diff --git a/lib/version.py b/lib/version.py
index c0392309..f9d96129 100644
--- a/lib/version.py
+++ b/lib/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = "1.1"
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = "1.2"
 SEED_VERSION = 4  # bump this everytime the seed generation is modified
-TRANSLATION_ID = 28344 # version of the wiki page 
+TRANSLATION_ID = 32150 # version of the wiki page 
diff --git a/mki18n.py b/mki18n.py
index e1d6c3f3..1cc5d7a5 100755
--- a/mki18n.py
+++ b/mki18n.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ for line in lines:
     if not l: continue
     if l[0] != '*': continue
     if l[0:2] == '**':
-        lang, translation = l.split(':')
-        lang = lang[2:]
+        n = l.find(':')
+        translation = l[n+1:]
+        lang = l[2:n]
         if dicts.get(lang) is None: dicts[lang] = {}
         dicts[lang][message] = translation.strip()
     else: