Index: src-trl/src/org/openbravo/translate/Translate.java
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--- src-trl/src/org/openbravo/translate/Translate.java	(revision 14692)
+++ src-trl/src/org/openbravo/translate/Translate.java	(working copy)
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@
    * @return String with the translated text.
    */
   public String translate(String ini, boolean isPartial) {
+    //Keep single spaces intact as these are used in Jasper report textFieldExpression when concatenating values.  
+    if (" ".equals(ini)) return ini;  
     ini = replace(replace(ini.trim(), "\r", ""), "\n", " ");
     ini = ini.trim();
     ini = delSp(ini);