diff --git a/lib/extract.js b/lib/extract.js
index 23c5bc3..929c627 100644
--- a/lib/extract.js
+++ b/lib/extract.js
@@ -351,8 +351,13 @@ var Extractor = (function () {
 
                     if (possibleAttributes.indexOf(attr) > -1) {
                         var attrValue = extracted[attr];
-                        str = node.html(); // this shouldn't be necessary, but it is
-                        self.addString(reference(n.startIndex), str || getAttr(attr) || '', attrValue.plural, attrValue.extractedComment, attrValue.context);
+                        if ( attr === 'translate' ) {
+                            // Compatibility with translate="translate" attribute syntax
+                            str = node.html() || getAttr(attr) || '';
+                        } else {
+                            str = getAttr(attr) || node.html() || '';
+                        }
+                        self.addString(reference(n.startIndex), str, attrValue.plural, attrValue.extractedComment, attrValue.context);
                     } else if (matches = self.noDelimRegex.exec(node.attr(attr))) {
                         str = matches[2].replace(/\\\'/g, '\'');
                         self.addString(reference(n.startIndex), str);