diff --git a/umbraco/cms/businesslogic/translation/Translation.cs b/umbraco/cms/businesslogic/translation/Translation.cs
index 71c1d167aa..7e5f3ad22b 100644
--- a/umbraco/cms/businesslogic/translation/Translation.cs
+++ b/umbraco/cms/businesslogic/translation/Translation.cs
@@ -112,10 +112,8 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.translation
             tmpStr = tmpStr.Replace("\n", " ");
             tmpStr = tmpStr.Replace("\r", " ");
 
-            while (tmpStr.IndexOf("  ") != -1)
-                tmpStr = tmpStr.Replace("  ", " ");
-
-            return tmpStr.Split(' ').Length;
+            MatchCollection collection = Regex.Matches(tmpStr, @"[\S]+");
+            return collection.Count; 
         }
     }
 }
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