diff --git a/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageParser.php b/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageParser.php
index 59043290..1efcba24 100644
--- a/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageParser.php
+++ b/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageParser.php
@@ -351,7 +351,11 @@ class LanguageParser extends Wire {
 	 */
 	protected function unescapeText($text) {
 		if(strpos($text, '\\') !== false) {
-			$text = str_replace(array('\\"', '\\\'', '\\$', '\\'), array('"', "'", '$', '\\'), $text);
+			$text = str_replace(
+				array('\\"', '\\\'', '\\$', '\\n', '\\'), 
+				array('"', "'", '$', "\n", '\\'), 
+				$text
+			);
 		}
 		return $text;
 	}
diff --git a/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageTranslator.php b/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageTranslator.php
index 75f6c6a2..c63cf5cc 100644
--- a/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageTranslator.php
+++ b/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/LanguageTranslator.php
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ class LanguageTranslator extends Wire {
 	 *
 	 */
 	protected function getTextHash($text) {
+		if(strpos($text, '\\n') !== false) $text = str_replace('\\n', "\n", $text);
 		return md5($text); 
 	}
 
@@ -597,15 +598,15 @@ class LanguageTranslator extends Wire {
 	/**
 	 * JSON encode language translation data
 	 * 
-	 * @param string $str
+	 * @param array|string $value
 	 * @return string
 	 *
 	 */
-	public function encodeJSON($str) {
+	public function encodeJSON($value) {
 		if(defined("JSON_PRETTY_PRINT")) {
-			return json_encode($str, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); 
+			return json_encode($value, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); 
 		} else {
-			return json_encode($str); 
+			return json_encode($value); 
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/ProcessLanguageTranslator.module b/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/ProcessLanguageTranslator.module
index 2fa4f053..a06f63bd 100644
--- a/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/ProcessLanguageTranslator.module
+++ b/wire/modules/LanguageSupport/ProcessLanguageTranslator.module
@@ -377,9 +377,15 @@ class ProcessLanguageTranslator extends Process {
 
 	protected function executeEditField($hash, $untranslated, $translated, $alternates) {
 
-		/** @var InputfieldText $field */
+		/** @var InputfieldText|InputfieldTextarea $field */
 
-		if(strlen($untranslated) < 128) {
+		if(strpos($untranslated, "\n") !== false) {
+			$qty = substr_count($untranslated, "\n")+1;
+			$qty2 = substr_count($translated, "\n")+1; 
+			if($qty2 > $qty) $qty = $qty2;
+			$field = $this->modules->get("InputfieldTextarea");
+			$field->attr('rows', $qty > 2 ? $qty : 2);
+		} else if(strlen($untranslated) < 128) {
 			$field = $this->modules->get("InputfieldText");
 		} else {
 			$field = $this->modules->get("InputfieldTextarea");