diff --git a/src/dictionary.cpp b/src/dictionary.cpp
index 9e8fe475..a6aecb7a 100755
--- a/src/dictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/dictionary.cpp
@@ -703,6 +703,8 @@ int Translator::IsLetterGroup(char *word, int group, int pre)
 
 int Translator::IsLetter(int letter, int group)
 {//============================================
+	int letter2;
+
 	if(letter_groups[group] != NULL)
 	{
 		if(wcschr(letter_groups[group],letter))
@@ -713,10 +715,12 @@ int Translator::IsLetter(int letter, int group)
 	if(group > 7)
 		return(0);
 
-
 	if(letter_bits_offset > 0)
 	{
-		letter -= letter_bits_offset;
+		if(((letter2 = (letter - letter_bits_offset)) > 0) && (letter2 < 0x80))
+				letter = letter2;
+		else
+			return(0);
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/numbers.cpp b/src/numbers.cpp
index e53533bc..26233eb7 100644
--- a/src/numbers.cpp
+++ b/src/numbers.cpp
@@ -562,7 +562,11 @@ void Translator::LookupLetter(unsigned int letter, int next_byte, char *ph_buf1)
 		ph_buf1[0] = 0;
 		return;
 	}
-
+	if(ph_buf3[0] == phonSWITCH)
+	{
+		strcpy(ph_buf1,ph_buf3);
+		return;
+	}
 	// at a stress marker at the start of the letter name, unless one is already marked
 	ph_stress[0] = phonSTRESS_P;
 	ph_stress[1] = 0;
diff --git a/src/synthdata.cpp b/src/synthdata.cpp
index d48b2659..5fcb5710 100755
--- a/src/synthdata.cpp
+++ b/src/synthdata.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "translate.h"
 #include "wave.h"
 
-const char *version_string = "1.34  07.Mar.08";
+const char *version_string = "1.35  07.Mar.08";
 const int version_phdata  = 0x013400;
 
 int option_device_number = -1;
diff --git a/src/translate.cpp b/src/translate.cpp
index 9c367d56..0c47cb82 100755
--- a/src/translate.cpp
+++ b/src/translate.cpp
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ if((wmark > 0) && (wmark < 8))
 			{
 				// change to another language in order to translate this word
 				strcpy(word_phonemes,phonemes);
-				return(FLAG_SPELLWORD);
+				return(0);
 			}
 
 			p = &wordx[word_length-3];    // this looks wrong.  Doesn't consider multi-byte chars.