diff --git a/html/includes/locale.inc b/html/includes/locale.inc
index 1bf7a0a..6c4ecad 100644
--- a/html/includes/locale.inc
+++ b/html/includes/locale.inc
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ function locale_translate_edit_form(&$form_state, $lid) {
     'original' => array(
       '#type'  => 'item',
       '#title' => t('Original text'),
-      '#value' => check_plain(wordwrap($source->source, 0)),
+      '#value' => nl2br(check_plain($source->source, 0)),
     ),
     'lid' => array(
       '#type'  => 'value',