diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 32d4503f83..bcdf09540f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ liblouis NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  	-*- org -*-
      Boyer.
    - Emphasized words should now be contracted consistently thanks to
      John Boyer.
+   - Fixed several problems with back-translation. A slash within a
+     number and strings such as 5-inch-diameter and 25-year-old-man
+     should now back-translate correctly. Thanks to John Boyer.
+
 
 ** Braille Table Improvements
    - fr-bfu-comp8.utb: corrections, zero was wrongly displayed in some
@@ -14,8 +18,13 @@ liblouis NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  	-*- org -*-
      thanks to Ken Perry.
    - en-us-g2.ctb: Fix for backtranslation of things like
      http://address.com, thanks to Ken Perry.
-   - Further corrections and testcases to the Hungarian tables thanks to Hammer
-     Attila
+   - Further corrections and testcases to the Hungarian tables thanks
+     to Hammer Attila
+   - UEB chardefs - correct title and fixed a long standing bug where
+     dots 46 was inserted between letters (especialy for web
+     addresses). Thanks to Joseph Lee.
+   - UEB-g1: corrected the at sign dot combination. Thanks to Joseph
+     Lee.
 
 ** Backwards incompatible changes
    - Delete the table chardefs-ueb.cti as these rules are now
diff --git a/liblouis/lou_backTranslateString.c b/liblouis/lou_backTranslateString.c
index 0981ae30c9..14c54b0054 100644
--- a/liblouis/lou_backTranslateString.c
+++ b/liblouis/lou_backTranslateString.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /* liblouis Braille Translation and Back-Translation 
 Library
 
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ back_selectRule ()
 		    case CTO_LargeSign:
 		      return;
 		    case CTO_WholeWord:
-		      if (itsALetter)
+		      if (itsALetter || itsANumber)
 			break;
 		    case CTO_Contraction:
 		      if ((beforeAttributes & (CTC_Space | CTC_Punctuation))
@@ -1042,7 +1043,6 @@ backTranslateString ()
       switch (currentOpcode)
 	{
 	case CTO_Hyphen:
-	  if (isEndWord ())
 	    itsANumber = 0;
 	  break;
 	case CTO_LargeSign:
diff --git a/tables/en-ueb-g1.ctb b/tables/en-ueb-g1.ctb
index f8540a2da7..795c67bfd1 100644
--- a/tables/en-ueb-g1.ctb
+++ b/tables/en-ueb-g1.ctb
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ include en-ueb-chardefs.uti UEB specific char defs.
 
 # Braille indicators
 numsign 3456  number sign, just a dots operand
+letsign 56
+noletsignafter .
+noletsignafter '
 capsign 6
 begcaps 6-6
 # Todo: Find a way to insert capsection 6-6-6 rule.
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ sign ⊵ 456-456-345 Is not normal subgroup or equal
 # special character sequences
 
 context "\e"$a *
-always \\_ 56 letter sign before Roman page numbers
+noback always \\_ 56 letter sign before Roman page numbers
 pass2 @56-56 @56
 pass2 @3-56 @3
 
diff --git a/tables/en-us-g1.ctb b/tables/en-us-g1.ctb
index 4a8c48754d..f06fcad3f8 100644
--- a/tables/en-us-g1.ctb
+++ b/tables/en-us-g1.ctb
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ include chardefs.cti All character definition opcodes
 
 # Braille indicators
 numsign 3456  number sign, just a dots operand
+letsign 56
+noletsignafter .
+noletsignafter '
 capsign 6
 begcaps 6-6
 endcaps 6-3
diff --git a/tables/en-us-g2.ctb b/tables/en-us-g2.ctb
index 552d8a61d9..d7bb271096 100644
--- a/tables/en-us-g2.ctb
+++ b/tables/en-us-g2.ctb
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 include en-us-g1.ctb
 
 # Braille indicators specific to Grade 2
-letsign 56
-noletsignafter .
-noletsignafter '
 multind 56-6 letsign capsign
 
 # Contractions beginning with the letter a