diff --git a/speech/clipboard_translator.sh b/speech/clipboard_translator.sh
index eab5879..c5c9b20 100755
--- a/speech/clipboard_translator.sh
+++ b/speech/clipboard_translator.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ while : ; do
     if [[ "${#newText}" -lt 1 ]]; then
         continue
     fi
+    if [[ "${newText}" =~ ^[0-9A-Za-z[:space:][:punct:]]+$ ]]; then
+        spd-say "$newText"
+        echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
+        continue
+    fi
     export newText
-    translatedText="$(awk -v originalText="${newText}" 'BEGIN { exitCode = 1; FS = "\\)==:\\[" }
-        $1~originalText { print $2; exitCode = 0; exit}
+    translatedText="$(awk -v originalText="${newText})==:" 'BEGIN { exitCode = 1; FS = "\\)==:\\[" }
+        $0~originalText { print $2; exitCode = 0; exit}
         END { exit exitCode }' "$dictionaryFile")"
     if [[ "${#translatedText}" -ge 1 ]]; then
         spd-say "$translatedText"
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ while : ; do
         continue
     fi
     translatedText="$(trans -b -- "$newText")"
-    if [[ "${newText}" != "${translatedText}" ]]; then
+    if ! [[ "${newText}" =~ ^[0-9[:punct:]]+$ ]]; then
         echo "${newText})==:[${translatedText}" >> "$dictionaryFile"
     fi
     spd-say "$translatedText"