diff --git a/rosetta/templates/rosetta/js/rosetta.js b/rosetta/templates/rosetta/js/rosetta.js
index 52c1f24..0fe4055 100644
--- a/rosetta/templates/rosetta/js/rosetta.js
+++ b/rosetta/templates/rosetta/js/rosetta.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
     $('.translation textarea').blur(function() {
         if($(this).val()) {
             $('.alert', $(this).parents('tr')).remove();
-            var RX = /%(?:\([^\s\)]*\))?[sdf]/g,
+            var RX = /%(?:\([^\s\)]*\))?[sdf]|\{[\w\d_]+?\}/g,
                 origs=$('.original', $(this).parents('tr')).html().match(RX),
                 trads=$(this).val().match(RX),
                 error = $('<span class="alert">Unmatched variables</span>');
diff --git a/rosetta/templatetags/rosetta.py b/rosetta/templatetags/rosetta.py
index 3cb7f09..5ed270d 100644
--- a/rosetta/templatetags/rosetta.py
+++ b/rosetta/templatetags/rosetta.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import six
 
 
 register = template.Library()
-rx = re.compile(r'(%(\([^\s\)]*\))?[sd])')
+rx = re.compile(r'(%(\([^\s\)]*\))?[sd]|\{[\w\d_]+?\})')
 
 
 def format_message(message):