diff --git a/core/embed/rust/src/translations/generated/translated_string.rs.mako b/core/embed/rust/src/translations/generated/translated_string.rs.mako
index 3147724698..9ecc94fbcf 100644
--- a/core/embed/rust/src/translations/generated/translated_string.rs.mako
+++ b/core/embed/rust/src/translations/generated/translated_string.rs.mako
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #![cfg_attr(rustfmt, rustfmt_skip)]
 <%
 import json
+import re
 
 ALTCOIN_PREFIXES = (
     "binance",
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ impl TranslatedString {
             %if any(name.startswith(prefix + "__") for prefix in ALTCOIN_PREFIXES):
             #[cfg(feature = "universal_fw")]
             %endif
-            Self::${name} => ${json.dumps(en_data.get(name, '""'))},
+            Self::${name} => ${re.sub(r'\\u([0-9a-f]{4})', r'\\u{\g<1>}', json.dumps(en_data.get(name, '""')))},
 % endfor
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/embed/rust/src/ui/display/font.rs b/core/embed/rust/src/ui/display/font.rs
index 2814f7fa38..fd410a43bf 100644
--- a/core/embed/rust/src/ui/display/font.rs
+++ b/core/embed/rust/src/ui/display/font.rs
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ impl Font {
     }
 
     pub fn get_glyph(self, ch: char) -> Glyph {
+        /* have the non-breaking space counted for width but not counted as a
+         * breaking point */
+        let ch = match ch {
+            '\u{00a0}' => '\u{0020}',
+            c => c,
+        };
         let gl_data = display::get_char_glyph(ch as u16, self.into());
 
         ensure!(!gl_data.is_null(), "Failed to load glyph");
diff --git a/tests/translations.py b/tests/translations.py
index 3be33e88e8..48e0ca9a38 100644
--- a/tests/translations.py
+++ b/tests/translations.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def _resolve_path_to_texts(
 
     if lower:
         texts = [t.lower() for t in texts]
-    texts = [t.strip() for t in texts]
+    texts = [t.replace("\xa0", " ").strip() for t in texts]
     return texts