diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/PluralTranslatableMarkup.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/PluralTranslatableMarkup.php
index 583ab18..631fa5c 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/PluralTranslatableMarkup.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/PluralTranslatableMarkup.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public function render() {
     $arguments['@count'] = $this->count;
     $translated_array = explode(static::DELIMITER, $this->translatedString);
 
-    if ($this->count == 1) {
+    if (abs ($this->count) == 1) {
       return $this->placeholderFormat($translated_array[0], $arguments);
     }