diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_translate.py b/frappe/tests/test_translate.py
index 63c4e8928d..f5386914f7 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_translate.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_translate.py
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ expected_output = [
 	('Warning: Unable to find {0} in any table related to {1}', 'This is some context', 15),
 	('Submit', 'Some DocType', 17),
 	("You don't have any messages yet.", None, 19),
-	("You don't have any messages yet.", None, 21)
+	("You don't have any messages yet.", None, 21),
+	("Long string that needs its own line because of black formatting.", None, 24),
+	("Long string with", "context", 28),
+	("Long string with", "context on newline", 32),
 ]
 
diff --git a/frappe/tests/translation_test_file.txt b/frappe/tests/translation_test_file.txt
index 45f67a806b..7db71665ad 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/translation_test_file.txt
+++ b/frappe/tests/translation_test_file.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,18 @@ _('Submit', context="Some DocType")
 
 _("""You don't have any messages yet.""")
 
-_('''You don't have any messages yet.''')
\ No newline at end of file
+_('''You don't have any messages yet.''')
+
+// allow newline in beginning
+_(
+"""Long string that needs its own line because of black formatting."""
+).format("blah")
+
+_(
+"Long string with", context="context"
+).format("blah")
+
+_(
+    "Long string with",
+    context="context on newline"
+).format("blah")
diff --git a/frappe/translate.py b/frappe/translate.py
index 9869a89840..6e0fefd6fa 100644
--- a/frappe/translate.py
+++ b/frappe/translate.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from frappe.query_builder import Field, DocType
 from pypika.terms import PseudoColumn
 
 TRANSLATE_PATTERN = re.compile(
-	r"_\("  # starts with literal `_(` work with both python / JS
+	r"_\([\s\n]*"  # starts with literal `_(`, ignore following whitespace/newlines
 
 	# BEGIN: message search
 	r"([\"']{,3})"  # start of message string identifier - allows: ', ", """, '''; 1st capture group
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ TRANSLATE_PATTERN = re.compile(
 	# END: message search
 
 	# BEGIN: python context search
-	r"(\s*,\s*context\s*=\s*"  # capture `context=` with ignoring whitespace
+	r"([\s\n]*,[\s\n]*context\s*=\s*"  # capture `context=` with ignoring whitespace
 		r"([\"'])"  # start of context string identifier; 5th capture group
 		r"(?P<py_context>((?!\5).)*)" # capture context string till closing id is found
 		r"\5"  # match context string closure
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ TRANSLATE_PATTERN = re.compile(
 	r")*"  # match one or more context string
 	# END: JS context search
 
-	r"\)"  # Closing function call
+	r"[\s\n]*\)"  # Closing function call ignore leading whitespace/newlines
 )