diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
index 26c5dfe9261b7f..8152e6174d35fa 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -2922,6 +2922,16 @@ def _check(dec):
         dec = self.IncrementalNewlineDecoder(None, translate=True)
         _check(dec)
 
+    def test_translate(self):
+        # issue 35062
+        for translate in (-2, -1, 1, 2):
+            decoder = codecs.getincrementaldecoder("utf-8")()
+            decoder = self.IncrementalNewlineDecoder(decoder, translate)
+            self.check_newline_decoding_utf8(decoder)
+        decoder = codecs.getincrementaldecoder("utf-8")()
+        decoder = self.IncrementalNewlineDecoder(decoder, translate=0)
+        self.assertEqual(decoder.decode(b"\r\r\n"), "\r\r\n")
+
 class CIncrementalNewlineDecoderTest(IncrementalNewlineDecoderTest):
     pass
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-29-23-09-24.bpo-35062.dQS1ng.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-29-23-09-24.bpo-35062.dQS1ng.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b77ed8685bfcbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-29-23-09-24.bpo-35062.dQS1ng.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix incorrect parsing of :class:`_io.IncrementalNewlineDecoder`'s
+*translate* argument.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index 1979539cc05469..825e84937c15e7 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ incrementalnewlinedecoder_init(nldecoder_object *self,
         self->errors = errors;
     }
 
-    self->translate = translate;
+    self->translate = translate ? 1 : 0;
     self->seennl = 0;
     self->pendingcr = 0;