diff --git a/common.inc.functions.php b/common.inc.functions.php
index af6b77e..d26b284 100644
--- a/common.inc.functions.php
+++ b/common.inc.functions.php
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ function email_send($val,$to,$sub_subject=array(),$sub_body=array()) {
 
 	$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM emails WHERE val='$val'");
 	if($r=mysql_fetch_object($q)) {
-		$subject=i18n($r->subject);
-		$body=i18n($r->body);
+		//we dont want to translate these -- the emails themselves should be bi-multi-lingual if they need to be.
+		$subject=$r->subject;
+		$body=$r->body;
+		$bodyhtml=$r->body;
 		
 		/* Eventually we should just do this with communication_replace_vars() */
 		if(count($sub_subject)) {
@@ -353,6 +355,13 @@ function email_send($val,$to,$sub_subject=array(),$sub_body=array()) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		//do bodyhtml as well
+		if(count($sub_body)) {
+			foreach($sub_body AS $sub_k=>$sub_v) {
+				$bodyhtml=ereg_replace("\[$sub_k\]","$sub_v",$bodyhtml);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if($r->from)
 			$fr=$r->from;
 		else if ($config['fairmanageremail'])
@@ -363,7 +372,7 @@ function email_send($val,$to,$sub_subject=array(),$sub_body=array()) {
 		//only send the email if we have a from
 		if($fr) {
 			//send using RMail
-			email_send_new($to,$fr,$subject,$body);
+			email_send_new($to,$fr,$subject,$body,$bodyhtml);
 		}
 		else
 			echo error(i18n("CRITICAL ERROR: email '%1' does not have a 'From' and the Fair Manager Email is not configured",array($val),array("email key name")));