diff --git a/i18n/dummy.py b/i18n/dummy.py
index b192069329..2e6c073db0 100644
--- a/i18n/dummy.py
+++ b/i18n/dummy.py
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ TABLE = {
 
 # The print industry's standard dummy text, in use since the 1500s
 # see http://www.lipsum.com/, then fed through a "fancy-text" converter.
-# The string should start with a space.
+# The string should start with a space, so that it joins nicely with the text
+# that precedes it.  The Lorem contains an apostrophe since French often does,
+# and translated strings get put into single-quoted strings, which then break.
 LOREM = " " + " ".join(     # join and split just make the string easier here.
     u"""
-    Ⱡσяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тєтυя α∂ιριѕι¢ιηg єłιт, ѕє∂ ∂σ єιυѕмσ∂
+    Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тєтυя α∂ιριѕι¢ιηg єłιт, ѕє∂ ∂σ єιυѕмσ∂
     тємρσя ιη¢ι∂ι∂υηт υт łαвσяє єт ∂σłσяє мαgηα αłιqυα. υт єηιм α∂ мιηιм
     νєηιαм, qυιѕ ησѕтяυ∂ єχєя¢ιтαтιση υłłαм¢σ łαвσяιѕ ηιѕι υт αłιqυιρ єχ єα
     ¢σммσ∂σ ¢σηѕєqυαт.  ∂υιѕ αυтє ιяυяє ∂σłσя ιη яєρяєнєη∂єяιт ιη νσłυρтαтє
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ LOREM = " " + " ".join(     # join and split just make the string easier here.
 
 # To simulate more verbose languages (like German), pad the length of a string
 # by a multiple of PAD_FACTOR
-PAD_FACTOR = 1.3
+PAD_FACTOR = 1.33
 
 
 class Dummy(Converter):
diff --git a/i18n/tests/test_dummy.py b/i18n/tests/test_dummy.py
index 2d1b1b71c3..cd51c59743 100644
--- a/i18n/tests/test_dummy.py
+++ b/i18n/tests/test_dummy.py
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ class TestDummy(TestCase):
 
     @ddt.data(
         (u"hello my name is Bond, James Bond",
-         u"héllø mý nämé ïs Bønd, Jämés Bønd Ⱡσяєм ι#"),
+         u"héllø mý nämé ïs Bønd, Jämés Bønd Ⱡ'σяєм ι#"),
 
         (u"don't convert <a href='href'>tag ids</a>",
-         u"døn't çønvért <a href='href'>täg ïds</a> Ⱡσяєм ιρѕυ#"),
+         u"døn't çønvért <a href='href'>täg ïds</a> Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυ#"),
 
         (u"don't convert %(name)s tags on %(date)s",
-         u"døn't çønvért %(name)s tägs øn %(date)s Ⱡσяєм ιρѕ#"),
+         u"døn't çønvért %(name)s tägs øn %(date)s Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕ#"),
     )
     def test_dummy(self, data):
         """
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ class TestDummy(TestCase):
 
     def test_singular(self):
         entry = POEntry()
-        entry.msgid = 'A lovely day for a cup of tea.'
-        expected = u'À løvélý däý før ä çüp øf téä. Ⱡσяєм ι#'
+        entry.msgid = "A lovely day for a cup of tea."
+        expected = u"À løvélý däý før ä çüp øf téä. Ⱡ'σяєм #"
         self.converter.convert_msg(entry)
         self.assertUnicodeEquals(entry.msgstr, expected)
 
     def test_plural(self):
         entry = POEntry()
-        entry.msgid = 'A lovely day for a cup of tea.'
-        entry.msgid_plural = 'A lovely day for some cups of tea.'
-        expected_s = u'À løvélý däý før ä çüp øf téä. Ⱡσяєм ι#'
-        expected_p = u'À løvélý däý før sømé çüps øf téä. Ⱡσяєм ιρ#'
+        entry.msgid = "A lovely day for a cup of tea."
+        entry.msgid_plural = "A lovely day for some cups of tea."
+        expected_s = u"À løvélý däý før ä çüp øf téä. Ⱡ'σяєм #"
+        expected_p = u"À løvélý däý før sømé çüps øf téä. Ⱡ'σяєм ιρ#"
         self.converter.convert_msg(entry)
         result = entry.msgstr_plural
         self.assertUnicodeEquals(result['0'], expected_s)