--- a/field_collection.module
+++ b/field_collection.module
@@ -1293,7 +1293,19 @@ function field_collection_field_widget_embed_validate($element, &$form_state, $c
   $language = $element['#language'];

   $field_state = field_form_get_state($field_parents, $field_name, $language, $form_state);
-  $field_collection_item = $field_state['entity'][$element['#delta']];
+
+  //We have to populate the field_collection_item before we can attach it to the form.
+  if (isset($field_state['entity'][$element['#delta']])) {
+    $field_collection_item = $field_state['entity'][$element['#delta']];
+  }
+  elseif ($form_state['input'][$field_state['array_parents'][0]][$field_state['array_parents'][1]][$element['#delta']]) {
+    $field_collection_item = clone $field_state['entity'][0];
+    foreach ($form_state['input'][$field_state['array_parents'][0]][$field_state['array_parents'][1]][$element['#delta']] as $key => $value) {
+      if (property_exists($field_collection_item, $key)) {
+        $field_collection_item->{$key} = $value;
+      }
+    }
+  }
@@ -478,6 +547,11 @@ class FieldCollectionItemEntity extends Entity {
       throw new Exception("Unable to create a field collection item without a given host entity.");
     }

+    // Copy the values of translatable fields for a new field collection item.
+    if (!empty($this->is_new) && $this->langcode == LANGUAGE_NONE) {
+      $this->copyTranslations();
+    }
+
+    // Entity translation bugfix.
+    $this->addTranslations();
+
     // Only save directly if we are told to skip saving the host entity. Else,
     // we always save via the host as saving the host might trigger saving
     // field collection items anyway (e.g. if a new revision is created).
@@ -510,6 +584,36 @@ class FieldCollectionItemEntity extends Entity {
   }

   /**
+   * Copies text to all languages the collection item has a translation for.
+   *
+   * @param $source_language
+   *   Language code to copy the text from.
+   */
+  public function copyTranslations($source_language = LANGUAGE_NONE) {
+    $target_languages = language_list();
+    $fields = array_keys(field_info_instances('field_collection_item', $this->field_name));
+
+    foreach ($fields as $translatable_field) {
+      foreach ($target_languages as $langcode => $language) {
+        if (isset($this->{$translatable_field}[$source_language])) {
+          $this->{$translatable_field}[$langcode] =
+            $this->{$translatable_field}[$source_language];
+        }
+      }
+      if ($source_language == LANGUAGE_NONE && count($this->{$translatable_field}) > 1) {
+        $this->{$translatable_field}[$source_language] = NULL;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add translations.
+   */
+  public function addTranslations() {
+    global $language;
+    $langcode = $language->language;
+    $fields = array_keys(field_info_instances('field_collection_item', $this->field_name));
+    foreach($fields as $field) {
+      if (!isset($this->{$field}[$langcode])) {
+        $value = reset($this->{$field});
+        $this->{$field}[$langcode] = $value;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**