diff --git a/.config/zsh/functions/translate b/.config/zsh/functions/translate
index 848ea5f..7786575 100755
--- a/.config/zsh/functions/translate
+++ b/.config/zsh/functions/translate
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ local to="de"
 local text="${@}"
 [[ ! -v 1 ]] && text=$(cat -)
 
+text=${text//$'\n'/'\n'}
 curl --silent -X POST \
      --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
      --data '{"q": "'${text}'", "source": "'${from}'", "target": "'${to}'", "format": "text"}' \