1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index fc14184c..d5cf30e4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
 from django import forms
 from django.forms import widgets
 from django.utils.encoding import is_protected_type
+from django.utils.functional import Promise
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ from rest_framework import ISO_8601
 from rest_framework.compat import timezone, parse_date, parse_datetime, parse_time
 from rest_framework.compat import BytesIO
 from rest_framework.compat import six
-from rest_framework.compat import smart_text
+from rest_framework.compat import smart_text, force_text
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 
@@ -45,6 +46,15 @@ def is_simple_callable(obj):
     len_defaults = len(defaults) if defaults else 0
     return len_args <= len_defaults
 
+if six.PY3:
+    def is_non_str_iterable(obj):
+        if (isinstance(obj, str) or
+            (isinstance(obj, Promise) and obj._delegate_text)):
+            return False
+        return hasattr(obj, '__iter__')
+else:
+    def is_non_str_iterable(obj):
+        return hasattr(obj, '__iter__')
 
 def get_component(obj, attr_name):
     """
@@ -169,7 +179,8 @@ class Field(object):
 
         if is_protected_type(value):
             return value
-        elif hasattr(value, '__iter__') and not isinstance(value, (dict, six.string_types)):
+        elif (is_non_str_iterable(value) and
+              not isinstance(value, (dict, six.string_types))):
             return [self.to_native(item) for item in value]
         elif isinstance(value, dict):
             # Make sure we preserve field ordering, if it exists
@@ -177,7 +188,7 @@ class Field(object):
             for key, val in value.items():
                 ret[key] = self.to_native(val)
             return ret
-        return smart_text(value)
+        return force_text(value)
 
     def attributes(self):
         """