diff --git a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/includes/boinctranslate.helpers.inc b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/includes/boinctranslate.helpers.inc
index 1aaa0a092be..bb2c3e2edd0 100644
--- a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/includes/boinctranslate.helpers.inc
+++ b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/includes/boinctranslate.helpers.inc
@@ -1390,4 +1390,18 @@ function _boinctranslate_filter_tips_long() {
 
 <p>The editor/admin may add as many of these tokens as you wish. You may add and remove them at your discretion. It is permitted for a page as no tokens, as the entire content will be a single chunk- such as for a shorter page.</p>
 ");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
+ * Misc utility/helper functions
+ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  */
+
+/**
+ * Split a string by newline, and trim each line, implode back into a
+ * string. Used for cleaning whitespace title & description elements
+ * from project preferences XML upload before adding to translation
+ * database.
+ */
+function _boinctranslate_supertrim($instr) {
+  return implode("\n", array_map('trim', preg_split('/\r\n|\r|\n/', $instr) ) );
+}
diff --git a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boincwork/includes/boincwork.helpers.inc b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boincwork/includes/boincwork.helpers.inc
index eb71f098e2a..f90f4e1c47b 100644
--- a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boincwork/includes/boincwork.helpers.inc
+++ b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boincwork/includes/boincwork.helpers.inc
@@ -407,12 +407,12 @@ function boincwork_generate_prefs_element(&$form, $type, $elements, $user_prefs
       
       // Translate elements as appropriate
       if ($title) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $title);
-        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $title);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
+        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
       }
       if ($description) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $description);
-        $description = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $description);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($description));
+        $description = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($description));
       }
       
       $form[$name] = array(
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ function boincwork_generate_prefs_element(&$form, $type, $elements, $user_prefs
       
       // Translate elements as appropriate
       if ($title) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $title);
-        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $title);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
+        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
       }
       if ($description) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $description);
-        $description = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $description);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($description));
+        $description = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($description));
       }
       
       $form[$name] = array(
@@ -512,12 +512,12 @@ function boincwork_generate_prefs_element(&$form, $type, $elements, $user_prefs
       
       // Translate elements as appropriate
       if ($title) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $title);
-        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $title);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
+        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
       }
       if ($description) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $description);
-        $description = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $description);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($description));
+        $description = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($description));
       }
       
       $form[$name] = array(
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ function boincwork_generate_prefs_element(&$form, $type, $elements, $user_prefs
     
       // Translate elements as appropriate
       if ($title) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $title);
-        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $title);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
+        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
       }
     
     $form['applications'] = array(
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ function boincwork_generate_prefs_element(&$form, $type, $elements, $user_prefs
       
       // Translate elements as appropriate
       if ($title) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $title);
-        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $title);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
+        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
       }
       
       $form[$name] = array(
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ function boincwork_generate_prefs_element(&$form, $type, $elements, $user_prefs
       
       // Translate elements as appropriate
       if ($title) {
-        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', $title);
-        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', $title);
+        i18nstrings_update('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
+        $title = i18nstrings('project:prefs_xml', _boinctranslate_supertrim($title));
       }
       
       $form[$name] = array(
@@ -1113,7 +1113,6 @@ function boincwork_format_stats($number, $max_digits = 4) {
   return $number;
 }
 
-
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  load_configuration(): Convert structured text/xml to array
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------