diff --git a/lib/RakuAST/L10N.rakumod b/lib/RakuAST/L10N.rakumod
index 6af40178fa1..09cbae52553 100644
--- a/lib/RakuAST/L10N.rakumod
+++ b/lib/RakuAST/L10N.rakumod
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@
 # Needed for now
 use experimental :rakuast;
 
+# Produce all words on non-commented lines of given IO as a Slip
+sub io2words(IO::Path:D $io) {
+    $io.lines.map: { .words.Slip unless .starts-with("#") }
+}
+
+# Set up core settings
+BEGIN my @core = io2words("tools/templates/L10N/CORE".IO);
+
+# Read translation hash from given file (as IO object)
+sub read-hash(IO::Path:D $io) is export {
+    %(flat @core, io2words($io))
+}
+
 # Return the AST for translation lookup logic, basically:
 #
 # method $name {
@@ -297,7 +310,9 @@ my sub deparsify($language, %hash) is export {
     my $statements := RakuAST::StatementList.new;
 
     # Run over the given hash, sorted by key
-    my @operands = %hash.sort(*.key.fc).map: {
+    my @operands = %hash.sort(-> $a, $b {
+        $a.key.fc cmp $b.key.fc || $b.key cmp $a.key
+    }).map: {
         (RakuAST::StrLiteral.new(.key), RakuAST::StrLiteral.new(.value)).Slip
           unless .key.ends-with('-' ~ .value)
     }
diff --git a/tools/build/makeL10N.raku b/tools/build/makeL10N.raku
index 473f51570fd..559f0ff9a8a 100755
--- a/tools/build/makeL10N.raku
+++ b/tools/build/makeL10N.raku
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ my $generated := DateTime.now.gist.subst(/\.\d+/,'');
 my $start     := '#- start of generated part of localization';
 my $end       := '#- end of generated part of localization';
 
-# all of the words in core (.kv basically)
-my @core is List = "tools/templates/L10N/CORE".IO.lines.map: {
-    .words.Slip unless .starts-with("#")
-}
-
 # For all available localizations
 for dir "tools/templates/L10N".sort(*.basename) -> $io {
     my str $language = $io.basename;
@@ -30,9 +25,7 @@ for dir "tools/templates/L10N".sort(*.basename) -> $io {
          || $language.starts-with(".");  # ignore editor temp files
 
     # Create translation hash
-    my %translation = @core.Slip, $io.lines.map({
-        .words.Slip unless .starts-with("#")
-    }).Slip;
+    my %translation := read-hash($io);
 
     # Create the slang and slangification
     my $slang  := slangify($language, %translation);