diff --git a/question/format/xml/format.php b/question/format/xml/format.php
index b6f4b79c519..bcbfde8a26e 100755
--- a/question/format/xml/format.php
+++ b/question/format/xml/format.php
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ class qformat_xml extends qformat_default {
         // question name
         $qo->name = $this->getpath( $question, array('#','name',0,'#','text',0,'#'), '', true, $error_noname );
         $qo->questiontext = $this->getpath( $question, array('#','questiontext',0,'#','text',0,'#'), '', true );
-        $qo->questiontextformat = $this->getpath( $question, array('#','questiontext',0,'@','format'), '' );
+        $qo->questiontextformat = $this->trans_format($this->getpath(
+                $question, array('#','questiontext',0,'@','format'), ''));
         $qo->image = $this->getpath( $question, array('#','image',0,'#'), $qo->image );
         $image_base64 = $this->getpath( $question, array('#','image_base64','0','#'),'' );
         if (!empty($image_base64)) {
@@ -1014,5 +1015,3 @@ class qformat_xml extends qformat_default {
         return $expout;
     }
 }
-
-?>