--- a\addressfield.module	Wed Oct 07 19:31:02 2015
+++ b\addressfield.module	Fri Sep 02 13:49:23 2016
@@ -569,8 +569,9 @@
       // #description to not be rendered. Hence, a real element is added and
       // the old #description is removed.
       $element['#description'] = '';
+      $instance_current = i18n_string_object_translate('field_instance', $instance);
       $element['element_description'] = array(
-        '#markup' =>  $instance['description'],
+        '#markup' =>  $instance_current['description'],
         '#prefix' => '<div class="fieldset-description">',
         '#suffix' => '</div>',
         '#weight' => -999,