diff --git log4php.module log4php.module
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 207abe8..13035ee
--- log4php.module
+++ log4php.module
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ function log4php_watchdog(array $log_entry) {
   }
   
   $logger = Logger::getLogger('drupal:' . $log_entry['type']);
-  
+
   // Construct plain-text message
   $msg = array(
     $log_entry['user']->uid > 0 ? $log_entry['user']->name : t('Anonymous'),
     $log_entry['request_uri'],
     $log_entry['ip'],
-    strip_tags(t($log_entry['message'], is_array($log_entry['variables']) ? $log_entry['variables'] : array())),
+    log4php_t($log_entry['message'], is_array($log_entry['variables']) ? $log_entry['variables'] : array()),
   );
 
   // Allow other modules to change the format
@@ -65,3 +65,47 @@ function _log4php_get_path() {
 
   return isset($path) ? $path : NULL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Mostly a clone of t function which uses format_string() to sanitize log messages
+ * that are being shows in a page. We don't want that but we do need translation support
+ *
+ * @param $string
+ * @param array $args
+ * @param array $options
+ * @return array|null|string
+ */
+function log4php_t($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
+  global $language;
+  static $custom_strings;
+
+  // Merge in default.
+  if (empty($options['langcode'])) {
+    $options['langcode'] = isset($language->language) ? $language->language : 'en';
+  }
+  if (empty($options['context'])) {
+    $options['context'] = '';
+  }
+
+  // First, check for an array of customized strings. If present, use the array
+  // *instead of* database lookups. This is a high performance way to provide a
+  // handful of string replacements. See settings.php for examples.
+  // Cache the $custom_strings variable to improve performance.
+  if (!isset($custom_strings[$options['langcode']])) {
+    $custom_strings[$options['langcode']] = variable_get('locale_custom_strings_' . $options['langcode'], array());
+  }
+  // Custom strings work for English too, even if locale module is disabled.
+  if (isset($custom_strings[$options['langcode']][$options['context']][$string])) {
+    $string = $custom_strings[$options['langcode']][$options['context']][$string];
+  }
+  // Translate with locale module if enabled.
+  elseif ($options['langcode'] != 'en' && function_exists('locale')) {
+    $string = locale($string, $options['context'], $options['langcode']);
+  }
+  if (empty($args)) {
+    return $string;
+  }
+  else {
+    return strtr($string, $args);
+  }
+}