diff --git core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
index a5ed01ba28cc9db30305f2a32a1fe5004ddd77f1..34b52701f587a9094f94fee96b90b036e15b1e3c 100644
--- core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
+++ core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ function testGetPluralFormat() {
       // English, but it will always pick the plural form as per the built-in
       // logic, so only index -1 is relevant with the plural value.
       'hu' => array(
-        0 => '1 hour',
-        -1 => '@count hours',
+        0 => "\xE2\x80\xAA" .'1 hour'. "\xE2\x80\xAC",
+        -1 => "\xE2\x80\xAA" . '@count hours' . "\xE2\x80\xAC",
       ),
     );
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function testGetPluralFormat() {
         // expected index as per the logic for translation lookups.
         $expected_plural_index = ($count == 1) ? 0 : $expected_plural_index;
         $expected_plural_string = str_replace('@count', $count, $plural_strings[$langcode][$expected_plural_index]);
-        $this->assertIdentical(format_plural($count, '1 hour', '@count hours', array(), array('langcode' => $langcode)), $expected_plural_string, 'Plural translation of 1 hours / @count hours for count ' . $count . ' in ' . $langcode . ' is ' . $expected_plural_string);
+        $this->assertIdentical(format_plural($count, '1 hour', '@count hours', array(), array('langcode' => $langcode)), $expected_plural_string, 'Plural translation of 1 hours / @count hours for count ' . $count . ' in ' . $langcode . ' is ' . $expected_plural_string. ', instead it is '. format_plural($count, '1 hour', '@count hours', array(), array('langcode' => $langcode)));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git core/modules/locale/locale.module core/modules/locale/locale.module
index 75e0a223c4db270b0d4f70d21acee7377a60d75c..54346e70d2819af7e4ca8ffb96bf264029c7cb14 100644
--- core/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ core/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@
 const LOCALE_TRANSLATION_IMPORTED = 'import';
 
 /**
+ * Invisible code character U+202A for left-to-right text.
+ */
+const LOCALE_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_MARK = "\xE2\x80\xAA";
+
+/**
+ * Invisible code character U+202C to pop last text directionality.
+ */
+const LOCALE_POP_DIRECTION_MARK = "\xE2\x80\xAC";
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_help().
  */
 function locale_help($path, $arg) {
@@ -396,7 +406,13 @@ function locale($string = NULL, $context = NULL, $langcode = NULL) {
   if (!isset($locale_t[$langcode][$context]) && isset($language_interface)) {
     $locale_t[$langcode][$context] = new LocaleLookup($langcode, $context, locale_storage());
   }
-  return ($locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string] === TRUE ? $string : $locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string]);
+
+
+  if ($locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string] === TRUE) {
+    return LOCALE_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_MARK . str_replace(LOCALE_PLURAL_DELIMITER, LOCALE_POP_DIRECTION_MARK . LOCALE_PLURAL_DELIMITER . LOCALE_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_MARK, $string) . LOCALE_POP_DIRECTION_MARK;
+  }
+
+  return $locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string];
 }
 
 /**