diff --git a/i18n_string/i18n_string.module b/i18n_string/i18n_string.module
index 5fe5158..5b313fa 100644
--- a/i18n_string/i18n_string.module
+++ b/i18n_string/i18n_string.module
@@ -485,6 +485,37 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_element_info_alter().
+ */
+function i18n_string_element_info_alter(&$types) {
+  $types['text_format']['#pre_render'][] = 'i18n_string_pre_render_text_format';
+}
+
+/**
+ * The '#pre_render' function to alter text format in a translation.
+ *
+ * @param $element
+ *   The text_format element which will be rendered.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The altered text_format element with a disabled "Text format" select with only the source filter in it.
+ */
+function i18n_string_pre_render_text_format($element) {
+  if (isset($element['format']['format']) && isset($element['#i18n_string_format'])) {
+    if ($element['#i18n_string_format']) {
+      $filters = filter_formats();
+      $element['format']['format']['#options'] = array($element['#i18n_string_format'] => $filters[$element['#i18n_string_format']]->name);
+      $element['format']['format']['#attributes']['disabled'] = TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+      $element['format']['#access'] = FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $element;
+}
+
+/**
  * Check user access to translate a specific string.
  * 
  * If the string has a format the user is not allowed to edit, it will return FALSE
diff --git a/i18n_string/i18n_string.pages.inc b/i18n_string/i18n_string.pages.inc
index 7ca4289..72d26a1 100644
--- a/i18n_string/i18n_string.pages.inc
+++ b/i18n_string/i18n_string.pages.inc
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@
     $default_value = $item->format_translation($langcode, array('langcode' => $langcode, 'sanitize' => FALSE, 'debug' => FALSE));
     $form[$item->get_name()] = array(
       '#title' => $item->get_title(),
-      '#type' => 'textarea',
+      '#type' => $item->format ? 'text_format' : 'textarea',
       '#default_value' => $default_value,
       '#disabled' => $disabled,
-      '#description' => $description,
+      '#description' => $item->format ? '' : $description,
       '#i18n_string_format' => $source ? $source->format : 0,
       // If disabled, provide smaller textarea (that can be expanded anyway).
       '#rows' => $disabled ? 1 : min(ceil(str_word_count($default_value) / 12), 10),
@@ -203,6 +203,17 @@
  */
 function i18n_string_translate_page_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
   foreach ($form_state['values']['strings'] as $key => $value) {
+  	if (is_array($value)) {
+  	  if (isset($value['value'])) {
+  		$value = $value['value'];
+  		$form_state['values']['strings'][$key] = $value;
+  	  }
+  	  else {
+  		form_set_error("strings][$key", t('Unable to get the translated string value.'));
+  		watchdog('locale', 'Unable to get the translated string value, string array is: %string', array('%string' => var_dump($value)), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
+  	  }
+  	}
+  	
     // We don't need to validate disabled form fields because those are already
     // validated by the FormAPI.
     if (empty($form['strings'][$key]['#i18n_string_format'])) {