diff --git a/bridge/slack/slack.go b/bridge/slack/slack.go
index e1248660..3ea796f0 100644
--- a/bridge/slack/slack.go
+++ b/bridge/slack/slack.go
@@ -291,7 +291,11 @@ func (b *Bslack) createAttach(extra map[string][]interface{}) []slack.Attachment
 }
 
 func (b *Bslack) createTranslationAttach(msg config.Message) slack.Attachment {
-	untranslatedTextPreview := msg.TranslationSrcMsg.Text[:100]+"..."
+	untranslatedTextPreview := msg.TranslationSrcMsg.Text
+	previewCharCount := 100
+	if len(msg.TranslationSrcMsg.Text) > previewCharCount {
+		untranslatedTextPreview = untranslatedTextPreview[:previewCharCount]+"..."
+	}
 	ch, err := b.getChannelByName(msg.TranslationSrcMsg.Channel)
 	time := strings.Split(msg.TranslationSrcMsg.ID, " ")[1]
 	params := slack.PermalinkParameters{
diff --git a/gateway/gateway.go b/gateway/gateway.go
index fe0bd714..3559097e 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway.go
+++ b/gateway/gateway.go
@@ -332,7 +332,9 @@ func (gw *Gateway) handleMessage(msg config.Message, dest *bridge.Bridge) []*BrM
 		msg.Avatar = gw.modifyAvatar(origmsg, dest)
 		msg.Username = gw.modifyUsername(origmsg, dest)
 		msg.ID = ""
+		// Don't keep artifacts in between processed translations
 		msg.Text = origmsg.Text
+		msg.TranslationSrcMsg = nil
 
 		// Translation
 		if (gw.Router.GTClient != nil) && (channel.Options.Locale != "") && (msg.Text != "") {