diff --git a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/default.po b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/default.po
index 344d94d..ca62aae 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/default.po
+++ b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/default.po
@@ -7,22 +7,80 @@ msgstr ""
 "Language: \n"
 "X-Generator: xgotext\n"
 
-	
-#: fixtures/main.go:23
-#. gotext.Get
+#: fixtures/main.go:35
+#: fixtures/main.go:37
 msgid "My text on 'domain-name' domain"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: fixtures/main.go:38
-#. l.GetN
+#: fixtures/main.go:75
 msgid "Singular"
 msgid_plural "Plural"
 msgstr[0] ""
 msgstr[1] ""
 
-#: fixtures/main.go:40
-#. l.GetN
+#: fixtures/main.go:77
 msgid "SingularVar"
 msgid_plural "PluralVar"
 msgstr[0] ""
 msgstr[1] ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:44
+msgid "alias call"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:104
+msgid "inside dummy"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/pkg/pkg.go:15
+msgid "inside sub package"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:51
+msgid ""
+"multi\n"
+"line\n"
+"string\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:54
+msgid ""
+"multi\n"
+"line\n"
+"string\n"
+"ending with\n"
+"EOL\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:59
+msgid ""
+"multline\n"
+"ending with EOL\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:50
+msgid "raw string with\nmultiple\nEOL"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:48
+msgid "string ending with EOL\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:49
+msgid ""
+"string with\n"
+"multiple\n"
+"EOL\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:47
+msgid "string with backquotes"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:91
+msgid "translate package"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:92
+msgid "translate sub package"
+msgstr ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/domain2.po b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/domain2.po
index 0acd017..6954449 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/domain2.po
+++ b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/domain2.po
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Language: \n"
 "X-Generator: xgotext\n"
 
-	
-#: fixtures/main.go:26
-#. gotext.GetD
+#: fixtures/main.go:61
 msgid "Another text on a different domain"
 msgstr ""
+
+#: fixtures/main.go:78
+msgctxt "ctx"
+msgid "string"
+msgstr ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/translations.po b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/translations.po
index 024ff43..4f05005 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/translations.po
+++ b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/i18n/translations.po
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@ msgstr ""
 "Language: \n"
 "X-Generator: xgotext\n"
 
-	
-#: fixtures/main.go:35
-#. l.GetD
+#: fixtures/main.go:71
 msgid "Translate this"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: fixtures/main.go:43
-#. l.GetNDC
+#: fixtures/main.go:79
 msgctxt "NDC-CTX"
 msgid "ndc"
 msgid_plural "ndcs"
 msgstr[0] ""
-msgstr[1] ""
+msgstr[1] ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/main.go b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/main.go
index 29944d1..8dbd3d9 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/fixtures/main.go
+++ b/cli/xgotext/fixtures/main.go
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ func main() {
 	// same with alias package name
 	fmt.Println(alias.Get("alias call"))
 
+	// Special strings
+	fmt.Println(gotext.Get(`string with backquotes`))
+	fmt.Println(gotext.Get("string ending with EOL\n"))
+	fmt.Println(gotext.Get("string with\nmultiple\nEOL"))
+	fmt.Println(gotext.Get(`raw string with\nmultiple\nEOL`))
+	fmt.Println(gotext.Get(`multi
+line
+string`))
+	fmt.Println(gotext.Get(`multi
+line
+string
+ending with
+EOL`))
+	fmt.Println(gotext.Get("multline\nending with EOL\n"))
+
 	// Translate text from a different domain without reconfigure
 	fmt.Println(gotext.GetD("domain2", "Another text on a different domain"))
 
