diff --git a/translations-desktop/handleDesktopTranslations.sh b/translations-desktop/handleDesktopTranslations.sh
index 020aa838..1b190448 100755
--- a/translations-desktop/handleDesktopTranslations.sh
+++ b/translations-desktop/handleDesktopTranslations.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ for ts_file in /merged_en.ts /branches/*.ts; do
   sed -i -e 's,app/desktop/src,src,' "$ts_file"
 done
 
+##################################
+# Validate translations
+##################################
+/validateTranslationDesktop.sh /merged_en.ts
+
 # Copy merged translation to the repo to let `tx` use it as a source file, and push it to Transifex.
 cp /merged_en.ts translations/client_en.ts
 tx push -s
diff --git a/translations-desktop/validateTranslationDesktop.sh b/translations-desktop/validateTranslationDesktop.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6a258acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations-desktop/validateTranslationDesktop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+EXIT_CODE=0
+
+# Confirm English source does not use triple dots
+if [ $(grep '\.\.\.' $1 | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "" 1>&2
+  echo "English source $1 contains three consecutive dots. Unicode … should be used instead" 1>&2
+  echo "---" 1>&2
+  EXIT_CODE=4
+fi
+
+exit $EXIT_CODE