diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ba1dbd49a..94fc0e47c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-02-17  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py: fix character translation
+
 2006-02-16  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/GrampsDb/_GedTokens.py: fix constant table
 	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py: ALIA fix
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
index f5eaa1b23..2e4c5f26b 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class Reader:
             try:
                 val = self.cnv(val)
             except:
-                val = self.cnv(line[2].translate(val,self.transtable2))
+                val = self.cnv(val.translate(self.transtable2))
 
             try:
                 level = int(line[0])