property_name == "filters") {
 				// Extract FileDialog's filters property with values in format "*.png ; PNG Images","*.gd ; GDScript Files".
 				Vector<String> str_values = property_value;
 				for (int k = 0; k < str_values.size(); k++) {
@@ -105,12 +125,17 @@ PackedSceneEditorTranslationParserPlugin::PackedSceneEditorTranslationParserPlug
 	lookup_properties.insert("text");
 	lookup_properties.insert("hint_tooltip");
 	lookup_properties.insert("placeholder_text");
+	lookup_properties.insert("items");
+	lookup_properties.insert("title");
 	lookup_properties.insert("dialog_text");
 	lookup_properties.insert("filters");
 	lookup_properties.insert("script");
 
-	//Add exception list (to prevent false positives)
-	//line edit, text edit, richtextlabel
-	//Set<String> exception_list;
-	//exception_list.insert("RichTextLabel");
+	// Exception list (to prevent false positives).
+	exception_list.insert("LineEdit", Vector<StringName>());
+	exception_list["LineEdit"].append("text");
+	exception_list.insert("TextEdit", Vector<StringName>());
+	exception_list["TextEdit"].append("text");
+	exception_list.insert("CodeEdit", Vector<StringName>());
+	exception_list["CodeEdit"].append("text");
 }
diff --git a/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.h b/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.h
index e51d65414e5..af0291b69cb 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.h
+++ b/editor/plugins/packed_scene_translation_parser_plugin.h
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ class PackedSceneEditorTranslationParserPlugin : public EditorTranslationParserP
 	GDCLASS(PackedSceneEditorTranslationParserPlugin, EditorTranslationParserPlugin);
 
 	// Scene Node's properties that contain translation strings.
-	Set<String> lookup_properties;
+	Set<StringName> lookup_properties;
+	// Properties from specific Nodes that should be ignored.
+	Map<StringName, Vector<StringName>> exception_list;
 
 public:
 	virtual Error parse_file(const String &p_path, Vector<String> *r_ids, Vector<Vector<String>> *r_ids_ctx_plural) override;
diff --git a/editor/pot_generator.cpp b/editor/pot_generator.cpp
index b58b7e4cac0..d57345cac1c 100644
--- a/editor/pot_generator.cpp
+++ b/editor/pot_generator.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ void POTGenerator::_write_to_pot(const String &p_file) {
 	const String header =
 			"# LANGUAGE translation for " + project_name + " for the following files:\n" + extracted_files +
 			"#\n"
-			"#\n"
 			"# FIRST AUTHOR < EMAIL @ADDRESS>, YEAR.\n"
 			"#\n"
 			"#, fuzzy\n"
@@ -116,8 +115,9 @@ void POTGenerator::_write_to_pot(const String &p_file) {
 			"msgstr \"\"\n"
 			"\"Project-Id-Version: " +
 			project_name + "\\n\"\n"
+						   "\"MIME-Version: 1.0\\n\"\n"
 						   "\"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\\n\"\n"
-						   "\"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8-bit\\n\"\n\n";
+						   "\"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8-bit\\n\"\n";
 
 	file->store_string(header);
 
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ void POTGenerator::_write_to_pot(const String &p_file) {
 			String plural = v_msgid_data[i].plural;
 			const Set<String> &locations = v_msgid_data[i].locations;
 
+			// Put the blank line at the start, to avoid a double at the end when closing the file.
+			file->store_line("");
+
 			// Write file locations.
 			for (Set<String>::Element *E = locations.front(); E; E = E->next()) {
 				file->store_line("#: " + E->get().trim_prefix("res://"));
@@ -142,13 +145,13 @@ void POTGenerator::_write_to_pot(const String &p_file) {
 			// Write msgid.
 			_write_msgid(file, msgid, false);
 
-			// Write msgid_plural
+			// Write msgid_plural.
 			if (!plural.is_empty()) {
 				_write_msgid(file, plural, true);
 				file->store_line("msgstr[0] \"\"");
-				file->store_line("msgstr[1] \"\"\n");
+				file->store_line("msgstr[1] \"\"");
 			} else {
-				file->store_line("msgstr \"\"\n");
+				file->store_line("msgstr \"\"");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/scene/gui/option_button.h b/scene/gui/option_button.h
index d846e395adf..953337ecce2 100644
--- a/scene/gui/option_button.h
+++ b/scene/gui/option_button.h
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ protected:
 	static void _bind_methods();
 
 public:
+	// ATTENTION: This is used by the POT generator's scene parser. If the number of properties returned by `_get_items()` ever changes,
+	// this value should be updated to reflect the new size.
+	static const int ITEM_PROPERTY_SIZE = 5;
+
 	void add_icon_item(const Ref<Texture2D> &p_icon, const String &p_label, int p_id = -1);
 	void add_item(const String &p_label, int p_id = -1);
 
diff --git a/scene/gui/popup_menu.h b/scene/gui/popup_menu.h
index 5c427e43bc8..428076c6da2 100644
--- a/scene/gui/popup_menu.h
+++ b/scene/gui/popup_menu.h
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ protected:
 	static void _bind_methods();
 
 public:
+	// ATTENTION: This is used by the POT generator's scene parser. If the number of properties returned by `_get_items()` ever changes,
+	// this value should be updated to reflect the new size.
+	static const int ITEM_PROPERTY_SIZE = 10;
+
 	void add_item(const String &p_label, int p_id = -1, uint32_t p_accel = 0);
 	void add_icon_item(const Ref<Texture2D> &p_icon, const String &p_label, int p_id = -1, uint32_t p_accel = 0);
 	void add_check_item(const String &p_label, int p_id = -1, uint32_t p_accel = 0);