diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/macros/translatableStringEditor.tid b/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/macros/translatableStringEditor.tid
index ec1a9585a..a9a09e399 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/macros/translatableStringEditor.tid
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/macros/translatableStringEditor.tid
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ tags: $:/tags/Macro
 <$list filter="""$(editFieldsFilter)$""" variable="editorField">
 <$edit-text tag="$(editorTagName)$" field=<<editorField>> type="text" class="tc-edit-texteditor" minHeight="10px"/>
 </$list>
+<$reveal state="$:/state/showEnglishText" type=match text="show" tag="p">
+Default text:
+<pre><code><$view tiddler="$:/core" subtiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field=<<editorField>>/></code></pre>
+</$reveal>
 </td>
 <td width="20px">
 <div class="tc-drop-down-wrapper">
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ Delete translation
 
 //<$count filter=<<translatableTiddlerTitles>>/> translatable tiddlers in this group//
 
+<$checkbox tiddler="$:/state/showEnglishText" field="text" checked="show" unchecked="hide" default="hide"> Show the default text below editor field</$checkbox>
+
 <$radio tiddler="$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/editorTag" value="textarea"> Multi-line editors</$radio><br>
 <$radio tiddler="$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/editorTag" value="input"> Single-line editors</$radio>
 
diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/system/styles.tid b/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/system/styles.tid
index 14b7a2177..61c47405d 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/system/styles.tid
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/translators/system/styles.tid
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ tags: $:/tags/Stylesheet
 
 .tc-translators-string-table .tc-drop-down {
 	min-width: 500px;
+}
+
+.tc-tiddler-frame textarea.tc-edit-texteditor,
+.tc-tiddler-frame input.tc-edit-texteditor {
+  background-color: #feffef;
 }
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