diff --git a/gulliver/system/class.bootstrap.php b/gulliver/system/class.bootstrap.php
index 65a737522..c07ffdac8 100644
--- a/gulliver/system/class.bootstrap.php
+++ b/gulliver/system/class.bootstrap.php
@@ -827,6 +827,11 @@ class Bootstrap
         $typeName  = trim($typeName);
         $fileConst = ($typeName == 'translation') ? 'translation.' . $locale : 'translation.' . $typeName . '.' . $locale;
 
+        if (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/', $typeName)) {
+            error_log("Attempted to stream invalid translation type: " . $typeName);
+            return '';
+        }
+
         if ($typeName == 'translation') {
             $defaultTranslations = array();
             $foreignTranslations = array();
@@ -863,11 +868,16 @@ class Bootstrap
             $newName = implode('.', $typearray);
             if (file_exists(PATH_LANGUAGECONT . $newName)) {
                 require_once(PATH_LANGUAGECONT . $newName);
-                $return = '';
-                eval('$return = "var TRANSLATIONS_" . strtoupper($typeName) . " = " . Bootstrap::json_encode($translation' . $typeName . ') . ";";');
-                return $return;
+                $dynamicTranslationVarName = 'translation' . $typeName;
+                if (isset($$dynamicTranslationVarName) && is_array($$dynamicTranslationVarName)) {
+                    $translationToEncode = $$dynamicTranslationVarName;
+                    return 'var TRANSLATIONS_' . strtoupper($typeName) . ' = ' . Bootstrap::json_encode($translationToEncode) . ';';
+                } else {
+                    error_log("Missing or invalid translation array for type: " . $typeName);
+                    return ''; 
+                }
             }
-            return;
+            return '';
         }
     }