diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
index 73f7f02364..8ba96680aa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class PoFileLoader extends ArrayLoader implements LoaderInterface
     private function addMessage(array &$messages, array $item)
     {
         if (is_array($item['translated'])) {
-            $messages[$item['ids']['singular']] = stripslashes($item['translated'][0]);
+            $messages[$item['ids']['singular']] = stripcslashes($item['translated'][0]);
             if (isset($item['ids']['plural'])) {
                 $plurals = $item['translated'];
                 // PO are by definition indexed so sort by index.
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class PoFileLoader extends ArrayLoader implements LoaderInterface
                 $messages[$item['ids']['plural']] = stripcslashes(implode('|', $plurals));
             }
         } elseif (!empty($item['ids']['singular'])) {
-              $messages[$item['ids']['singular']] = stripslashes($item['translated']);
+              $messages[$item['ids']['singular']] = stripcslashes($item['translated']);
         }
     }
 }