diff --git a/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml b/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
index 2e916a7..f064411 100644
--- a/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 -->
 <resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
     <!-- Symbols that are normally preceded by a space (used to add an auto-space before these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{*&amp;;:!?</string>
+    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{&amp;;:!?</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally followed by a space (used to add an auto-space after these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}*&amp;</string>
+    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that separate words -->
     <!-- Don't remove the enclosing double quotes, they protect whitespace (not just U+0020) -->
     <string name="symbols_word_separators">"&#x0009;&#x0020;\n"()[]{}*&amp;&lt;&gt;+=|.,;:!?/_\"</string>
diff --git a/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index d2554ee..5e990ed 100644
--- a/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
     <string name="suggested_punctuations">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(,),\',-,/,@,_</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally preceded by a space (used to add an auto-space before these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{*&amp;</string>
+    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally followed by a space (used to add an auto-space after these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}*&amp;</string>
+    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that separate words -->
     <!-- Don't remove the enclosing double quotes, they protect whitespace (not just U+0020) -->
     <string name="symbols_word_separators">"&#x0009;&#x0020;\n"()[]{}*&amp;&lt;&gt;+=|.,;:!?/_\"</string>
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOTests.java
index 55f1632..5ecacc1 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOTests.java
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@
         }
     }
 
+//    The following is useful to dump the dictionary into a textual file, but it can't compile
+//    on-device, so it's commented out.
+//    private void dumpToCombinedFileForDebug(final FusionDictionary dict, final String filename)
+//            throws IOException {
+//        com.android.inputmethod.latin.dicttool.CombinedInputOutput.writeDictionaryCombined(
+//                new java.io.FileWriter(new File(filename)), dict);
+//    }
+
     private long timeWritingDictToFile(final File file, final FusionDictionary dict,
             final FormatSpec.FormatOptions formatOptions) {
 
@@ -215,6 +223,9 @@
             final FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
 
             now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            // If you need to dump the dict to a textual file, uncomment the line below and the
+            // function above
+            // dumpToCombinedFileForDebug(file, "/tmp/foo");
             BinaryDictInputOutput.writeDictionaryBinary(out, dict, formatOptions);
             diff = System.currentTimeMillis() - now;