diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs
index 7b001b920..92dc7be4f 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ using Serilog;
 // TODOs:
 //   - refactor integer handling now that we have multiple packed types
 //   - common construction/property design for subclasses
-//   - design for handling raw values vs resolved values, both for input and output
 //   - wrapper class(es) for handling of composite links in chat (item, map etc) and formatting operations
 //   - add italics payload
+// Maybes:
+//   - convert parsing to custom structs for each payload?  would make some code prettier and easier to work with
+//     but also wouldn't work out as well for things that are dynamically-sized
 
 namespace Dalamud.Game.Chat.SeStringHandling
 {
@@ -200,8 +202,8 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Chat.SeStringHandling
             Int16 = 0xF2,
             Int16Packed = 0xF4,         // seen in map links, seemingly 2 8-bit values packed into 2 bytes with only one marker
             Int24Special = 0xF6,        // unsure how different form Int24 - used for hq items that add 1 million, also used for normal 24-bit values in map links
-            Int24Packed = 0xFC,         // used in map links- sometimes short+byte, sometimes... not??
             Int24 = 0xFA,
+            Int24Packed = 0xFC,         // used in map links- sometimes short+byte, sometimes... not??
             Int32 = 0xFE
         }
 
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/AutoTranslatePayload.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/AutoTranslatePayload.cs
index 4e6fbfb3a..88c42de1d 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/AutoTranslatePayload.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/AutoTranslatePayload.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Chat.SeStringHandling.Payloads
         {
             get
             {
-                this.text ??= Resolve();
+                // wrap the text in the colored brackets that is uses in-game, since those
+                // are not actually part of any of the payloads
+                this.text ??= $"\uE040 {Resolve()} \uE041";
                 return this.text;
             }
         }
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/PlayerPayload.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/PlayerPayload.cs
index 7561713e6..7c1be4876 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/PlayerPayload.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/PlayerPayload.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Chat.SeStringHandling.Payloads
             bytes.AddRange(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(this.playerName));
             bytes.Add(END_BYTE);
 
+            // TODO: should these really be here? additional payloads should come in separately already...
+
             // encoded names are followed by the name in plain text again
             // use the payload parsing for consistency, as this is technically a new chunk
             bytes.AddRange(
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIForegroundPayload.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIForegroundPayload.cs
index 014b94354..d88d0e1c7 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIForegroundPayload.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIForegroundPayload.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Chat.SeStringHandling.Payloads
         {
             get
             {
-                return UIColor.UIForeground;
+                return (UIColor.UIForeground & 0xFFFFFF);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIGlowPayload.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIGlowPayload.cs
index 0b594c416..33f5dde12 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIGlowPayload.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/Payloads/UIGlowPayload.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Chat.SeStringHandling.Payloads
         {
             get
             {
-                return UIColor.UIGlow;
+                return (UIColor.UIGlow & 0xFFFFFF);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs
index 248a0692f..210b4fb92 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Chat/SeStringHandling/SeString.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Chat.SeStringHandling
                     // TODO: temporary (probably)
                     else if (p.Type == PayloadType.AutoTranslateText)
                     {
-                        sb.Append($"{{ {((AutoTranslatePayload)p).Text} }}");
+                        sb.Append(((AutoTranslatePayload)p).Text);
                     }
                 }