diff --git a/fields/__init__.py b/fields/__init__.py
index 431d89b..077839f 100644
--- a/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/fields/__init__.py
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ class Field:
             context['obj'] = ('tied' in ctx) and ctx['tied'] or ctx['obj']
             context['zobj'] = context['obj'].o
         # Copy some keys from the context of the currently executed PX.
-        for k in ('tool', 'ztool', 'req', '_', 'q', 'url', 'dright', 'dleft', \
-                  'inPopup'):
+        for k in ('tool', 'ztool', 'req', '_', 'q', 'url', 'dir', 'dright',
+                  'dleft', 'inPopup'):
             if k in context: continue
             context[k] = ctx[k]
         return self.pxRender(context).encode('utf-8')
diff --git a/fields/string.py b/fields/string.py
index f7d599b..f2e78ff 100644
--- a/fields/string.py
+++ b/fields/string.py
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@ class String(Field):
 
     pxMultilingual = Px('''
      <!-- Horizontally-layouted multilingual field -->
-     <table if="mLayout == 'horizontal'" width="100%">
+     <table if="mLayout == 'horizontal'" width="100%"
+            var="count=len(field.languages)">
       <tr valign="top"><x for="lg in field.languages"><x>:field.pxLanguage</x>
-       <td var="requestValue=requestValue[lg]|None;
+       <td width=":'%d%%' % int(100.0/count)"
+           var="requestValue=requestValue[lg]|None;
                 value=value[lg]|emptyDefault">:field.subPx[layoutType][fmt]</td>
       </x></tr></table>