diff --git a/localize/poconvert.rb b/localize/poconvert.rb
index 4da1ae0..eb2deb2 100755
--- a/localize/poconvert.rb
+++ b/localize/poconvert.rb
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ module PoConvertModule
           line.lstrip.gsub(/\\x(..)/) { |g| [$1.hex].pack('c*').force_encoding('UTF-8') }
         end
         # Eliminate C double-double-quotes.
-        tmp = tmp.join.gsub(/""/) { |g| }
+        tmp = tmp.join.gsub(/(?<!\\)""/) { |g| }
         self.items[l_key][num_case][:string] = tmp
       end
       if !self.items || self.items.empty?