You're right, the translation worked like a champ, just needed a space in
the replacement string:

   <xsl:template match="text()">
     <xsl:value-of select="translate(., '&#xA;&#xD;', ' ')"/>
   </xsl:template>

Many thanks for all the (quick) help!
Denis

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