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/parser/dir/golang.go b/cli/xgotext/parser/dir/golang.go
index f65d572..9e8e002 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/parser/dir/golang.go
+++ b/cli/xgotext/parser/dir/golang.go
@@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ func (g *GoFile) parseGetter(def GetterDef, args []*ast.BasicLit, pos string) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	msgID, _ := strconv.Unquote(args[def.Id].Value)
 	trans := parser.Translation{
-		MsgId:           args[def.Id].Value,
+		MsgId:           msgID,
 		SourceLocations: []string{pos},
 	}
 	if def.Plural > 0 {
@@ -258,7 +259,8 @@ func (g *GoFile) parseGetter(def GetterDef, args []*ast.BasicLit, pos string) {
 			log.Printf("ERR: Unsupported call at %s (Plural not a string)", pos)
 			return
 		}
-		trans.MsgIdPlural = args[def.Plural].Value
+		msgIDPlural, _ := strconv.Unquote(args[def.Plural].Value)
+		trans.MsgIdPlural = msgIDPlural
 	}
 	if def.Context > 0 {
 		// Context must be a string
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/parser/domain.go b/cli/xgotext/parser/domain.go
index 55ff4a5..8ff4842 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/parser/domain.go
+++ b/cli/xgotext/parser/domain.go
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ func (t *Translation) Dump() string {
 		data = append(data, "msgctxt "+t.Context)
 	}
 
-	data = append(data, "msgid "+t.MsgId)
+	data = append(data, toMsgIDString("msgid", t.MsgId)...)
 
 	if t.MsgIdPlural == "" {
 		data = append(data, "msgstr \"\"")
 	} else {
+		data = append(data, toMsgIDString("msgid_plural", t.MsgIdPlural)...)
 		data = append(data,
-			"msgid_plural "+t.MsgIdPlural,
 			"msgstr[0] \"\"",
 			"msgstr[1] \"\"")
 	}
@@ -51,6 +51,38 @@ func (t *Translation) Dump() string {
 	return strings.Join(data, "\n")
 }
 
+// toMsgIDString returns the spec implementation of multi line support of po files by aligning msgid on it.
+func toMsgIDString(prefix, msgID string) []string {
+	elems := strings.Split(msgID, "\n")
+	// Main case: single line.
+	if len(elems) == 1 {
+		return []string{fmt.Sprintf(`%s "%s"`, prefix, msgID)}
+	}
+
+	// Only one line, but finishing with \n
+	if strings.Count(msgID, "\n") == 1 && strings.HasSuffix(msgID, "\n") {
+		return []string{fmt.Sprintf(`%s "%s\n"`, prefix, strings.TrimSuffix(msgID, "\n"))}
+	}
+
+	// Skip last element for multiline which is an empty
+	var shouldEndWithEOL bool
+	if elems[len(elems)-1] == "" {
+		elems = elems[:len(elems)-1]
+		shouldEndWithEOL = true
+	}
+	data := []string{fmt.Sprintf(`%s ""`, prefix)}
+	for i, v := range elems {
+		l := fmt.Sprintf(`"%s\n"`, v)
+		// Last element without EOL
+		if i == len(elems)-1 && !shouldEndWithEOL {
+			l = fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, v)
+		}
+		data = append(data, l)
+	}
+
+	return data
+}
+
 // TranslationMap contains a map of translations with the ID as key
 type TranslationMap map[string]*Translation
 
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang.go b/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang.go
index dd713ac..7c040da 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang.go
+++ b/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 
 const gotextPkgPath = "github.com/leonelquinteros/gotext"
 
-
 type GetterDef struct {
 	Id      int
 	Plural  int
@@ -287,8 +286,9 @@ func (g *GoFile) parseGetter(def GetterDef, args []*ast.BasicLit, pos string) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	msgID, _ := strconv.Unquote(args[def.Id].Value)
 	trans := parser.Translation{
-		MsgId:           args[def.Id].Value,
+		MsgId:           msgID,
 		SourceLocations: []string{pos},
 	}
 	if def.Plural > 0 {
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ func (g *GoFile) parseGetter(def GetterDef, args []*ast.BasicLit, pos string) {
 			log.Printf("ERR: Unsupported call at %s (Plural not a string)", pos)
 			return
 		}
-		trans.MsgIdPlural = args[def.Plural].Value
+		msgIDPlural, _ := strconv.Unquote(args[def.Plural].Value)
+		trans.MsgIdPlural = msgIDPlural
 	}
 	if def.Context > 0 {
 		// Context must be a string
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang_test.go b/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang_test.go
index b79f686..84c8fc3 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang_test.go
+++ b/cli/xgotext/parser/pkg-tree/golang_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package pkg_tree
 
