1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 921bd8b1d0..9e3cc418ef 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def translate(s, table, deletions=""):
     deletions argument is not allowed for Unicode strings.
 
     """
-    if deletions:
+    if deletions or table is None:
         return s.translate(table, deletions)
     else:
         # Add s[:0] so that if s is Unicode and table is an 8-bit string,