diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/OrchardCore.Localization.Core.csproj b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/OrchardCore.Localization.Core.csproj
index 9528b3a6787..252b3fd7c7c 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/OrchardCore.Localization.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/OrchardCore.Localization.Core.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="ZString" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OrchardCore.Localization.Abstractions\OrchardCore.Localization.Abstractions.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/PortableObject/PoParser.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/PortableObject/PoParser.cs
index c04878f56de..a6b672307f2 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/PortableObject/PoParser.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Localization.Core/PortableObject/PoParser.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Frozen;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using Cysharp.Text;
 
 namespace OrchardCore.Localization.PortableObject
 {
@@ -11,12 +13,17 @@ namespace OrchardCore.Localization.PortableObject
     /// </summary>
     public class PoParser
     {
-        private static readonly Dictionary<char, char> _escapeTranslations = new()
+        private static readonly FrozenDictionary<char, char> _escapeTranslations;
+
+        static PoParser()
         {
-            { 'n', '\n' },
-            { 'r', '\r' },
-            { 't', '\t' },
-        };
+            _escapeTranslations = new Dictionary<char, char>()
+            {
+                { 'n', '\n' },
+                { 'r', '\r' },
+                { 't', '\t' }
+            }.ToFrozenDictionary();
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Parses a .po file.
@@ -55,32 +62,30 @@ public IEnumerable<CultureDictionaryRecord> Parse(TextReader reader)
 
         private static string Unescape(string str)
         {
-            StringBuilder sb = null;
+            if (!str.Contains('\\'))
+            {
+                return str;
+            }
+
             var escaped = false;
+            using var builder = ZString.CreateStringBuilder();
+
             for (var i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
             {
                 var c = str[i];
                 if (escaped)
                 {
-                    if (sb == null)
-                    {
-                        sb = new StringBuilder(str.Length);
-                        if (i > 1)
-                        {
-                            sb.Append(str[..(i - 1)]);
-                        }
-                    }
-
                     char unescaped;
                     if (_escapeTranslations.TryGetValue(c, out unescaped))
                     {
-                        sb.Append(unescaped);
+                        builder.Append(unescaped);
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         // General rule: \x ==> x
-                        sb.Append(c);
+                        builder.Append(c);
                     }
+
                     escaped = false;
                 }
                 else
@@ -91,12 +96,12 @@ private static string Unescape(string str)
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        sb?.Append(c);
+                        builder.Append(c);
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            return sb?.ToString() ?? str;
+            return builder.ToString();
         }
 
         private static string TrimQuote(string str)