diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2aca60d..eba7fe3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 *.user
 .vs/
 /src/packages/
+/src/.vscode
diff --git a/src/Core/CodeModel/CSharpExpressionWriter.cs b/src/Core/CodeModel/CSharpExpressionWriter.cs
index cc2ecf9..9632db9 100644
--- a/src/Core/CodeModel/CSharpExpressionWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Core/CodeModel/CSharpExpressionWriter.cs
@@ -645,8 +645,14 @@ private void WriteStringLiteral(Syntax.Str literal)
             {
                 writer.Write("@\"");
             }
+            else if (literal.Format)
+            {
+                writer.Write("$\"");
+            }
             else
+            {
                 writer.Write("\"");
+            }
 
             for (int i = 0; i < literal.s.Length; ++i)
             {
diff --git a/src/Pytocs.Tests/Translate/ExpTranslatorTests.cs b/src/Pytocs.Tests/Translate/ExpTranslatorTests.cs
index 700b64d..b57813e 100644
--- a/src/Pytocs.Tests/Translate/ExpTranslatorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Pytocs.Tests/Translate/ExpTranslatorTests.cs
@@ -785,5 +785,13 @@ public void Ex_tuple_unpacker()
 })";
             Assert.Equal(sExp, Xlat(pySrc));
         }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = nameof(Ex_FormatString))]
+        public void Ex_FormatString()
+        {
+            var pySrc = "f'Hello {world}'";
+            var sExp = "$\"Hello {world}\"";
+            Assert.Equal(sExp, Xlat(pySrc));
+        }
     }
 }