diff --git a/parler_rest/fields.py b/parler_rest/fields.py
index c9afee0..8aa5501 100644
--- a/parler_rest/fields.py
+++ b/parler_rest/fields.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Custom serializer fields for nested translations.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import json
+from django.utils.six import string_types
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ class TranslatedFieldsField(serializers.Field):
     Exposing all translated fields for a TranslatableModel in REST style.
     """
     default_error_messages = dict(serializers.Field.default_error_messages, **{
+        'invalid_json_dump': _("Input is not a valid json dump"),
         'invalid': _("Input is not a valid dict"),
         'empty': _("This field may not be empty.")
     })
@@ -129,6 +132,13 @@ def to_internal_value(self, data):
         if data is None:
             return
 
+        if isinstance(data, string_types):
+            # try to convert to json
+            try:
+                data = json.loads(data)
+            except:
+                self.fail('invalid_json_dump')
+
         if not isinstance(data, dict):
             self.fail('invalid')
         if not self.allow_empty and len(data) == 0:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8edecd2..efe3b4f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def find_version(*parts):
     install_requires=[
         'django-parler>=1.2',
         'djangorestframework>=3.0',
+        'future==0.16.0',
     ],
     requires=[
         'Django (>=1.4.2)',
diff --git a/testproj/tests.py b/testproj/tests.py
index cd4926b..29889a6 100644
--- a/testproj/tests.py
+++ b/testproj/tests.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import json
 import unittest
 
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
 
 
 class CountryTranslatedSerializerTestCase(TestCase):
-
     # Disable cache as due to automatic db rollback the instance pk
     # is the same for all tests and with the cache we'd mistakenly
     # skips saves after the first test.
@@ -98,6 +98,25 @@ def test_translations_validation(self):
         self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid(), serializer.errors)
         six.assertCountEqual(self, serializer.validated_data['translations'], data['translations'])
 
+    def test_stringified_translations_validation(self):
+        translations = {
+            'en': {
+                'name': "France",
+                'url': "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France"
+            },
+            'es': {
+                'name': "Francia",
+                'url': "http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francia"
+            }
+        }
+        data = {
+            'country_code': 'FR',
+            'translations': json.dumps(translations)
+        }
+        serializer = CountryTranslatedSerializer(data=data)
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid(), serializer.errors)
+        six.assertCountEqual(self, serializer.validated_data['translations'], translations)
+
     def test_translated_fields_validation(self):
         data = {
             'country_code': 'FR',
@@ -119,7 +138,7 @@ def test_translated_fields_validation(self):
         self.assertIn('url', serializer.errors['translations']['es'])
 
     def test_translations_validation_empty(self):
-        for empty_value in (None, {}, '', ):
+        for empty_value in (None, {}, '',):
             data = {
                 'country_code': 'FR',
                 'translations': empty_value
@@ -128,7 +147,7 @@ def test_translations_validation_empty(self):
             self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
             self.assertIn('translations', serializer.errors)
 
-    def test_tranlations_saving_on_create(self):
+    def test_translations_saving_on_create(self):
         data = {
             'country_code': 'FR',
             'translations': {
@@ -243,7 +262,6 @@ def test_nested_translated_serializer(self):
 
 
 class ParlerRestUtilsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-
     def test_automatic_translation_serializer_creation(self):
         serializer = create_translated_fields_serializer(Country)()
         assert serializer.fields["name"]