diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index 003c251fbb5..58dfa20519b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ def test_maketrans_translate(self):
                              {ord('a'): None, ord('b'): ''})
         self.checkequalnofix('xyyx', 'xzx', 'translate',
                              {ord('z'): 'yy'})
+
         # this needs maketrans()
         self.checkequalnofix('abababc', 'abababc', 'translate',
                              {'b': '<i>'})
@@ -260,6 +261,25 @@ def test_maketrans_translate(self):
         tbl = self.type2test.maketrans('abc', 'xyz', 'd')
         self.checkequalnofix('xyzzy', 'abdcdcbdddd', 'translate', tbl)
 
+        # various tests switching from ASCII to latin1 or the opposite;
+        # same length, remove a letter, or replace with a longer string.
+        self.assertEqual("[a]".translate(str.maketrans('a', 'X')),
+                         "[X]")
+        self.assertEqual("[a]".translate(str.maketrans({'a': 'X'})),
+                         "[X]")
+        self.assertEqual("[a]".translate(str.maketrans({'a': None})),
+                         "[]")
+        self.assertEqual("[a]".translate(str.maketrans({'a': 'XXX'})),
+                         "[XXX]")
+        self.assertEqual("[a]".translate(str.maketrans({'a': '\xe9'})),
+                         "[\xe9]")
+        self.assertEqual("[a]".translate(str.maketrans({'a': '<\xe9>'})),
+                         "[<\xe9>]")
+        self.assertEqual("[\xe9]".translate(str.maketrans({'\xe9': 'a'})),
+                         "[a]")
+        self.assertEqual("[\xe9]".translate(str.maketrans({'\xe9': None})),
+                         "[]")
+
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test.maketrans)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test.maketrans, 'abc', 'defg')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test.maketrans, 2, 'def')