1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/international/quail.el b/lisp/international/quail.el
index 17dd5013805..d0719117ee2 100644
--- a/lisp/international/quail.el
+++ b/lisp/international/quail.el
@@ -2066,6 +2066,8 @@ minibuffer and the selected frame has no other windows)."
 
 (defun quail-get-translations ()
   "Return a string containing the current possible translations."
+  (or (multibyte-string-p quail-current-key)
+      (setq quail-current-key (string-to-multibyte quail-current-key)))
   (let ((map (quail-lookup-key quail-current-key nil t))
         (str (copy-sequence quail-current-key)))
     (if quail-current-translations
@@ -2074,7 +2076,7 @@ minibuffer and the selected frame has no other windows)."
     ;; Show the current key.
     (let ((guidance (quail-guidance)))
       (if (listp guidance)
-          ;; We must replace thetyped key with the specified PROMPTKEY.
+          ;; We must replace the typed key with the specified PROMPT-KEY.
           (dotimes (i (length str))
             (let ((prompt-key (cdr (assoc (aref str i) guidance))))
               (if prompt-key