 import (
-	"github.com/leonelquinteros/gotext/cli/xgotext/parser"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/leonelquinteros/gotext/cli/xgotext/parser"
 )
 
 func TestParsePkgTree(t *testing.T) {
@@ -23,7 +24,18 @@ func TestParsePkgTree(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	translations := []string{"\"inside sub package\"", "\"My text on 'domain-name' domain\"", "\"alias call\"", "\"Singular\"", "\"SingularVar\"", "\"translate package\"", "\"translate sub package\"", "\"inside dummy\""}
+	translations := []string{"inside sub package", "My text on 'domain-name' domain", "alias call", "Singular", "SingularVar", "translate package", "translate sub package", "inside dummy",
+		`string with backquotes`, "string ending with EOL\n", "string with\nmultiple\nEOL", `raw string with\nmultiple\nEOL`,
+		`multi
+line
+string`,
+		`multi
+line
+string
+ending with
+EOL`,
+		"multline\nending with EOL\n",
+	}
 
 	if len(translations) != len(data.Domains[defaultDomain].Translations) {
 		t.Error("translations count mismatch")
diff --git a/domain.go b/domain.go
index 114a72f..dfff56e 100644
--- a/domain.go
+++ b/domain.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gotext
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/gob"
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -653,9 +654,39 @@ func (do *Domain) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func EscapeSpecialCharacters(s string) string {
-	s = regexp.MustCompile(`([^\\])(")`).ReplaceAllString(s, "$1\\\"")  // Escape non-escaped double quotation marks
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\n", "\"\n\"") // Convert newlines into multi-line strings
-	return s 
+	s = regexp.MustCompile(`([^\\])(")`).ReplaceAllString(s, "$1\\\"") // Escape non-escaped double quotation marks
+
+	if strings.Count(s, "\n") == 0 {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	// Handle EOL and multi-lines
+	// Only one line, but finishing with \n
+	if strings.Count(s, "\n") == 1 && strings.HasSuffix(s, "\n") {
+		return strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\n", "\\n")
+	}
+
+	elems := strings.Split(s, "\n")
+	// Skip last element for multiline which is an empty
+	var shouldEndWithEOL bool
+	if elems[len(elems)-1] == "" {
+		elems = elems[:len(elems)-1]
+		shouldEndWithEOL = true
+	}
+	data := []string{(`"`)}
+	for i, v := range elems {
+		l := fmt.Sprintf(`"%s\n"`, v)
+		// Last element without EOL
+		if i == len(elems)-1 && !shouldEndWithEOL {
+			l = fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, v)
+		}
+		// Remove finale " to last element as the whole string will be quoted
+		if i == len(elems)-1 {
+			l = strings.TrimSuffix(l, `"`)
+		}
+		data = append(data, l)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(data, "\n")
 }
 
 // MarshalBinary implements encoding.BinaryMarshaler interface
diff --git a/domain_test.go b/domain_test.go
index c5ad58f..db9b737 100644
--- a/domain_test.go
+++ b/domain_test.go
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ func TestDomain_CheckExportFormatting(t *testing.T) {
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "myid"
-msgstr "test string"
+msgstr ""
+"test string\n"
 "with \"newline\""`
-	
+
 	if string(poBytes) != expectedOutput {
 		t.Errorf("Exported PO format does not match. Received:\n\n%v\n\n\nExpected:\n\n%v", string(poBytes), expectedOutput)
 	}