diff --git a/frontend/src/utils.js b/frontend/src/utils.js
index 82af810..d78d354 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils.js
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ const browserPrefersDark = () => {
 const mailto = (address) => window.location.href = 'mailto:' + address;
 
 // build OpenLyrics XML for given song
+// see https://manual.openlp.org/display_tags.html#configuring-formatting-tags
 const openLyricsXML = (song, version, translatedSong = null, locales = [], allTags = null) => {
 	const timestamp = (new Date()).toISOString().slice(0, -5);
 	const title = `<title>${song.title}</title>`;
@@ -345,16 +346,18 @@ const openLyricsXML = (song, version, translatedSong = null, locales = [], allTa
 		: '';
 	const tags = song.tags && locales && allTags
 		? '<themes>' + song.tags.map(
-				tag => locales.map(l =>`<theme lang="${l}">${allTags[tag][l] ?? tag.key}</theme>`).join('')
+				tag => locales.map(l =>`<theme lang='${l}'>${allTags[tag][l] ?? tag.key}</theme>`).join('')
 			).join('') + '</themes>'
 		: '';
-  const format = translatedSong ? `<format><tags application='OpenLP'><tag name='it'><open>&lt;em&gt;</open><close>&lt;/em&gt;</close><hidden>False</hidden></tag><tag name='gr'><open>&lt;span style='-webkit-text-fill-color:#c2c2a3'&gt;</open><close>&lt;/span&gt;</close><hidden>False</hidden></tag></tags></format>` : '';
+  const format = translatedSong
+    ? `<format><tags application='OpenLP'><tag name='it'><open><![CDATA[<em>]]></open><close><![CDATA[</em>]]></close><hidden><![CDATA[False]]></hidden></tag><tag name='gr'><open><![CDATA[<span style='-webkit-text-fill-color:grey'>]]></open><close><![CDATA[</span>]]></close><hidden><![CDATA[True]]></hidden></tag><tag name='fd'><open><![CDATA[<small>]]></open><close><![CDATA[</small>]]></close><hidden><![CDATA[True]]></hidden></tag></tags></format>`
+    : '';
   const tParts = translatedSong ? parsedContent(translatedSong.content, 0, false, false) : [];
 	const lyrics = parsedContent(song.content, 0, false, false).map((p, i) => {
 		const type = p.type ? p.type.toUpperCase() : 'V';
 		const num = p.number > 0 ? p.number : '1';
     const tContent = (i in tParts)
-      ? `<br/><br/><tag name='it'><tag name='gr'>${tParts[i].content.replace(/\n/g, "<br />")}</tag></tag>`
+      ? `<br/><br/><tag name='it'><tag name='gr'><tag name='fd'>${tParts[i].content.replace(/\n/g, "<br />")}</tag></tag></tag>`
       : '';
 		return `<verse name='${type}${num}'><lines>${p.content.replace(/\n/g, "<br />")}${tContent}</lines></verse>`;
 	}).join('');
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SetlistShow.vue b/frontend/src/views/SetlistShow.vue
index fdcf6be..9158f5c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SetlistShow.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SetlistShow.vue
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ const exportOsz = async () => {
 			const tParts = tSong ? parsedContent(tSong.content, 0, false, false) : [];
 			parts.forEach((part, i) => {
 				itemData.push({
-					'raw_slide': (i in tParts) ? part.content + "\n\n" + tParts[i].content : part.content,
+					'raw_slide': (i in tParts) ? `${part.content}\n\n{it}{gr}{fd}${tParts[i].content}{/fd}{/it}{/gr}` : part.content,
 					'verseTag': (part.type ? part.type.toUpperCase() : 'V') + (part.number > 0 ? part.number.toString() : '1'),
 				});
 			});
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SongShow.vue b/frontend/src/views/SongShow.vue
index 2beae47..31642a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SongShow.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SongShow.vue
@@ -524,8 +524,15 @@ const exportSng = () => {
 };
 // export song in OpenLyrics XML format
 const exportXml = () => {
+	// check for translations
+	const lang = !('lang' in localStorage) ? locale.value : localStorage.getItem('lang');
+	let tSong = null;
+	if (lang !== song.value.language && song.value.translations.length > 0) {
+		const tKey = song.value.translations.find((t) => t.endsWith(`-${lang}`));
+		tSong = props.songs[tKey];
+	}
 	// start download
-	download(openLyricsXML(song.value, version, null, availableLocales, props.tags), songId + '.xml');
+	download(openLyricsXML(song.value, version, tSong, availableLocales, props.tags), songId + '.xml');
 	// toast success message
 	notify({
 		title: t('toast.exportedXml'),