diff --git a/src/i18n/TextCollection/Parser.php b/src/i18n/TextCollection/Parser.php
index 43b9df3a9..21eda9185 100644
--- a/src/i18n/TextCollection/Parser.php
+++ b/src/i18n/TextCollection/Parser.php
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class Parser extends SSTemplateParser
 
     public function Translate_Entity(&$res, $sub)
     {
-        $this->currentEntityKey = $sub['text']; // key
+        // Collapse escaped slashes
+        $this->currentEntityKey = str_replace('\\\\', '\\', $sub['text']); // key
     }
 
     public function Translate_Default(&$res, $sub)
diff --git a/src/i18n/TextCollection/i18nTextCollector.php b/src/i18n/TextCollection/i18nTextCollector.php
index e44aedc27..cb4a3b495 100644
--- a/src/i18n/TextCollection/i18nTextCollector.php
+++ b/src/i18n/TextCollection/i18nTextCollector.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\i18n\TextCollection;
 
+use LogicException;
 use SilverStripe\Core\ClassInfo;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injectable;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Manifest\ClassLoader;
@@ -618,14 +619,24 @@ class i18nTextCollector
                 // Check text
                 if ($id == T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING) {
                     // Fixed quoting escapes, and remove leading/trailing quotes
-                    if (preg_match('/^\'/', $text)) {
-                        $text = str_replace("\\'", "'", $text);
-                        $text = preg_replace('/^\'/', '', $text);
-                        $text = preg_replace('/\'$/', '', $text);
+                    if (preg_match('/^\'(?<text>.*)\'$/s', $text, $matches)) {
+                        $text = preg_replace_callback(
+                            '/\\\\([\\\\\'])/s', // only \ and '
+                            function ($input) {
+                                return stripcslashes($input[0]);
+                            },
+                            $matches['text']
+                        );
+                    } elseif (preg_match('/^\"(?<text>.*)\"$/s', $text, $matches)) {
+                        $text = preg_replace_callback(
+                            '/\\\\([nrtvf\\\\$"]|[0-7]{1,3}|\x[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2})/s', // rich replacement
+                            function ($input) {
+                                return stripcslashes($input[0]);
+                            },
+                            $matches['text']
+                        );
                     } else {
-                        $text = str_replace('\"', '"', $text);
-                        $text = preg_replace('/^"/', '', $text);
-                        $text = preg_replace('/"$/', '', $text);
+                        throw new LogicException("Invalid string escape: " .$text);
                     }
                 } elseif ($id === T_CLASS_C) {
                     // Evaluate __CLASS__ . '.KEY' concatenation
diff --git a/tests/php/i18n/i18nTextCollectorTest.php b/tests/php/i18n/i18nTextCollectorTest.php
index f6292f889..e30cf777a 100644
--- a/tests/php/i18n/i18nTextCollectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/i18n/i18nTextCollectorTest.php
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ PHP;
 <%t i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_3 name="Cat" greeting='meow' goodbye="meow" %>
 <%t i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_4 name=\$absoluteBaseURL greeting=\$get_locale goodbye="global calls" %>
 <%t i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_9 "An item|{count} items" is "Test Pluralisation" count=4 %>
-<%t SilverStripe\TestModule\i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_10 "This string is namespaced" %>
+<%t SilverStripe\\TestModule\\i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_10 "This string is namespaced" %>
+<%t SilverStripe\\\\TestModule\\\\i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_11 "Escaped namespaced string" %>
 SS;
         $c->collectFromTemplate($html, null, $mymodule);
 
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@ SS;
                     'other' => '{count} items',
                     'comment' => 'Test Pluralisation'
                 ],
-                'SilverStripe\\TestModule\\i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_10' => 'This string is namespaced'
+                'SilverStripe\\TestModule\\i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_10' => 'This string is namespaced',
+                'SilverStripe\\TestModule\\i18nTestModule.INJECTIONS_11' => 'Escaped namespaced string'
             ],
             $c->collectFromTemplate($html, null, $mymodule)
         );
@@ -328,10 +330,26 @@ class MyClass extends Base implements SomeService {
             'New Lines'
         );
     }
+    public function getAnotherString() {
+        return _t(
+            'SilverStripe\\\\Framework\\\\MyClass.ANOTHER_STRING',
+            'Slash=\\\\, Quote=\\''
+        );
+    }
+    public function getDoubleQuotedString() {
+        return _t(
+            "SilverStripe\\\\Framework\\\\MyClass.DOUBLE_STRING",
+            "Slash=\\\\, Quote=\\""
+        );
+    }
 }
 PHP;
         $this->assertEquals(
-            [ 'SilverStripe\\Framework\\Core\\MyClass.NEWLINES' => "New Lines" ],
+            [
+                'SilverStripe\\Framework\\Core\\MyClass.NEWLINES' => "New Lines",
+                'SilverStripe\\Framework\\MyClass.ANOTHER_STRING' => 'Slash=\\, Quote=\'',
+                'SilverStripe\\Framework\\MyClass.DOUBLE_STRING' => 'Slash=\\, Quote="'
+            ],
             $c->collectFromCode($php, null, $mymodule)
         );
     }