diff --git a/apps/translations/tests/test_widgets.py b/apps/translations/tests/test_widgets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3489127779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/translations/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from  pyquery import PyQuery as pq
+import test_utils
+from nose.tools import eq_
+
+from translations import models, widgets
+
+
+class TestWidget(test_utils.TestCase):
+
+    def test_avoid_purified_translation(self):
+        # Even if we pass in a LinkifiedTranslation the widget switches to a
+        # normal Translation before rendering.
+        w = widgets.TransTextarea.widget()
+        link = models.LinkifiedTranslation(localized_string='<b>yum yum</b>',
+                                           locale='fr', id=10)
+        link.clean()
+        widget = w.render('name', link)
+        eq_(pq(widget).html(), '<b>yum yum</b>')
diff --git a/apps/translations/widgets.py b/apps/translations/widgets.py
index e3adebfbd4..f48ab46a01 100644
--- a/apps/translations/widgets.py
+++ b/apps/translations/widgets.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class TransMulti(forms.widgets.MultiWidget):
     def decompress(self, value):
         if not value:
             return []
-        elif isinstance(value, long):
+        elif isinstance(value, (long, int)):
             # We got a foreign key to the translation table.
             qs = Translation.objects.filter(id=value)
             return list(qs.filter(localized_string__isnull=False))
@@ -103,11 +103,16 @@ class _TransWidget(object):
     """
 
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
+        from .fields import switch
         attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs)
         lang = to_language(value.locale)
         attrs.update(lang=lang)
         # Use rsplit to drop django's name_idx numbering.  (name_0 => name)
         name = '%s_%s' % (name.rsplit('_', 1)[0], lang)
+        # Make sure we don't get a Linkified/Purified Translation. We don't
+        # want people editing a bleached value.
+        if value.__class__ != Translation:
+            value = switch(value, Translation)
         return super(_TransWidget, self).render(name, value, attrs)