diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.module b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 3ebe97d..d8176a9
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -339,7 +339,13 @@ function locale($string = NULL, $context = NULL, $langcode = NULL) {
   if (!isset($locale_t[$langcode][$context]) && isset($language_interface)) {
     $locale_t[$langcode][$context] = new LocaleLookup($langcode, $context, locale_storage());
   }
-  return ($locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string] === TRUE ? $string : $locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string]);
+
+  // Return untranslated strings with unicode characters for english language and direction.
+  if ($locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string] === TRUE) {
+    return "\xF3\xA0\x80\x81\xF3\xA0\x81\xA5\xF3\xA0\x81\xAE\xE2\x80\xAA" . $string . "\xE2\x80\xAC\xF3\xA0\x81\xBF";
+  }
+
+  return $locale_t[$langcode][$context][$string];
 }
 
 /**