diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/__tests__/resolveTransform-test.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/__tests__/resolveTransform-test.js
index 18ee341a..b5639092 100644
--- a/src/apis/StyleSheet/__tests__/resolveTransform-test.js
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/__tests__/resolveTransform-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,18 @@
 import resolveTransform from '../resolveTransform';
 
 describe('apis/StyleSheet/resolveTransform', () => {
-  test('transform', () => {
+  // passthrough if transform value is ever a string
+  test('transform string', () => {
+    const resolvedStyle = {};
+    const transform = 'perspective(50px) scaleX(20) translateX(20px) rotate(20deg)';
+
+    const style = { transform };
+    resolveTransform(resolvedStyle, style);
+
+    expect(resolvedStyle).toEqual({ transform });
+  });
+
+  test('transform array', () => {
     const resolvedStyle = {};
     const style = {
       transform: [{ perspective: 50 }, { scaleX: 20 }, { translateX: 20 }, { rotate: '20deg' }]
diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js
index af1b2d1a..21f773ad 100644
--- a/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js
@@ -71,15 +71,17 @@ const i18nStyle = originalStyle => {
       continue;
     }
 
+    const value = style[prop];
+
     if (PROPERTIES_TO_SWAP[prop]) {
       const newProp = flipProperty(prop);
-      nextStyle[newProp] = style[prop];
+      nextStyle[newProp] = value;
     } else if (PROPERTIES_SWAP_LEFT_RIGHT[prop]) {
-      nextStyle[prop] = swapLeftRight(style[prop]);
+      nextStyle[prop] = swapLeftRight(value);
     } else if (prop === 'textShadowOffset') {
-      nextStyle[prop] = style[prop];
-      nextStyle[prop].width = additiveInverse(style[prop].width);
-    } else if (prop === 'transform') {
+      nextStyle[prop] = value;
+      nextStyle[prop].width = additiveInverse(value.width);
+    } else if (prop === 'transform' && Array.isArray(value)) {
       nextStyle[prop] = style[prop].map(flipTransform);
     } else {
       nextStyle[prop] = style[prop];
diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/resolveTransform.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/resolveTransform.js
index 2bd77020..0e3ad203 100644
--- a/src/apis/StyleSheet/resolveTransform.js
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/resolveTransform.js
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ const convertTransformMatrix = transformMatrix => {
 };
 
 const resolveTransform = (resolvedStyle, style) => {
+  let transform = style.transform;
   if (Array.isArray(style.transform)) {
-    const transform = style.transform.map(mapTransform).join(' ');
-    resolvedStyle.transform = transform;
+    transform = style.transform.map(mapTransform).join(' ');
   } else if (style.transformMatrix) {
-    const transform = convertTransformMatrix(style.transformMatrix);
-    resolvedStyle.transform = transform;
+    transform = convertTransformMatrix(style.transformMatrix);
   }
+  resolvedStyle.transform = transform;
 };
 
 module.exports = resolveTransform;