diff --git a/scripts/translate.py b/scripts/translate.py
index a8c9ab5f2c..1d85e803eb 100644
--- a/scripts/translate.py
+++ b/scripts/translate.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     ":doc:`[^`]+`",
     ":source:`[^`]+`",
     ":manpage:`[^`]+`",
+    ":mimetype:`[^`]+`",
     ":sup:`[^`]+`",
     "``[^`]+``",
     "`[^`]+`__",