diff --git a/src/display/drawing-item.cpp b/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
index 04a26836b872c6d90c958d0781db8ec3aac70700..960fee6bf3e19355d265d91d8375fe1774dab626 100644
--- a/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
+++ b/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ void DrawingItem::setTransform(Geom::Affine const &new_trans)
     if (_transform) {
         current = *_transform;
     }
+    _translating = new_trans.isTranslation(EPS);
 
     if (!Geom::are_near(current, new_trans, EPS)) {
         // mark the area where the object was for redraw.
@@ -730,6 +731,9 @@ DrawingItem::render(DrawingContext &dc, Geom::IntRect const &area, unsigned flag
             _cache->paintFromCache(dc, carea, forcecache);
             if (!carea) {
                 dc.setSource(0, 0, 0, 0);
+                if (Geom::are_near(_opacity,0.8)) {
+                    std::cout << "CACHED" << std::endl;
+                }
                 return RENDER_OK;
             }
         } else {
@@ -745,7 +749,9 @@ DrawingItem::render(DrawingContext &dc, Geom::IntRect const &area, unsigned flag
         // if our caching was turned off after the last update, it was already
         // deleted in setCached()
     }
-
+    if (Geom::are_near(_opacity,0.8)) {
+        std::cout << "NO CACHED" << std::endl;
+    }
     // determine whether this shape needs intermediate rendering.
     bool needs_intermediate_rendering = false;
     bool &nir = needs_intermediate_rendering;
@@ -1072,8 +1078,8 @@ DrawingItem::_markForRendering()
 
     // dirty the caches of all parents
     DrawingItem *bkg_root = nullptr;
-
-    for (DrawingItem *i = this; i; i = i->_parent) {
+    DrawingItem *i = _translating ? this->_parent : this;
+    for (DrawingItem *i = this->_parent; i; i = i->_parent) {
         if (i != this && i->_filter) {
             i->_filter->area_enlarge(*dirty, i);
         }
@@ -1096,6 +1102,7 @@ DrawingItem::_markForRendering()
         // Can happen, e.g. Icon Preview dialog.
         // std::cerr << "DrawingItem::_markForRendering: Missing CanvasItemDrawing!" << std::endl;
     }
+    _translating = false;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/display/drawing-item.h b/src/display/drawing-item.h
index 284875be5c1ecb2d24073ad3cb60c6132c5e2b9c..b7fd159b27b672f0f4e02032b61a1d10db6b3f4c 100644
--- a/src/display/drawing-item.h
+++ b/src/display/drawing-item.h
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ protected:
     SPItem *_item; ///< Used to associate DrawingItems with SPItems that created them
     DrawingCache *_cache;
     bool _prev_nir = false;
-
+    bool _translating = false;
+    
     CacheList::iterator _cache_iterator;
 
     bool style_vector_effect_size   : 1;
diff --git a/src/display/drawing-surface.cpp b/src/display/drawing-surface.cpp
index ae27a58a2a82e35bdbe7ae59df7e6370b5ca67ed..66f84adb03ecc5512056134020cf3b4984289e84 100644
--- a/src/display/drawing-surface.cpp
+++ b/src/display/drawing-surface.cpp
@@ -251,24 +251,22 @@ DrawingCache::prepare()
 {
     Geom::IntRect old_area = pixelArea();
     bool is_identity = _pending_transform.isIdentity();
-    if (is_identity && _pending_area == old_area) return; // no change
+    if (is_identity && _pending_area.dimensions() == old_area.dimensions()) return; // no change
 
     bool is_integer_translation = is_identity;
     if (!is_identity && _pending_transform.isTranslation()) {
-        Geom::IntPoint t = _pending_transform.translation().round();
-        if (Geom::are_near(Geom::Point(t), _pending_transform.translation())) {
-            is_integer_translation = true;
-            cairo_region_translate(_clean_region, t[X], t[Y]);
-            if (old_area + t == _pending_area) {
-                // if the areas match, the only thing to do
-                // is to ensure that the clean area is not too large
-                // we can exit early
-                cairo_rectangle_int_t limit = _convertRect(_pending_area);
-                cairo_region_intersect_rectangle(_clean_region, &limit);
-                _origin += t;
-                _pending_transform.setIdentity();
-                return;
-            }
+        Geom::Point t = _pending_transform.translation();
+        Geom::IntPoint tint = _pending_area.min() - old_area.min();
+        cairo_region_translate(_clean_region, tint[X], tint[Y]);
+        if (old_area.dimensions() == _pending_area.dimensions()) {
+            // if the areas match, the only thing to do
+            // is to ensure that the clean area is not too large
+            // we can exit early
+            cairo_rectangle_int_t limit = _convertRect(_pending_area);
+            cairo_region_intersect_rectangle(_clean_region, &limit);
+            _origin += t;
+            _pending_transform.setIdentity();
+            return;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/object/sp-item.cpp b/src/object/sp-item.cpp
index 35f434cd7499cebc1713b9463bfc286a76f216e4..1eb7ff4db9a22ad26a306bd26ce97a3f34710b5f 100644
--- a/src/object/sp-item.cpp
+++ b/src/object/sp-item.cpp
@@ -1628,6 +1628,9 @@ void SPItem::doWriteTransform(Geom::Affine const &transform, Geom::Affine const
                 // the object does not have a filter, or the transform is translation (which is supposed to not affect filters)
         )
     {
+        for (auto &v : views) {
+            v.drawingitem->setCached(false, true);
+        }
         transform_attr = this->set_transform(transform);
     }
     if (freeze_stroke_width) {