diff --git a/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc b/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc
index d9a221e7c..4c0b78fc9 100644
--- a/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc
+++ b/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "multilangmgr.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
+#include <regex>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ bool MultiLangMgr::load (const Glib::ustring& fname, MultiLangMgr* fallbackMgr)
             continue;
         }
 
+        static const std::regex newline ("\\\\n");
+        value = std::regex_replace (value, newline, "\n");
+
         translations.emplace (key, value);
     }