diff --git a/mustache.js b/mustache.js
index 857193d..5810822 100644
--- a/mustache.js
+++ b/mustache.js
@@ -131,14 +131,24 @@ var Mustache = function() {
 
       // for each {{_i}}{{/i}} section do...
       return html.replace(regex, function(match, content) {
-        var translation_mode;
-        if (that.pragmas && that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"] && that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"]['mode']) {
-          translation_mode = { _mode: that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"]['mode'] };
-        } else if (context['_mode']) {
-          translation_mode = { _mode: context['_mode'] };
+        var translationMode;
+
+        if (that.pragmas && that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"] && that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"].mode) {
+          translationMode = that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"].mode;
+        } else if (context['_TRANSLATION-HINT_mode']) {
+          translationMode = context['_TRANSLATION-HINT_mode'];
+        }
+
+        var params = content;
+
+        if (translationMode) {
+          params = {
+            text: content,
+            mode: translationMode
+          };
         }
 
-        return _(content, translation_mode);
+        return _(params);
       });
     },