diff --git core/modules/locale/locale.module core/modules/locale/locale.module
index eba008c0d032079921a64cb72f1045a0385f3113..0f40304cfddd8f7fb421d52257e8a5f7993e5ab7 100644
--- core/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ core/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ 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]);
+  return ($locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string] === TRUE ? drupal_json_decode('"\udb40\udc01\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\u202a"') . $string . drupal_json_decode('"\u202c\udb40\udc7f"') : $locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string]);
 }
 
 /**